A very heavy rainfall event occurred in late June in portions of the Wabash Valley, including west central Indiana. In a 24-hour period from the evening of the 25th through the evening of the 26th, torrential rains of 3 to nearly 8 inches fell in upper portions of the Wabash basin.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
A very heavy rainfall event occurred in late June in portions of the Wabash Valley, including west central Indiana. In a 24-hour period from the evening of the 25th through the evening of the 26th, torrential rains of 3 to nearly 8 inches fell in upper portions of the Wabash basin. Severe flash flooding followed in portions of those areas. Flash flooding during the 26th quickly transitioned into lowland river flooding along portions of the Lower Wabash River. Additional heavy rain during the first few days of July prolonged the flooding.
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 Jun 30, 10:55 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1155 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013 .UPDATE... UPDATED AVIATION SECTION FOR 06Z TAF ISSUANCE && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 231 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013 UNUSUAL UPPER TROUGH/LOW POISED OVER THE REGION TODAY. LOOKING AT 12Z RAOB DATA AND WATER VAPOR...LOOKS LIKE THE CENTER OF THIS UPPER SYSTEM IS JUST TO OUR NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL IL...CENTRAL INDIANA AND SW OHIO. NICE VORT MAX SHOWING UP ON WATER VAPOR THAT PASSED SOUTH ACROSS MO THIS MORNING. BUT THE MAIN AREA OF CONVECTION OVER US SEEMED TO BE SPARKED BY A NARROW RIBBON OF VORTICITY THAT BISECTED THE AREA. WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE AND LIFT...SCATTERED SHOWERS FORMED RATHER EARLY IN THE DAY FROM KPOF TO KEVV. EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND MAYBE A FEW STORMS TO CONTINUE THE REST OF THE DAY WHICH HAVE INCREASED IN COVERAGE WITH DAYTIME HEATING IN BETWEEN ALL THE CLOUDS. LOOKS LIKE THE CENTER OF THE UPPER LOW MIGRATES DIRECTLY OVER THE CWA TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. AGAIN...DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE AND LIFT WE ARE DEALING WITH...WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THAT TIME FRAME. CLOUDS AND PERIODIC RAIN SHOWERS WILL TEND TO KEEP TEMPS DOWN INTO THE 70S (MAYBE TOPPING AT 80 IN SOME PLACES) AGAIN MONDAY...BUT IF ANY ONE AREA SEES A FEW MORE HOURS OF SUNSHINE...TEMPS WILL OBVIOUSLY BE A BIT HIGHER THAN FORECAST. WITH THE AMT OF MOISTURE THOUGH...ANY LARGER HOLES IN THE CLOUDS THAT DO DEVELOP...SHOULD QUICKLY FILL IN. WITH DECENT INSTABILITY IN PLACE BOTH THIS AFTERNOON AND MONDAY AFTERNOON...AND FREEZING LEVELS RUNNING AROUND 12K FT...COULD SEE A FEW BOUTS OF SMALL HAIL AND SOME LOCALIZED GUSTY WINDS. NOT EXPECTED WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER THOUGH. AND ALTHOUGH PRECIPITABLE WATERS ARE NOT RUNNING TOO HIGH FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR...SOME BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD OCCUR WITH THE MORE ROBUST CELLS. .LONG TERM...(MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 231 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013 TUE-WED - WE REMAIN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE UPPER LOW ON TUESDAY WITH ANOTHER DAY OF DECENT POPS ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW BEGINS TO FILL AND DRIFT NORTHWEST INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. MODELS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT WITH WANTING TO BRING IN A DRY SLOT NORTHWARD FOR AT LEAST PART OF THE AREA WHICH WILL DECREASE THE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THU - LOOKS TO BE THE PICK DAY OF THE WEEK WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS. THE UPPER LOW FINALLY OPENS UP AND WE END UP GENERALLY BETWEEN SYSTEMS FOR A DAY. ALTHOUGH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE SUMMER HEAT AND HUMIDITY RETURN. FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY. DEEP MOISTURE THAT IS CURRENTLY ALONG THE EAST COAST WILL BE MOVING UP INTO OUR AREA AS THE RIDGE OFF THE EAST COAST RETROGRADES. BOTH THE ECMWF AND THE GFS ESTABLISH A DEEP TROPICAL CONNECTION WITH THIS MOISTURE. THIS SUGGESTS THAT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE NEXT WEEKEND. STRONGER WINDS ALOFT...ESPECIALLY ON SATURDAY HINT AT THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME SEVERE WEATHER TOO. && .AVIATION... ISSUED AT 1155 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013 AFTER A LULL IN THE SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER THIS EVENING...THERE HAS BEEN A SLIGHT INCREASE IN COVERAGE OF ACTIVITY SINCE 03Z. THIS TREND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES OVERHEAD...AND A SURFACE LOW DEEPENS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KY. MUCH LIKE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...LOW STRATUS WILL FORM BY DAYBREAK. EXPECT A PERIOD OF IFR CIGS AT ALL SITES...THOUGH THE DURATION SHOULD BE NO MORE THAN A FEW HOURS. CIGS WILL AGAIN RISE TO VFR LEVELS BY AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST WITH DAYTIME HEATING. A GRADUAL DECREASE IN ACTIVITY WITH CONTINUED VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD OCCUR MONDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL REMAIN NORTH UP TO 12 KNOTS THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...NONE. MO...NONE. IN...NONE. KY...NONE. && SHORT TERM...CW LONG TERM...PS AVIATION...MY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 321 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-011000- 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- 321 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION INTO THIS EVENING. A FEW STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...BUT ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY DAILY CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE WEEK FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA. WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOONS INTO THE EARLY EVENING. WIDELY SCATTERED ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND EVEN LESS FOR THE 4TH OF JULY. CHANCES INCREASE DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND REMAIN RATHER HIGH THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN...ESPECIALLY NEXT WEEKEND. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON EACH DAY WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR ANY ORGANIZED ACTIVITY BEING NEXT WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY ISOLATED FLOODING THAT MAY OCCUR WITH THE HEAVIER DOWNPOURS. PS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding continued along the Wabash River from late June. Some cropland was flooded, along with a few county roads.
Minor flooding continued from late June along the Wabash River in the Mount Carmel area. Many river cabins were inaccessible. Oil field producers stopped most production where pumping units were not on substructures. A county road along the river north of Mount Carmel flooded. Some cropland was flooded.
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: 464194, 464199.