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 Nov 12, 1:00 PM CST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 100 PM CST TUE NOV 12 2002 LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS HIGH PRESSURE SLOW TO BUILD INTO THE AREA. 12Z TUE UA RUNS SHOW 500MB TROUGH BISECTING FA. THE BNA AND ILX 12Z TUE UA SOUNDINGS SHOW STRONG INVERSION AROUND 850 MB. THE INVERSION WILL HOLD SC DECK OVER MOST OF THE FA THROUGHOUT THE DAY. CLOUDS SHOULD SLOWLY ADVECT EAST AS TROUGH ROTATES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. NUMERICAL GUIDANCE SEEMS TO BE TOO OPTIMISTIC ON CLEARING OUT SC. IN CONTRAST...THE 12Z ETA TIME HEIGHT CROSS SECTIONS INDICATE CLOUDS REMAINING OVER PAH THROUGH 00Z. WILL CLEAR SKIES IN EXTREME EASTERN FA THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE...WILL MAINTAIN CLEAR SKIES TIL WED NIGHT AND WILL BRING IN HIGH CLOUDS. THE NEXT SYSTEM REMAINS ON TRACK WITH CURRENT FORECAST AND WILL MAINTAIN LOW POPS THURSDAY NIGHT AS THE CLIPPER SYSTEM OVERTAKES THE AREA. WILL INCREASE CLOUDS FOR FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND AS UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE SLOW TO DEPART. 12Z AVN HINTS AT LINGERING PRECIP WELL INTO THE WEEKEND. WILL NOT BUY INTO THIS AT THIS TIME. WITH NW FLOW OVER THE AREA WILL NOT OPT FOR MAJOR REBOUND IN TEMPS WED AS ADVERTISED BY FWC BUT RETURN FLOW AHEAD OF NEXT SYSTEM SHOULD WARM THINGS UP CONSIDERABLY BY THURSDAY AND WILL LEAN TOWARD FWC THEN. EXPECT MUCH COLDER TEMPS THIS WEEKEND AS COLDER AIR FILTERS INTO THE REGION IN COLD FRONTS WAKE. HOWEVER...WILL LEAN TO THE WARM SIDE OF MEX AS IT HAS BEEN TOO COOL IN THE PAST ON SIMILAR SCENARIOS. .PAH...NONE. KH
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-131100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 450 AM CST TUE NOV 12 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Green River rose slightly above flood stage at the Paradise Fossil Plant, causing only minor flooding of rural bottomland. The river crested at 380.34 feet, just above the flood stage of 380 feet.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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