Well above normal June rainfall over the White River basin, including almost 10 inches for the month near Bloomington, IN, along with heavy rain July 1st, resulted in river levels on the White River, briefly exceeding flood stage at Petersburg.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
Well above normal June rainfall over the White River basin, including almost 10 inches for the month near Bloomington, IN, along with heavy rain July 1st, resulted in river levels on the White River, briefly exceeding flood stage at Petersburg.
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 Jul 2, 2:03 AM EST, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Paducah KY 203 AM CDT Wed Jul 2 2025 .KEY MESSAGES... - Dry and mostly sunny conditions will continue today through the first half of the holiday weekend. - More comfortable humidity levels will persist through Thursday, then slightly above normal temperatures and higher humidity can be expected for the 4th of July through the weekend. - Chances of showers and thunderstorms will return Sunday afternoon, with an unsettled weather pattern persisting into early next week. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 203 AM CDT Wed Jul 2 2025 High pressure currently centered west of the PAH forecast area will gradually slide east over the next several days, keeping our weather dry through Saturday night. Dew points in the middle to upper 60s and seasonable temperatures through Thursday will keep conditions fairly comfortable for early July. Winds will shift to the south Thursday as the center of the high moves east of our area. This will push both temperatures and dew points up a few degrees for the July 4th weekend. High temperatures for the 4th of July through Sunday will be in the lower 90s with heat indices generally 3 to 5 degrees above the temperature. Models continue to bring a cold front toward the middle Mississippi and lower Ohio valleys late in the weekend and slowly push it south into the PAH forecast are through Tuesday. Chances of showers and thunderstorms will spread into portions of southwest Indiana, southern Illinois and southeast Missouri Sunday afternoon into Sunday night, spreading chances across west Kentucky Monday. Chances will continue through at least Tuesday, with greatest coverage during the heat of the day. Temperatures will be a little lower Monday and Tuesday, but it will remain humid. && .AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY/... Issued at 529 PM CDT Tue Jul 1 2025 Scattered cu quickly diminishes this evening with a few high cirrus clouds overnight. Additional scattered cu around 4-5 kft AGL will develop again during peak heating on Wednesday. Light winds tonight turn north to northwest around 5 kts by the afternoon with high pressure in control. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...None. MO...None. IN...None. KY...None. && DISCUSSION...RST AVIATION...DW
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Paducah KY 344 AM CDT Wed Jul 2 2025 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-030845- Jefferson-Wayne IL-Edwards-Wabash-Perry IL-Franklin-Hamilton- White-Jackson-Williamson-Saline-Gallatin-Union-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- 344 AM CDT Wed Jul 2 2025 /444 AM EDT Wed Jul 2 2025/ 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...Thursday through Tuesday Heat index readings Friday and through the holiday weekend will reach around 100 to near degrees. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
River levels near Petersburg on the White River briefly rose into minor flood early July, with very limited impacts to low-lying areas.
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