The National Weather Service office in Paducah has opened up their records to remember that on December 22, 2004, Paducah was socked by 14.2 inches of snow, the heaviest 24-hour snowfall in our history. Followed by whipping arctic winds, the snow piled up in 5-foot drifts and paralyzed travel across the region.
Over 1,000 motorists were stranded overnight on I-24 between Kuttawa and Cadiz. The blizzard was followed by record cold temperatures that stayed well below zero all the way to Christmas Day.
As bad as it was here ten years ago, it was even worse in Evansville, where 22.3 inches of the white stuff blanketed the Wabash valley over a two-day stretch.
See the staggering statistics and some breathtaking photos compiled by the National Weather Service at the link below.
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2004 Christmas Blizzard by the numbers
