Heavy rainfall during the first week of April caused the Green and Ohio Rivers to rise. These rivers experienced minor flooding.
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Heavy rainfall during the first week of April caused the Green and Ohio Rivers to rise. These rivers experienced minor 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 Apr 4, 2:00 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 300 PM CDT Fri Apr 4 2014 .SHORT TERM...(Tonight through Sunday night) Issued at 300 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 Surface high pressure over the Plains will move east over the next 36 hours. The center of the high will pass over Illinois on Saturday. This high will bring mainly clear and cool conditions through Saturday night. Widespread shallow cumulus clouds this afternoon will decrease with loss of daytime heating after 23z. Expect mainly clear skies late tonight. Gusty northwest winds will slowly diminish. There will likely be some patchy frost toward sunrise as temperatures bottom out in the mid 30s. The potential for frost will be limited by warmer soil temps /in the lower 50s at 4 inch depth/ and surface winds. NAM model soundings indicate winds at 500 feet will be around 25 knots as late as midnight at kevv...and still near 20 knots at sunrise. Boundary layer will be slow to stabilize in this cold advection regime over warmer ground. On Saturday...there may be a few diurnal cumulus clouds...but overall mainly sunny skies are expected. Despite strong April sun...highs will generally top out in the mid to upper 50s as 850 mb temps will only be around freezing. Another chilly night is expected on Saturday night. Some mid and high cloudiness will increase from the southwest...which should keep lows a few degrees milder than tonight. Clouds will continue to increase on Sunday ahead of a strong 500 mb shortwave over Texas. Some light rain may reach the southern border counties of Kentucky and Missouri...as indicated by the 12z gfs. Southeast low level flow will bring temps up into the lower 60s despite the clouds. Rain will overspread the forecast area on Sunday night as the vigorous storm system moves northeast. The 850 mb low is forecast to track up the lower Ohio Valley...which would place most of western KY in the elevated warm sector. For that reason...will maintain mention of thunder Sunday night. .LONG TERM...(Monday through Friday) Issued at 300 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 The next weather system ejects out of the lower MS valley Sunday night, and lifts across the TN valley/our area Monday. The upper trof follows the surface system, and lingers its wrap around moisture thru the day. Another piece of energy then rounds the broader long wave trof, and yet another disturbance makes passage Tuesday. The result is a wet and coolish forecast to begin the long term, with pops Mon-Mon Nite-Tue-Tue night. We transition from mean troffiness to a more zonal pattern in the mid to latter portion of the week/long term forecast. That means drier weather, and a warmup, with numbers approaching climatological norms by the end of the week. Monday and Tuesday in the upper 50s-near 60/upper 30s-lower 40s will gradually warm thru the 60s/40s during the mid week, approaching 70/50 by the end of the week. && .AVIATION... Issued at 300 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 Cyclone induced and diurnally enhanced strato-cu field across FA has resulted in low VFR cigs this pm, despite tempo scattering. With the loss of diurnal fuel, would anticipate an eventual scattering this evening, followed by an overnight clearing, as the storm system lifts further away and surface high pressure works in from the west. This will also eventually relax the still strong/gusty winds that may continue into the early evening before diminishing. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...NONE. MO...NONE. IN...NONE. KY...NONE. && SHORT TERM...MY LONG TERM...DH AVIATION...DH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 458 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-051000- 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- 458 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT BE PREPARED FOR GUSTY WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH TODAY. ALSO...PATCHY FROST MAY FORM LATE TONIGHT IN AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF THE OHIO RIVER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT. NO SEVERE STORMS ARE ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD 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 Green River. Low-lying fields and woodlands near the river were inundated.
Minor flooding occurred along the Ohio River. Low-lying fields and woodlands near the river were inundated.
Minor flooding occurred along the Green River. Low-lying fields and woodlands were underwater.
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: 509527, 509526, 509528.