River Flood Warning 89, NWS Paducah, KY

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1135 AM CST TUE NOV 29 2011

.UPDATE...
FOR 18Z TAF ISSUANCE.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
BANDING OF SNOW IN SEMO/ADVISORY AREA MAY CONTINUE A LITTLE WHILE
YET...BUT LATEST OBS SHOW IT CHANGING BACK TO RAIN AT POF WHILE IT
HAS JUST CHANGED TO SNOW AT CGI. RAIN REPORTED NORTH AND
EAST...FROM MDH TO FWC AND UPSTREAM AS WELL...AND THIS WARMER AIR
SHOULD BE WRAPPED AROUND THE LOW AND ADVECT INTO SEMO. THEREFORE
WILL CARRY-ON WITH INHERITED RAIN/CHC SN FORECAST FOR THE AREA
THIS AM AND LET ADVISORY EXPIRE A NATURAL DEATH.

SURFACE/BLAYER TEMPS ARE TRICKY B/C DESPITE WARMER AIR WRAPPING
ACROSS THE AREA...THERE IS SOME COOLER AIR ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE
FA TO OUR WEST. THIS COULD CAUSE SOME WINTRY PCPN THIS A.M. BUT
DRIER AIR INVADING THE COLUMN SHOULD BREAK THE PCPN UP ENOUGH TO
MINIMIZE ACCUMS TO LESS THAN AN INCH/GRASSY AREAS SO WE'LL REFRAIN
FROM ADVISORY EXPANSION FOR THESE REASONS.

CLEARING IS 2 COUNTIES AWAY AND SHOULD GRADUALLY WORK WEST TO
EAST...ON A SLIGHTLY QUICKER TIMING THAN INHERITED ACCORDING TO
00Z MODELS. SHOULD SEE ALL PRECIP OUT OF AREA/CLEARING SKY BY 06Z
TONIGHT (TUE NIGHT MIDNIGHT).

BEYOND THE NEAR TERM ACCEPTED INHERITED CR/INIT GRIDS AMIDST GOING
PACKAGE AND WILL MAKE APPROPRIATE COLLAB CHANGES.

&&

.AVIATION...
SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL FROM THE EVANSVILLE AREA SOUTH SOUTHWEST
THROUGH MURRAY KENTUCKY. THE BACKSIDE OF THE PRECIPITATION EXTENDS
FROM MOUNT VERNON ILLINOIS TO PADUCAH /KPAH/. SOME OF THE
PRECIPITATION...ESPECIALLY IN THE WABASH RIVER VALLEY IS CHANGING
BACK TO EITHER RAIN OR A LIGHT MIX BEFORE ENDING. IFR CONDITIONS
WILL PERSIST WHERE PRECIPITATION IS OCCURRING. ONCE THE RAIN/SNOW
MIX ENDS...CIGS WILL RISE TO MVFR. AS THE LOW PICKS UP SPEED AS IT
MOVES NORTHEAST...CLOUDS WILL LIFT AND SCATTER TONIGHT BEFORE
CLEARING OUT BY SUNRISE. WINDS HAVE PICKED UP IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
WITH A GUSTY NORTHWEST WIND. HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR THESE GUSTS AT BOTH
KCGI AND KPAH. WINDS WILL PICK UP AT KEVV AND KOWB LATER THIS
AFTERNOON BUT SHOULD LACK THE GUSTS.

&&

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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
843 AM CST TUE NOV 29 2011

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-301100-
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-
843 AM CST TUE NOV 29 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NARROW BANDS OF SNOW WILL PRODUCE ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW THIS
MORNING...MAINLY ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND THE PURCHASE
AREA OF WEST KENTUCKY. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE SLICK ROADWAYS.
OUTSIDE OF THAT AREA...ACROSS THE REST OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND
WEST KENTUCKY...ALONG WITH SOUTHWEST INDIANA...THE RAIN MAY MIX
WITH OR CHANGE TO SNOW AT TIMES THROUGHOUT THE MORNING AND INTO
THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER REPORTS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION TODAY ARE ENCOURAGED.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
649 AM CST TUE NOV 29 2011

ILZ093-094-KYZ001>009-291500-
PULASKI-MASSAC-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-
LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...HICKMAN...
CLINTON...BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...
BENTON...MURRAY
649 AM CST TUE NOV 29 2011

...SUNRISE SNOWFALL TO GREET MORNING COMMUTERS...

AT 645 AM...PADUCAH RADAR SHOWED A NARROW BAND OF MODERATE
SNOWFALL WORKING ITS WAY ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER AND INTO AND ACROSS
THE JACKSON PURCHASE AREA OF WESTERN KENTUCKY. SNOW WAS REDUCING
VISIBILITY TO 1 AND 1/2 MILE AT BARKLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT...WHERE
IT WAS MEASURING 1 TO 2 TENTHS OF AN INCH IN GRASSY AREAS.

THE SNOW IS WET SO WILL CONTAIN BIG FLAKES AND ACCUMULATE QUICKLY IN
THE GRASS...AND MAY MAKE FOR SLUSHY ROAD CONDITIONS ON THE MORNING
COMMUTE AS WELL. HOWEVER IT SHOULD NOT LAST TOO LONG...LIMITING
TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS TO AN INCH OR LESS GENERALLY.

BE CAREFUL ON THE MORNING COMMUTE. MOST TEMPERATURES ARE ABOVE
FREEZING BUT ELEVATED SURFACES LIKE BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY
BE MORE SLICK THAN MAIN ROADS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
900 AM CST TUE NOV 29 2011

ILZ076>078-082-083-086-087-091-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ010>022-
291800-
WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-HAMILTON-WHITE-SALINE-GALLATIN-HARDIN-
GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER-CRITTENDEN-LYON-
TRIGG-CALDWELL-UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-
DAVIESS-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...ALBION...MOUNT CARMEL...
MCLEANSBORO...CARMI...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN...ELIZABETHTOWN...
FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE...EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...
ROCKPORT...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...
DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...
CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON
900 AM CST TUE NOV 29 2011

...RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW THIS MORNING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WEST KENTUCKY...

AT 900 AM...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND SNOW WAS SITUATED EAST OF
INTERSTATE 57 IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AS WELL AS MOST OF SOUTHWEST
INDIANA AND THE NORTHERN PENNYRILE REGION OF WEST KENTUCKY. THE
RAIN WILL LIKELY BEGIN MIXING WITH OR CHANGING OVER TO SNOW
SOMETIME THIS MORNING AND POSSIBLY LINGERING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON.
THE SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE IN SOME AREAS BUT AMOUNTS SHOULD BE AN
INCH OR LESS. THROUGH NOON...THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO SEE
ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL BE LOCATIONS EAST OF INTERSTATE 57 IN
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AS WELL AS WEST OF A LINE FROM HOPKINSVILLE TO
MADISONVILLE KENTUCKY TO EVANSVILLE INDIANA. THERE MAY SOME SLUSHY
OR SLICK SPOTS ON THE ROADWAYS...SO USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.