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 29, 1:38 AM CST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 238 AM CDT SUN JUL 29 2001 MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM IS RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND TIMING OF A WEAK FROPA. CURRENT FORECAST PACKAGE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. WILL ONLY MAKE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS AND WILL RE-ARRANGE ZONE GROUPINGS TO ACCOMODATE CLEARING BEHIND FROPA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REGION IN RESPONSE TO AN APPROACHING SHORT WAVE AND WEAK SFC FRONT/TROF. 00Z ETA/AVN RUNS SIMILAR...BUT AVN SEEMS TO HAVE THE BEST HANDLE ON THIS. ALTHOUGH IR SAT PIX SHOW TOPS WARMING...MODELS CRANKING OUT DECENT QPF AND/OR IMPRESSIVE UVV'S THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY. AS A RESULT...WILL EXTEND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THE NOON HOUR. ABOVE MENTIONED SHORT WAVE WILL SLOWLY DRAG THE SFC BOUNDARY ACROSS THE CWA FROM NW TO SE TODAY. IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM...HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD IN AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT. THIS WILL SUPPRESS CONVECTION AND PROVIDE FAIR SKIES THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK. BY FRIDAY THE UPPER BREAKS DOWN AND RETREATS WEST A BIT ALLOWING THE NEXT SHORT WAVE AND ASSOC SURFACE SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE CWA. .PAH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS MORNING FOR ENTIRE CWA. PACKETT
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 150 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:15 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Torrential rain from persistent thunderstorms caused Big Creek to rise rapidly during the early morning hours. Prior to reaching bankful, campers were evacuated from the Sam A. Baker State Park due to rapid rises on Big Creek.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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