1 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 27, 1:35 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 235 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2001 PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERN OVER THE UPCOMING WEEKEND IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. 18Z SURFACE MAP INDICATES A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS...EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSOURI...AND SOUTHERN KENTUCKY. IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...THE FRONT HAS ALREADY SHOWN SIGNS OF BULGING NORTH AS A WARM FRONT...AS EVIDENCED BY THE 76 DEW POINT AT PADUCAH. THE 12Z UPPER AIR CHARTS FROM THIS MORNING DEPICTED DEEP MOISTURE THROUGH AND JUST TO THE WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA. OVER THE WEEKEND...THE SURFACE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO HEAD BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT. THIS COMBINED WITH A NUMBER OF UPPER-LEVEL IMPULSES...DEEP MOISTURE...AND INCREASED INSTABILITY ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT WILL SET THE STAGE FOR SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MORNING SOUNDINGS AT KSGF...KLIT...AND KBNA ALL SHOWED PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AT OR ABOVE 2 INCHES...WITH K INDICES FROM 35 TO 40...AND SURFACE DEW POINTS IN THE 70S. THIS MOISTURE-LADEN AIR WILL SIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE REGION ON SATURDAY BEHIND THE FRONT. A LITTLE SUNSHINE...EVEN FILTERED THROUGH CLOUDS...SHOULD ALLOW FOR AN INCREASE IN INSTABILITY. ALL OF THIS EQUATES TO A VERY GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN. OVER THE PAST TEN DAYS...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE OCCURRED OVER SOME PART OF THE FORECAST AREA EVERY DAY. KPAH STORM-TOTAL PRECIP ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN JUST THE PAST TWO DAYS...MAINLY ADJACENT TO THE LOWER OHIO RIVER VALLEY. SO FLASH FLOODING IS A CONCERN THIS WEEKEND...ESPECIALLY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME...WILL MENTION THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN THE ZONES. THIS WILL GIVE SUBSEQUENT SHIFTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER REFINE THE TIME FRAME AND AREAL EXTENT OF CONCERN...AND ISSUE A WATCH IF NEEDED. LOOKING OUT TO NEXT WEEK...A RIDGE IS STILL EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE MID-MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY BY MONDAY. THE RESULTANT WARM DRY AIR ALOFT SHOULD HELP TO INHIBIT CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK. USED A BLEND OF AVN/ETA MODELS FOR THIS FORECAST CYCLE...WITH A BIAS TOWARD THE FMR GUIDANCE NEXT WEEK. WITH RESPECT TO THE GOING ZONE PACKAGE...WILL BUMP UP POPS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. OTHERWISE...GOING ZONES HANDLE FORECAST SCENARIO VERY WELL AND WILL MAKE FEW ADDITIONAL CHANGES. .PAH...NONE. RJP
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-271830- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...VALID UNTIL 600 AM SATURDAY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1131 AM CDT FRI JUL 27 2001 THIS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK IS VALID FOR SOUTHWEST INDIANA... SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...AND WESTERN KENTUCKY ...UNTIL 600 AM SATURDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH CENTRAL AND WESTERN MISSOURI LATE THIS MORNING. A WARM FRONT WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR JONESBORO ARKANSAS...TO NEAR PADUCAH...TO MADISONVILLE KENTUCKY. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION OVER MISSOURI WILL WEAKEN...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG AND NEAR THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE QUAD STATE AREA TONIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH THE WARM FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA...WILL PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE AIRMASS WILL BE SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. UPPER LEVEL WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE WEAK...SO SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...WITH THE LIGHT WINDS...STORMS WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY AND HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED FOR FLOODING SITUATIONS. SPODEN
ILZ090-091-094-KYZ001>008-010-011-013-015-016-021-MOZ112-272115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 317 PM CDT FRI JUL 27 2001 ...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL... AT 305 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...GENERALLY ALONG A LINE FROM CHARLESTON MISSOURI... TO CALVERT CITY KENTUCKY...TO GREENVILLE KENTUCKY. THE STORMS WERE DRIFTING VERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTH. A FEW WERE PRODUCING COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR... OVER AREAS NORTH OF KEVIL KENTUCKY..AND BETWEEN LEDBETTER AND CALVERT CITY. MOST AREAS ARE NOT SEEING ANY RAINFALL...HOWEVER IF ONE OF THESE STORMS DEVELOPS OVER YOUR AREA...BE PREPARED FOR VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY NEAR THESE STORMS. REMEMBER...DO NOT CROSS AREAS WHERE WAT)ER COVERS THE ROADS. DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY NEAR FLOODED AREAS. REPORT ANY FLOODING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SPODEN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Slow-moving thunderstorms dumped very heavy rain. Water was reported over some roads in Greenville.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, July 2001
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5257732.