1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 26, 1:50 PM CST, 5 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 250 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2001 FORECAST CHALLENGE THIS ROUND IS DETERMINING THE EXACT FRONTAL POSITION OVER THE WEEKEND AND ITS EFFECTS ON PRECIPITATION CHANCES. LATEST 19Z SURFACE CHART INDICATES THE FRONT HAS MADE VERY LITTLE SOUTHWARD PROGRESS DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS TODAY. CURRENT POSITION OF FRONT IS RIGHT ALONG THE OHIO RIVER BACK ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES MOST OF THE SCATTERED SHOWER ACTIVITY RIGHT ALONG THE FRONT FROM SOUTH-CENTRAL ILLINOIS INTO SOUTHERN INDIANA AND POINTS EAST FROM THERE. DURING THE UPCOMING WEEKEND...MODELS VARY SIGNIFICANTLY ON EXACTLY HOW MUCH NORTHWARD PROGRESS THE FRONT MAKES. ETA IS THE QUICKEST IN THRUSTING THE FRONT NORTH OF THE AREA...AVN LINGERS THE FRONT ACROSS THE AREA EVEN INTO SUNDAY...WHILE NGM OFFERS A COMPROMISE SOLUTION THROUGH 48 HOURS. AVN SEEMS TOO SLOW IN PUSHING THE FRONT TO THE NORTH...ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE WEAK ZONAL FLOW PATTERN IN PLACE. ON THE OTHER HAND...ETA AGGRESSIVELY THRUSTS THE FRONT BACK TO THE NORTH MUCH EARLIER IN THE PERIOD. THIS MAY ALSO BE OVERDONE... ESPECIALLY IF FORECASTED CONVECTION HELPS TO INHIBIT THE FRONT/S NORTHWARD PROGRESS OVER THE WEEKEND. AS A RESULT...A COMPROMISE SOLUTION...THE NGM...SEEMS PRUDENT AT THIS JUNCTURE. AS THE FRONT CONTINUES TO SAG SOUTH TONIGHT...SHOWER ACTIVITY SHOULD COME TO AN END THIS EVENING...AT LEAST OVER NORTHERN ZONES. WILL WAIT UNTIL CLOSER TO ISSUANCE TIME TO DECIDE ON WORDING OF FIRST PERIOD. WILL LIKELY CARRY AT LEAST A CHANCE POP OVER SOUTHERN ZONES ALL NIGHT LONG. IF FRONT MAKES IT TO THE KENTUCKY-TENNESSEE BORDER...IT WILL NOT STAY THERE VERY LONG. AS IT RETURNS NORTH FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...EXPECT AN INCREASING CHANCE FOR MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WILL CARRY THE CHANCE OF CONVECTION INTO SUNDAY AS WELL...SINCE THE UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE WILL NOT YET BE SUFFICIENTLY IN PLACE AT THAT TIME TO CAP OFF STORM DEVELOPMENT. LONG-RANGE MODELS ARE CONSISTENT IN BUILDING THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE MID-MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY NEXT WEEK. THE SUBSIDENCE AND RESULTANT COMPRESSIONAL WARMING FROM THIS RIDGE SHOULD HELP TO CAP CONVECTION. GIVEN STRENGTH AND POSITIONING OF UPPER RIDGE...WILL RAISE HIGH TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 90S FOR THE EXTENDED. GENERALLY FOLLOWED ETA SURFACE TEMPERATURE DEPICTION THROUGH 60 HOURS...WITH A BIAS TOWARD THE WARMER FMR GUIDANCE IN LATER PERIODS. .PAH...NONE. RJP
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Slow-moving thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall, with radar estimates around 3 inches in 4 hours just east of Sturgis. Serious street flooding was reported in Sturgis, with water getting into some residences. Highway 270 was flooded just east of Sturgis.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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