Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Paducah, KY

490 
WGUS73 KPAH 182125
FFSPAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
425 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013

MOC017-023-031-035-157-181-223-190100-
/O.CON.KPAH.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130419T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BOLLINGER MO-BUTLER MO-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-CARTER MO-PERRY MO-RIPLEY MO-
WAYNE MO-
425 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
WAYNE...RIPLEY...PERRY...CARTER...CAPE GIRARDEAU...BUTLER AND
BOLLINGER COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...

AT 418 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS POTENTIALLY PRODUCING FLASH 
FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.  AT THIS TIME...SOME AREAS ARE STILL 
RECEIVING UP TO HALF AN INCH PER HOUR.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 
OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE TRAIL OF TEARS STATE PARK...SAM
A. BAKER STATE PARK...PATTON...MILLERSVILLE...LODI...LEOPOLD...
GRASSY...DUTCHTOWN...DAISY...CASCADE...BURFORDVILLE...BOLLINGER MILL
STATE HISTORIC SITE...ALLIANCE...PIEDMONT...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE
HILL...JACKSON...GORDONVILLE...DELTA...CAPE GIRARDEAU AND ALTENBURG.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3708 9121 3705 9078 3727 9074 3731 9015
      3764 9014 3790 8985 3769 8951 3755 8952
      3741 8942 3725 8949 3713 8976 3713 8995
      3704 9000 3704 9015 3692 9026 3669 9014
      3650 9022 3650 9112 3682 9112 3683 9122

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
201 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013

.SHORT TERM...(THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 1139 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

CONVECTIVE LINE IN TWO PARTS. THE NORTHERN PART ACCELERATED A
LITTLE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE...REACHING ACROSS THE WABASH THIS MORNING
BUT STAYING NORTH OF US. NOW THE LINE IS CLOSER TO ORIGINAL TRACK
SINCE UPPER SPEED CORE IS DIGGING TROF A LITTLE TO THE SOUTH AND
WEST. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE LIFTING ACROSS MO AND 2ND PART OF LINE
IS MOVING INTO SEMO WITH IT. THIS IS THE MAIN THRUST AREA FOR SVR
CONVECTION FOR NOW. FURTHER EAST...BREAKS IN CLOUDS ARE ALLOWING
THE FARTHEST EASTERN PTNS OF THE FA TO HEAT UP CLOSE TO THE FREE
AMBIENT/CONVECTIVE TEMP. CURRENT WATCH EXTENDS TO ABOUT THIS
AREA...AND POINTS EAST MAY BE INCLUDED IN A NEW WATCH LATER. WILL
CONTINUE TO MONITOR CLOSELY.

12Z MODELS ARE IN SYNC..WITH FRONT/CONVECTION STILL POISED TO
MAKE WAY THRU FA BY MID EVENING...AND HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS BEHIND
FRONT CONTINUING THRU NIGHT BUT ENDING BY/BEFORE 12Z FRIDAY.
COOLER AIR WILL BE USHERED IN ITS DEPARTING WAKE TOMORROW.

STRONG WINDS/GUSTS IN TIGHT GRADIENT OF WARM SECTOR WILL CONTINUE
WITH WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THRU MIDNIGHT...THIS WILL COVER THE
STILL TIGHT GRADIENT FIRST FEW HOURS AFTER FROPA AS WELL.

.LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 200 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT...AND GUIDANCE
HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY INDICATING LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S FOR
THE ENTIRE PAH FORECAST AREA FOR SEVERAL DAYS.  WILL CONTINUE TO
KEEP FROST MENTIONED FOR LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH A FROST ADVISORY
POSSIBLY ISSUED TONIGHT OR TOMORROW.

QUIET WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.  SUNSHINE ON
SATURDAY WILL HELP HIGH TEMPERATURES BE 5 TO 8 DEGREES WARMER THAN
FRIDAY.  EVEN A BIT WARMER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY WITH
WINDS TAKING ON A MORE SOUTHERLY COMPONENT AS THE HIGH MOVES EAST.
HIGHS WILL REACH NEAR NORMAL READINGS IN THE UPPER 60S TO AROUND 70
DEGREES ON MONDAY AS WINDS INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH.

ECMWF AND GFS ARE STILL IN TIMING DISAGREEMENT WITH OUR WEATHER
SYSTEM EARLY/MID NEXT WEEK.  GFS TAKES A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE FA
ON TUESDAY...WHILE ECMWF IS ABOUT 12 HOURS SLOWER AND TAKES THE
FRONT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.  WENT WITH SLIGHT TO LOW CHANCES POPS
MONDAY NIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE
OHIO RIVER.  WENT WITH HIGH CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS TUESDAY INTO
TUESDAY NIGHT...WHEN BOTH MODELS SHOW THE HIGHEST QPF AMOUNTS.
BEHIND THIS SYSTEM...ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT COOL DOWN IS EXPECTED FOR
WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...WITH TEMPERATURES 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL.

&&

.AVIATION...
ISSUED AT 1139 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

VFR DECKS WILL PREVAIL TIL THE CONVECTIVE LINE MAKES ITS PUSH
ACROSS THE FLIGHT TERMINALS. WHILE WE CANNOT RULE OUT DEVELOPMENT
AHEAD OF THE LINE...AT THIS WRITING...IT APPEARS THE INTRO OF MVFR
CIGS WILL COME WITH THE LINE ITSELF...LATE THIS PM. IFR VSBYS MAY
ACCOMPANY THE LINE IN THE HEAVIEST STORM PERIOD FOR A COUPLE OF
HOURS AS THE FRONT MAKES PASSAGE...FOLLOWED BY CONTINUED MVFR
CIGS/VSBYS IN THE POST FRONTAL RAIN SHOWERS THAT WILL LAST 1 TO 3
HOURS AS WELL. STRONG GRADIENT WINDS AHEAD OF THE INCOMING SYSTEM
WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE GUSTS INTO THE 40S KTS AND A CONVECTIVELY
AIDED BURST COULD GO HIGHER.

&&

.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IL...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR ILZ075>078-080>094.

MO...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR MOZ076-086-087-100-
     107>112-114.

IN...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR INZ081-082-085>088.

KY...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR KYZ001>022.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
931 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-191000-
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-
931 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR MOST OF THE QUAD
STATE...EXCLUDING THE FAR EASTERN EDGE OF THE PENNYRILE. REFER TO
THE WATCH FOR DETAILED INFORMATION.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE UNTIL
MIDNIGHT. REFER TO THE ADVISORY FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

AFTER THIS STORM SYSTEM PASSES...MUCH COOLER AIR WILL INFILTRATE
THE REGION FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL LEAD TO THE
POTENTIAL FOR FROST FORMATION LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING AS LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S ARE
FORECAST WITH CLEARING SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...AND THERE
IS A SMALL POTENTIAL OF ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS. DUE TO LIMITED
MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY...SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL WITH THIS
SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO BE LOWER THAN TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED TODAY AND COULD INCLUDE TONIGHT.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1036 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

MOZ100-107>109-181645-
WAYNE MO-CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...
POPLAR BLUFF
1036 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PACKING 60 MPH WIND GUSTS OR BETTER WILL
BE HITTING CARTER AND RIPLEY COUNTIES IMMINENTLY...AND SHOULD
REACH THE POPLAR BLUFF AREA BY NOON.

REMEMBER THIS AREA IS UNDER A TORNADO WATCH...SO THESE STORMS
COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AS WELL.

AT 1035 AM...RADAR SHOWS THE LINE EXTENDING FROM ALTON MISSOURI TO
OXFORD ARKANSAS.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
157 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0152 PM     TORNADO          2 SW ROYALTON           37.86N 89.14W
04/18/2013                   WILLIAMSON         IL   PUBLIC

            EMERGENCY MANAGER RELAYED A PUBLIC REPORT OF A FUNNEL
            CLOUD THAT BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN. NO DAMAGE INFORMATION
            RELAYED AT THIS TIME.

&&

K. SMITH