Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Paducah, KY

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
630 AM CDT THU APR 21 2011

.UPDATED...
FOR 12Z AVIATION ONLY.

.DISCUSSION...
A VERY ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IS SHAPING UP FOR AREAS FROM THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS AND RED RIVER VALLEY REGION OF OKLAHOMA...NORTHEAST
ACROSS THE OZARKS AND INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO VALLEY
REGIONS. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST
OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...THAT OVER TIME COULD LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE
FLOOD CONCERNS...NOT ONLY IN AN AREAL SENSE...BUT LONGER TERM AS WELL
AND WITH RESPECT TO THE RIVERS. WE PLAN ON ISSUING A HYDROLOGIC
OUTLOOK THIS MORNING TO OUTLOOK AND DISCUSS OUR CONCERNS. LATER
SHIFTS MAY HAVE TO CONSIDER A FLOOD/FLASH FLOOD WATCH. THINK IT IS
A TAD TOO SOON TO PULL THE TRIGGER...GIVEN SOME MODEL DIFFERENCES
IN QPF PLACEMENT. THE MAIN DIFFERENCE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...IS THE
SREF/NAM ARE A BIT FARTHER SOUTH WITH HEAVIER QPF AXIS THAN THE
GFS/ECMWF SOLUTIONS. WE ARE TRENDING TOWARD THE GFS/ECMWF SOLUTIONS.

FOR TODAY...CONVECTION REMAINS FOCUSED TO OUR SOUTH. HIGH PRESSURE
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION TODAY...WITH A QUASI STATIONARY
FRONT STILL SOUTH ACROSS THE GULF COAST REGION...KEEPING US COOL AND
IN AN EASTERLY FLOW PATTERN. LOWERED POPS MORE SO TODAY...AND KEPT
BEST VALUES OVER THE SW 1/2 OF THE AREA...PRIMARILY THIS AFTERNOON
FOR SHOWERS AND PERHAPS THUNDERSTORMS.

TONIGHT...THE BOUNDARY WILL LIFT NORTH AS A WARM FRONT AND ENTER INTO
THE REGION BY 12Z FRIDAY. EXPECT AN INCREASE IN SHOWERS AND STORMS
TONIGHT...AFFECTING MOST AREAS. THE BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS
NORTH THROUGH THE DAY...CARRYING THE BEST CHANCE OF CONVECTION WITH
IT. ROUND 1 SHOULD NOT BE TOO PROBLEMATIC. OUR GRID QPF GENERALLY
RUNS FROM 0.50 TO 0.75 WEST KENTUCKY TO 1-1.5 INCHES FROM SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA.

FRIDAY NIGHT...FOCUS SHOULD SHIFT TO OUR WEST...WITH THE APPROACH OF
A COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY. HAVE BEST CHANCE POPS NW 1/2 FRIDAY NIGHT
AND LOWER SE 1/4 OF THE AREA. CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW SEVERE STORMS
FRI/FRI NIGHT. LAPSE RATES ARE QUITE GOOD...RUNNING 7-8 C/KM. VERTICAL
SPEED SHEAR IS NOT THAT GREAT ABOVE H7 THOUGH...WHICH LEADS ME TO
BELIEVE MODE WILL BE MORE MULTI CELLULAR WITH SOME STRONG TO SEVERE
STORMS THAT MAY PRODUCE HAIL OR STRONG WIND GUSTS. HEAVY RAIN WILL
WITH TIME BECOME A GREATER CONCERN.

THE AFOREMENTIONED COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO PUSH INTO THE CWFA BY
SUNDAY AND STALL. THUS...MORE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS
IN THE WORKS. THE BOUNDARY WILL PUSH BACK AS A WARM FRONT SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY. AS A RESULT WE MAY SEE A PULL BACK IN THE CONVECTIVE
ACTIVITY DURING THIS TIME FRAME AS WE ARE PUT BACK INTO THE WARM
SECTOR. ANOTHER FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT INTO
TUESDAY...AND BE THE FOCUS FOR MORE RAIN/STORMS.

FOR WHATEVER IT IS WORTH...OUR FAVORED BLEND OF THE GFS AND ECMWF
MODELS DEPICTS ANYWHERE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS
THE CWFA THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY 12Z. THANKFULLY IT WILL BE SPREAD
OUT OVER SEVERAL EVENTS IN TERMS OF LOCAL SHORT-FUSE FLOOD CONCERNS.
BUT...HAVING SAID THAT...EACH EVENT WILL POTENTIALLY BE A RESPECTABLE
RAIN MAKER...WHICH OVER TIME...WILL ONLY LOWER FFG VALUES AND
INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF FLOODING/FLASH FLOODING. IN THE LONG TERM
THERE MAY BE NOTABLE IMPACTS WITH RIVER FLOODING AS WELL. NO CHANGES
WERE MADE BEYOND MONDAY...IN THE LONG TERM PORTION OF THE FORECAST.

..NOLES..

&&

.AVIATION...
MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAYLIGHT HOURS WITH SOME
MVFR CIGS EARLY THIS MORNING. WILL SLOWLY BRING IN MVFR CIGS AFTER
SUNSET. WILL TEMPO SOME PRECIP THIS EVENING. WILL BRING IN
PREDOMINANT MVFR TOWARD THE END OF THE VALID TIME OF THIS ISSUANCE
WILL INTRODUCE SOME IFR CIGS AND VSBY IN THE LAST LEG OF THIS
ISSUANCE IN ADDITION TO PREDOMINANT TSRA.

..KH..

&&

.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...NONE.
MO...NONE.
IL...NONE.
IN...NONE.
&&

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