1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 15, 1:40 PM CST, 9 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 140 PM CST FRI MAR 15 2002 SEMI-PERMANENT SW FLOW ALOFT TO KEEP THINGS HOPPING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL KEEP THE GULF OPEN WITH COPIUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE AVAILABLE. MAIN CHALLENGES WILL BE TIMING OF MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT DRAPED FROM NE TO SW ACROSS THE CWA AT MIDDAY. FORWARD PROGRESS TO REMAIN AT A CRAWL AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS ON THE BOUNDARY OVER CENTRAL ARKANSAS. THE AIRMASS BEHIND THE FRONT IS VERY SHALLOW (1000 FT). EXPECT ELEVATED CONVECTION ACROSS THE CWA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKS NORTHEAST. LIS AGAIN NOT TOO IMPRESSIVE BUT SHOWALTER INDICES DIPPING BELOW ZERO SO WILL KEEP RW/TRW WORDING AND CATEGORICAL POPS. RW AND TRW TO LINGER OVER SE HALF OF CWA SATURDAY MORNING...BUT EXPECT MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVER ALL EXCEPT THE NW SECTIONS WHERE CLOUDINESS SHOULD DECREASE. SATURDAY NIGHT THE AFOREMENTIONED FRONT GETS LIFTED NORTHWARD IN RESPONSE TO THE NEXT S/W IN LINE. THIS SHOULD PRODUCE THE SECOND ROUND OF RW/TRW WHICH WILL LAST INTO SUNDAY MORNING. AFTER A BRIEF RESPITE...ON SUNDAY NIGHT THE NEXT S/W WILL SKIRT ALONG THE SE HALF OF THE CWA COMBINED WITH A STATIONARY FRONT E-W ACROSS CNTRL TN. THIS WILL PRODUCE ROUND THREE OF PRECIP (RA). AT THE MOMENT MOST OF MONDAY ACTUALLY LOOKS DRY BUT BY MONDAY NIGHT THE NEXT S/W WILL LIFT NE ACROSS THE REGION WHICH SHOULD PRODUCE THE FOURTH ROUND OF PRECIP (RW/TRW). WITH THE MAIN UPPER TROF PASSING ON TUESDAY...EXPECT FIFTH ROUND OF PRECIP (RW/TRW). DEPENDING ON THE TRACK OF THESE SYSTEMS AND THE QPF THEY GENERATE...WE COULD BE HAVING WATER PROBLEMS AROUND THE FIRST OF NEXT WEEK. LOOKS LIKE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WILL BE DRY BUT ON FRIDAY ANOTHER S/W WILL INTERACT WITH A STATIONARY FRONT TO OUR SOUTH TO PRODUCE ROUND NUMBER SIX (RA). .PAH...NONE. PACKETT
MOZ107>112-114-160400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 547 PM CST FRI MAR 15 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #29 IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 10 PM CST... COUNTIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE... CARTER...RIPLEY...BUTLER...STODDARD...SCOTT...NEW MADRID...AND MISSISSIPPI. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 10 PM. THE COMBINATION OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY...INSTABILITY...DEEP MOISTURE...AND AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS PRODUCING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS...BUT THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL. SPOTTERS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ACTIVATED AT THIS TIME. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. && JAP
MOZ086-087-100-109>111-160120- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 650 PM CST FRI MAR 15 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... AT 647 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WAYNE...BOLLINGER...CAPE GIRARDEAU...BUTLER AND STODDARD COUNTIES. ALL OF THEM ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM DELTA...TO DUDLEY...TO NEELYVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF GORDONVILLE AND BLOOMFIELD THROUGH 715 PM CST. && PS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
805 PM CST FRI MAR 15 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0802 PM DEXTER MO .75 INCH HAIL
03/15/02 STODDARD SHERIFF DEPARTMENT
REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL JUST SOUTHWEST OF
THE CITY OF DEXTERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
818 PM CST FRI MAR 15 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0802 PM DEXTER MO .75 INCH HAIL
03/15/02 STODDARD SHERIFF DEPARTMENT
REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL JUST SOUTHWEST OF
THE CITY OF DEXTER
0808 PM DEXTER MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
03/15/02 STODDARD BETWEEN 806 AND 808 PM
QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIE
HAIL FELL IN DEXTER.
REPORTED BY DEXTER PD.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
818 PM CST FRI MAR 15 2002
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0802 PM DEXTER MO .75 INCH HAIL
03/15/02 STODDARD SHERIFF DEPARTMENT
REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL JUST SOUTHWEST OF
THE CITY OF DEXTER
0808 PM DEXTER MO 1.25 INCH HAIL
03/15/02 STODDARD BETWEEN 806 AND 808 PM
QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL FELL IN DEXTER.
REPORTED BY DEXTER PD.MOZ107>112-114-160415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1000 PM CST FRI MAR 15 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 29 EXPIRED AT 1000 PM CST... CARTER...RIPLEY...BUTLER...STODDARD...SCOTT...NEW MADRID...AND MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...BUT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. && DFS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Route 56 was barricaded between Otwell and Cato due to flooding. A road in Winslow was flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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