Several storm systems brought very heavy rainfall to the region during the second half of the month. Paducah, KY recorded exactly 10 inches for the month of November, which was the third highest total on record for November.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
Several storm systems brought very heavy rainfall to the region during the second half of the month. Paducah, KY recorded exactly 10 inches for the month of November, which was the third highest total on record for November. The monthly total at Evansville, IN was 8.32 inches, making it the fourth wettest November. A couple of rivers in western Kentucky went above flood stage by the end of the month.
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 Nov 29, 2:15 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 215 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2011 .DISCUSSION... UPPER LEVEL LOW IN EAST KY/TN THIS AFTERNOON...WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO PENNSYLVANIA THIS EVENING...AND OVER LAKE ONTARIO BY 12Z WEDNESDAY. AS THE UPPER LOW PULLS EAST OF THE REGION...SUBSTANTIAL DRYING WILL TAKE PLACE...WHICH WILL GRADUALLY CLEAR SKIES. UNTIL THEN...SOME LINGERING PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WEST KENTUCKY THROUGH THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING BY MIDNIGHT AT THE LATEST. SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA TONIGHT...WHICH WILL ALLOW WINDS TO RELAX. CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHTER WINDS WILL MAKE FOR A CHILLY NIGHT TONIGHT ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF THE AREA...ESPECIALLY THE WEST...WHERE LOWER TO MID 20S ARE FORECAST. AFTER A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PASSES THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT AND EARLY ON WEDNESDAY...UPPER HEIGHTS WILL BEGIN TO RISE AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE AREA. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN A JUMP IN TEMPERATURES BY THURSDAY AS 850MB WINDS SHIFT SOUTHWESTERLY AND LOW LEVEL TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE 5-7 DEGREE RANGE...WHICH MAY GET US CLOSE TO 50 DEGREES. BY THURSDAY NIGHT...A TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY AND WORK TO FLATTEN OUT THE RIDGE OVERHEAD. AHEAD OF THIS UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM...A WEAK SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. IT APPEARS THAT MOISTURE IS SEVERELY LACKING...THEREFORE THE FRONT SHOULD COME THROUGH DRY. HIGH PRESSURE MOVES BACK IN FOR FRIDAY...AND THE FLOW ALOFT TURNS SOUTHWESTERLY AGAIN. MEANWHILE...A CLOSED LOW DEVELOPS OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND MOVES SLOWLY EAST AND WEAKENS. ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY...ANOTHER SHORTWAVE MOVES SOUTHEAST INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND MERGES WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED SYSTEM FARTHER TO THE SOUTH. BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...A SFC LOW DEVELOPS OVER OK/TX. MODELS DIFFER ON WHERE EXACTLY THE LOW TRACKS BUT IT DOES MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST SATURDAY EVENING/OVERNIGHT...AND A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA EARLY SUNDAY. WHAT THE MODELS DO SEEM TO AGREE ON IS A DECENT SIZE SWATH OF PRECIPITATION MOVING INTO THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT...IN ASSOCIATION WITH AN IMPRESSIVE 50+ LOW LEVEL JET. HOW LONG RAIN CHANCES LINGER ON SUNDAY IS QUESTIONABLE...BUT GIVEN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...CHANCES FOR ADDITIONAL PERTURBATIONS IN THE FLOW ARE GOOD...AND THE GFS/ECMWF HINT AT THIS WITH ANOTHER WAVE OF PRECIPITATION HEADING UP THIS WAY LATER ON SUNDAY. WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT. DEPENDING ON HOW LONG THE MOISTURE/PRECIPITATION STAYS AROUND INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...WE COULD BE LOOKING AT RAIN OR SNOW IN OUR FAR WESTERN COUNTIES. BY MONDAY...HIGH PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO BUILD INTO THE AREA...WITH MAYBE A SMALL CHANCE LINGERING IN OUR FAR SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES. DRY WEATHER CONTINUES FOR TUESDAY. && .AVIATION... SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL FROM THE EVANSVILLE AREA SOUTH SOUTHWEST THROUGH MURRAY KENTUCKY. THE BACKSIDE OF THE PRECIPITATION EXTENDS FROM MOUNT VERNON ILLINOIS TO PADUCAH /KPAH/. SOME OF THE PRECIPITATION...ESPECIALLY IN THE WABASH RIVER VALLEY IS CHANGING BACK TO EITHER RAIN OR A LIGHT MIX BEFORE ENDING. IFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST WHERE PRECIPITATION IS OCCURRING. ONCE THE RAIN/SNOW MIX ENDS...CIGS WILL RISE TO MVFR. AS THE LOW PICKS UP SPEED AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST...CLOUDS WILL LIFT AND SCATTER TONIGHT BEFORE CLEARING OUT BY SUNRISE. WINDS HAVE PICKED UP IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI WITH A GUSTY NORTHWEST WIND. HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR THESE GUSTS AT BOTH KCGI AND KPAH. WINDS WILL PICK UP AT KEVV AND KOWB LATER THIS AFTERNOON BUT SHOULD LACK THE GUSTS. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1240 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2011 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-301100- 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- 1240 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL DIMINISH OVER SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND WESTERN KENTUCKY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. SOME ROADS...ESPECIALLY SECONDARY ROADS...WILL BE SLUSHY AND SLICK UNTIL THE PRECIPITATION STOPS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ANY REPORTS OF SNOW OR SLICK ROADS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. PS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 105 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2011 ILZ076>078-082-083-086-087-090-091-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ007>022- 292300- WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-HAMILTON-WHITE-SALINE-GALLATIN-POPE- HARDIN-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER-LIVINGSTON- MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-UNION KY-WEBSTER- HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...ALBION...MOUNT CARMEL... MCLEANSBORO...CARMI...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN...GOLCONDA... ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE... EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...SMITHLAND...BENTON...MURRAY... MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...DIXON... MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...CALHOUN... GREENVILLE...ELKTON 105 PM CST TUE NOV 29 2011 ...RAIN AND SNOW THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WEST KENTUCKY... BANDS OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORM SYSTEM THAT CAUSED THE BANDS OF RAIN AND SNOW IS QUICKLY LEAVING THE AREA...THUS THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE DIMINISHING DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WITH COLD TEMPERATURES...AND LOCALLY HEAVY PRECIPITATION...ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. HOWEVER...ONCE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS...THE SLUSH AND SNOW WILL MELT. PS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Green River rose above flood stage on the Paradise river gage on the 29th. Minor flooding of low-lying fields took place.
At J.T. Myers Lock and Dam near Uniontown, the Ohio River rose above flood stage on the 30th. Minor flooding of low-lying fields occurred.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, November 2011
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: 352225, 352226.