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 Apr 24, 12:45 AM CST, 5 hours 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 145 AM CDT WED APR 24 2002 MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGES WILL BE WITH TIMING AND INTENSITY OF CONVECTION THIS AM WITH SMALL MCS TYPE SYSTEM...AND THEN WITH COLD FRONT/H50 SHORT WAVE THIS AFTERNOON. CURRENT SATELLITE AND RADAR TRENDS SHOW STRONG CONVECTION CONTINUING TO DEVELOP NORTH OF SURFACE WARM FRONT ON NOSE OF LOW LEVEL (H85) JET. ISOLATED MARGINAL SEVERE REPORTED EARLIER OVER OUR WESTERN COUNTIES...AND THIS SHOULD REMAIN THE CASE AS THE COMPLEX EVOLVES EAST DURING THE MORNING HOURS. ETA/AVN PRETTY CLOSE WITH TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM OVER THE CWA BY 12Z. WILL THEREFORE NEED TO HAVE LIKELY/CATEGORICAL POPS GOING FOR EARLY MOST AREAS. WILL ALSO NEED TO MONITOR RADAR TRENDS FOR TRAINING ECHOES AND POSSIBLE SMALL SCALE FLASH FLOODING THIS MORNING. WILL MENTION LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN ZONES. CONVECTIVE SYSTEM SHOULD DECAY DURING THE MID MORNING HOURS...LEAVING NUMEROUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FOR INTERACTION WITH COLD FRONT LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SHOULD BE SOME SUN IN BETWEEN EVENTS...AND THIS WILL SERVE TO DESTABILIZE THE AIRMASS LEFT OVER FROM THIS MORNING. ETA FORECAST BEST LIS RUNNING -4 TO -6 BY AFTERNOON OVER MUCH OF THE REGION AS FAST MOVING COLD FRONT AND H50 S/W ENTER THE PICTURE. HENCE...ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG/SEVERE STORMS SEEMS LIKELY AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES (SEE SPC DISC). FRONT SHOULD BE VERY CLOSE TO THE OHIO RIVER AT 00Z THU. WILL NEED TO LEAVE SOME CHANCE FOR STORMS DURING THE EARLY EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN KY AND SOUTHWEST IN. FROPA WILL BRING SHOT OF COOLER/DRIER AIR FOR THU/THU NIGHT...BUT THE DRY SPELL WILL BE BRIEF AS H85 WINDS TURN SOUTHERLY QUITE QUICKLY AND BEGIN OVER-RUNNING SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BY FRI AFTERNOON/EVENING. SHOULD STAY UNSETTLED TIL FROPA (AND NEXT ROUND OF STORMS PASSES) LATE SAT/SAT NIGHT. .PAH...NONE. MEFFERT
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-241900- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 700 AM CDT WED APR 24 2002 ...HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA... THREATS... A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS OVER PORTIONS OF THE QUAD STATE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. DISCUSSION... A WARM FRONT OVER SOUTHERN ARKANSAS WILL DRIFT NORTHEAST TOWARD THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH THIS WARM FRONT WILL LIKELY REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS...BUT MAY CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE EAST AND DIMINISH AS THE MORNING WEARS ON. FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...SOME SUNSHINE IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO THE REGION. THIS WILL DESTABILIZE THE AIR OUT AHEAD OF A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT. A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE STORMS WILL FORM A SQUALL LINE...AS IT MOVES THROUGH SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE MAIN LIMITING FACTOR TO THE COVERAGE OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL BE THE AMOUNT OF CLOUDS LEFT OVER FROM THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING. THE MORE SUNSHINE AVAILABLE THIS AFTERNOON...THE GREATER THE THREAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM. SPOTTER ACTIVATION... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON OVER MUCH OF THE QUAD STATE REGION. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL EXTEND INTO THE EARLY EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY. && MEFFERT
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 150 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:27 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Some low-lying county roads were flooded. A bridge on Route C had water over it. Rainfall at Greenville was 2.75 inches, and Piedmont had 1.7 inches. Most of that rain fell within a few hours.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, April 2002
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