Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Paducah, KY

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WGUS73 KPAH 020633
FFSPAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
133 AM CDT MON MAY 2 2011

ILC047-059-065-069-151-165-185-191-193-INC051-125-129-163-173-KYC101-
225-020930-
/O.CON.KPAH.FF.W.0059.000000T0000Z-110502T0930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
POPE IL-HARDIN IL-SALINE IL-GALLATIN IL-HAMILTON IL-WHITE IL-
WABASH IL-EDWARDS IL-WAYNE IL-VANDERBURGH IN-PIKE IN-GIBSON IN-
WARRICK IN-POSEY IN-HENDERSON KY-UNION KY-
133 AM CDT MON MAY 2 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR 
WAYNE...HAMILTON...EDWARDS...WABASH...WHITE...GALLATIN...SALINE... 
NORTHERN HARDIN AND NORTHERN POPE COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN 
ILLINOIS...AND POSEY...WARRICK...GIBSON...PIKE AND VANDERBURGH 
COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND NORTHERN UNION AND NORTHWESTERN 
HENDERSON COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...

* AT 130 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED 
TO INDICATE A BROAD AREA OF WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY 
RAIN MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND FAR 
NORTHWEST KENTUCKY. THIS RAIN SHIELD EXTENDS BACK INTO ARKANSAS AND 
WILL TAKE MANY MORE HOURS TO COMPLETELY MOVE THROUGH THE WARNED 
AREA. HOURLY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE 
LIKELY...WHICH WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF 
RAINFALL OVERNIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
PADUCAH.

&&

LAT...LON 3858 8766 3850 8764 3846 8775 3842 8773
      3854 8744 3852 8730 3856 8719 3851 8706
      3821 8707 3819 8702 3786 8732 3761 8797
      3739 8871 3861 8871

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
650 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011

.UPDATE...
DISCUSSION FOR 00Z MONDAY ROUTINE TAF ISSUANCE.

&&

.DISCUSSION...

/PREVIOUSLY ISSUED 234 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011/

/TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/
BIGGEST CHALLENGE WITH THIS PACKAGE CONTINUES TO BE POPS AND QPF
ASSOCIATED WITH ONGOING SYSTEM.

A COLD FRONT BISECTING OUR CWA AT THE TIME OF THIS WRITING WILL
BECOME STATIONARY OVER THE SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF OUR AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AND WAFFLE SLIGHTLY BACK AND FORTH THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THIS
BOUNDARY WILL BECOME THE FOCUS FOR SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL THAT WILL EXACERBATE THE ONGOING CATASTROPHIC FLOODING.

THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL
MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. THIS ENERGY WILL INTERACT WITH
THE STATIONARY BOUNDARY CREATING AN OVERRUNNING SCENARIO THAT WILL
PRODUCE SEVERAL WAVES OF HEAVY RAINFALL THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
MONDAY NIGHT.

FOR THE MOST PART LOADED HPC QPF INTO THE GRIDS WHICH YIELDED
STORM PRECIP TOTALS OF AROUND 1.5 INCHES NEAR MOUNT VERNON
ILLINOIS TO AROUND 5.5 INCHES OVER THE SOUTHERN PURCHASE AND LAKES
AREAS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY.

ON TUESDAY THE UPPER TROF WILL FINALLY PUSH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY
EAST OF THE REGION...SO PRECIP/POPS WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO
EAST THROUGHOUT THE DAY. IN ITS WAKE HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP IT
DRY WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES.

EXTENDED.../THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/
FOR THU MRNG ON...THE PAH FORECAST AREA WILL BE ON THE PERIPHERY OF
HIGH SFC PRESSURE...WHERE MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND DRY WEATHER SHOULD
DOMINATE. HOWEVER...MODELS SHOW THAT PERIODIC NRN STREAM MID LEVEL
SHRTWVS AND THEIR SFC REFLECTIONS WILL IMPINGE ON THE SFC HIGH/MID
LEVEL RIDGE. THE GULF WILL NOT NECESSARILY OPEN FOR A MOISTURE
SOURCE...SO QPF AMOUNTS ARE LIMITED. THE ONLY EXCEPTION MAY BE ON
SUN /DAY 7/ WHERE A LITTLE BETTER FETCH IS INDICATED...AND BETTER
INSTABILITY. WE TRIED TO STICK MAINLY TO GFS/ECMWF ENSEMBLE MEAN
PATTERNS FOR THIS PART OF THE FORECAST. TEMPS SHOULD STAY AROUND
NORMAL MOST OF THE PERIOD.

&&

.AVIATION...
WITH THE SURFACE BOUNDARY EXPECTED TO REMAIN ALONG AND JUST SOUTH
OF THE KPAH/KOWB TAF SITES...PROLONGED MVFR CEILINGS AND
VISIBILITIES WILL DOMINATED THE FIRST 12-14 HOURS OF THIS FORECAST
PERIOD. DEPENDING ON THE MOVEMENT OF THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY...KPAH/KOWB COULD SEE VFR CONDITIONS AFTER 14Z MONDAY. FURTHER
NORTH...IFR/LIFR CEILINGS WILL DOMINATE NEAR KCGI/KEVV TAF SITES...AS
STABILIZATION AT THE LOWER LEVELS ALLOWS FOR THERMAL STRATIFICATION
FOR ENHANCED CEILING DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN THE SURFACE AND 925-850
MB FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND SLOPE. GIVEN THE FACT THAT PRECIPITATION
CHANCES WILL BE HIGH THROUGH THE ENTIRE FORECAST PERIOD...AN
ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO FOCUS ON THE MEAN VISIBILITY LEVEL AND BEST
TIME PERIOD FOR CONCENTRATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.

&&

.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR BALLARD-CALDWELL-
     CALLOWAY-CARLISLE-CHRISTIAN-CRITTENDEN-DAVIESS-FULTON-
     GRAVES-HENDERSON-HICKMAN-HOPKINS-LIVINGSTON-LYON-MARSHALL-
     MCCRACKEN-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD-TRIGG-UNION KY-WEBSTER.

MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR BOLLINGER-BUTLER-
     CAPE GIRARDEAU-CARTER-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-PERRY MO-
     RIPLEY-SCOTT-STODDARD-WAYNE MO.

IL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR ALEXANDER-EDWARDS-
     FRANKLIN-GALLATIN-HAMILTON-HARDIN-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-
     MASSAC-PERRY IL-POPE-PULASKI-SALINE-UNION IL-WABASH-WAYNE
     IL-WHITE-WILLIAMSON.

IN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-
     SPENCER-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK.

&&

AVIATION...SMITH
PUBLIC...CW

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
815 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-021000-
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-
815 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS
THE QUAD STATE REGION FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH AN
ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT...THE
MAIN PROBLEM WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE HEAVY RAINFALL. IF A STORM
WERE TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS...THE MAIN THREAT WOULD BE LARGE
HAIL.

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS PERSIST ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
QUAD STATE AREA. REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS
FOR THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

WAVES OF SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE MONDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING.

A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST PRIMARILY FOR SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI AND WEST KENTUCKY MONDAY...AND ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER
IN WEST KENTUCKY MONDAY NIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED
AT THIS TIME.

MODERATE TO MAJOR RIVER FLOODING WILL PERSIST FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK
ALONG MOST RIVERS ACROSS THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY NEW FLOODING PROBLEMS AS WELL AS RAINFALL
AMOUNTS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
732 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011

MOZ107-108-020100-
CARTER MO-RIPLEY MO-
732 PM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN RIPLEY AND WESTERN
CARTER COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 800 PM CDT...

AT 728 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FREEMONT...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED INCLUDE FREMONT AND VAN BUREN.

FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM
WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AS WELL...WHICH MAY RESULT IN STANDING
WATER ON AREA ROADS. WATER LEVELS IN SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS AND IN
DITCHES MAY RISE QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

SMITH