Heavy rain in the northern half of the Ohio Valley caused rises along the Ohio River. Minor flooding occurred along some stretches of the river.
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Heavy rain in the northern half of the Ohio Valley caused rises along the Ohio River. Minor flooding occurred along some stretches of the river.
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 Feb 4, 2:25 AM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 225 AM CST MON FEB 4 2013 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 225 AM CST MON FEB 4 2013 A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. JUST ENOUGH MOISTURE COMES TOGETHER TO WARRANT A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN / LIGHT SHOWERS WITH THE BEST CHANCE OVER THE SE 1/2 OF THE AREA. WE GENERALLY FOLLOWED A BLEND OF THE NAM AND ECMWF FOR POPS AND QPF. ACTUAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE GENERALLY LOW. QUIET WEATHER TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 225 AM CST MON FEB 4 2013 ZONAL FLOW PATTERN WILL TRANSITION TO A SOUTHWEST FLOW PATTERN DURING THE LONG TERM. THERE WILL BE A WEAK SYSTEM IN THE ZONAL FLOW THAT MAY BRING SOME LIGHT RAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THE MORE SIGNIFICANT PRECIP EVENT WILL BE LATE IN THE WEEKEND AS A DEEP 500 MB TROUGH PROGRESSES OUT OF THE WESTERN STATES. IN MORE DETAIL... AS NOTED ABOVE...A WEAK 500 MB SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH THE PLAINS ON THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL COMBINE WITH A STRONGER SHORTWAVE OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION TO GENERATE SOME LIGHT PRECIP. THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA ON THURSDAY NIGHT. TEMPS WILL AVERAGE ABOVE NORMAL AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. A STRONG 500 MB RIDGE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON FRIDAY AS A TROUGH DEEPENS OVER THE WESTERN STATES. DESPITE COLD ADVECTION IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT THURSDAY NIGHT...HIGHS ON FRIDAY WILL BE NEAR SEASONAL NORMS DUE TO PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AND THE BUILDING UPPER RIDGE. THE MODELS HAVE TRENDED SLOWER WITH THE EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF THE WEEKEND SYSTEM. THEREFORE...SATURDAY APPEARS DRY WITH TEMPS RISING SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL DUE TO SOUTHEAST LOW LEVEL FLOW. 00Z ECMWF/GFS/GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN ALL AGREE ON THE ARRIVAL OF PRECIP SUNDAY...DESPITE LARGE DIFFERENCES IN THE STRENGTH AND TRACK OF THE SYSTEM. THE 00Z ECMWF MAINTAINS A MORE INTENSE...CLOSED 500 MB LOW OVER THE PLAINS...WHILE THE GFS SHOWS MORE OF A POSITIVELY TILTED TROUGH/OPEN WAVE. THE WEAKER GFS SOLUTION IS A DEPARTURE FROM PREVIOUS MODEL RUNS. IN EITHER CASE...THERE APPEARS TO BE ENOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE RETURN AND ELEVATED INSTABILITY TO MAINTAIN MENTION OF THUNDER. && .AVIATION... ISSUED AT 225 AM CST MON FEB 4 2013 CIGS GENERALLY VFR THOUGH MVFR CIGS POSSIBLE WITH A SMALL CHANCE OF LIGHT SHOWERS MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON / EARLY EVENING. SSW WINDS TODAY WILL TURN NW BEHIND A FRONT AS IT MOVES THROUGH THIS EVENING. SPEEDS GENERALLY AOB 12 KTS. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...NONE. MO...NONE. IN...NONE. KY...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 200 AM CST MON FEB 4 2013 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-051100- 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- 200 AM CST MON FEB 4 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding occurred along the Ohio River. Low-lying woods and fields were flooded, along with river access roads and boat ramps.
Minor flooding occurred along the Ohio River. Low-lying woods and fields, as well as riverside access roads, were inundated. Small portions of Fort Massac State Park in Metropolis were flooded.
Minor flooding occurred along the Ohio River. Low-lying woods and fields, as well as riverside access roads, were inundated.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 433352, 433351, 433349.