Flood, Muhlenberg
- When
- January 29, 5:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Muhlenberg County, 1.11 mi SSE of Paradise to 0.97 mi SSW of Paradise
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- River/Stream Gage
- Coordinates
- 37.255, -86.974
Flood in Kentucky, January 29 to 31, 2009
Temperatures during the January 27 ice storm were warm enough over the Green River basin to allow for rapid runoff. The Green River rose above flood stage at Paradise on the 29th and continued rising into early February.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
Temperatures during the January 27 ice storm were warm enough over the Green River basin to allow for rapid runoff. The Green River rose above flood stage at Paradise on the 29th and continued rising into early February. Through the end of January, only minor flooding of fields occurred near the river.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 29, 3:00 AM CST, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 3:00 AM CST, 2 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 300 AM CST THU JAN 29 2009 .DISCUSSION... RECOVERY EFFORTS FOLLOWING THE DEVASTATING ICE STORM WILL BE AIDED BY A GRADUAL WARMING TREND AND LITTLE PRECIPITATION INTO THE WEEKEND. ONLY A SLOW MODERATION IN TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS A NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT BRINGS A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR INTO THE AREA. LINGERING MORNING STRATUS...AND EXISTING SNOW AND ICE COVER WILL SLOW WARMING TODAY DESPITE SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AT THE SURFACE. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL TOP OUT AT OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING. ANOTHER FRONT WILL SWING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AS A SHORTWAVE TROUGH DIVES SOUTHEAST. SOME FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM BUT LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONTAL PASSAGE WHICH COULD IMPACT TREES AND POWER LINES DAMAGED BY THE ICE STORM. THE UPPER FLOW WILL FLATTEN LATER FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING TO THE SOUTH. THIS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASING SOUTHWESTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW AND MORE SIGNIFICANT WARMING. HIGH TEMPERATURES SATURDAY SHOULD CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING AT MOST LOCATIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM INTO SUNDAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT APPROACHING FRONT. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE SUGGESTING THE POTENTIAL OF WINTRY WEATHER DEVELOPING SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. THE UPPER PATTERN IS PROGGED TO AMPLIFY AS A POWERFUL JET STREAM STEAKS SOUTHWARD INTO TH CENTRAL U.S. THIS WILL CARVE OUT A DEEPENING TROUGH FROM THE GREAT LAKES INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE RESULTING DEVELOPMENT AND TRACK OF A SURFACE LOW AND REMAINS IN QUESTION. WHILE THERE IS A HIGH DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY ON PRECIPITATION TYPE AND AMOUNTS...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR WINTRY PRECIPITATION SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. GUSTY WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ALL THOSE INVOLVED IN RECOVERY EFFORTS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. FOSTER && .AVIATION... FOR THE 06Z KPAH/KCGI/KEVV/KOWB TAFS...AN IFR STRATUS DECK CONTINUES TO LINGER ACROSS THE TAF SITES LATE THIS EVENING...AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. PERIODS OF FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE UNDER THIS CLOUD DECK...WITH LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. THE STRATUS IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE BY MID MORNING WITH VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF PERIOD. WISE && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 29, 3:30 AM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 330 AM CST THU JAN 29 2009 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-301000- JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL- UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER- RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- 330 AM CST THU JAN 29 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN TREACHEROUS TODAY AND TONIGHT DUE TO A DANGEROUS COAT OF ICE AND SNOW...IN ADDITION TO DOWNED TREES...BRANCHES...AND POWER LINES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MAY BRING WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO PORTIONS OF THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. PRECIPITATION TYPE AND AMOUNTS REMAIN UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ALL THOSE INVOLVED IN RECOVERY EFFORTS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT FINAL SNOW AND ICE TOTALS...AND DAMAGE REPORTS FROM THE RECENT WINTER STORM TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 149119.