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 Mar 9, 1:46 PM CST, 4 hours 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 146 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2002 MAIN CHALLENGE WITH THIS FORECAST PACKAGE WILL DEGREE OF TEMPERATURE LOSS OVERNIGHT...BEFORE WARM AIR ADVECTION PATTERN AND SOUTHERLY WINDS MOVE BACK IN LATE SUNDAY...WITH NEXT SYSTEM PROGGED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE MONDAY. AVN/ETA MODELS SIMILAR THROUGH 06Z MONDAY WITH GENERAL LOCATION OF SURFACE FEATURES...THAT IS...THE MOVEMENT OF THE CENTER OF THE SURFACE HIGH PRESS FROM OK TONIGHT INTO ERN KY BY EARLY MON. THERE IS SOME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AVN AND ETA QPF...AND PRESSURE FIELDS ON MONDAY...WITH THE AVN FURTHER NORTH AND SLIGHTLY MORE PRONOUNCED WITH SURFACE REFLECTION OF LOW PRESSURE CENTER. I MAY HAVE TO COMPROMISE BETWEEN SOLNS...AS UPPER AIR FIELDS ARE GENERALLY SIMILAR THROUGH 60 HRS. LOOKS LIKE THE NEXT CHANCE OF MEASURABLE RAIN WILL SHOULD OCCUR LATE FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY. NOT HAVING A GOOD HISTORY ON THE MRF THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS...WILL JUST MENTION A CHC CATEGORY FOR SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. THE REST OF THE EXTENDED APPEARS TO BE IN LINE...SO I WILL NOT MAKE ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. WILL LIKELY GO WITH CLOSER TO ETA FOR TEMPS TONIGHT...WITH MODERATING...BUT UPWARD TREND FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. .PAH...NONE. SMITH
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-092130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1211 PM CST SAT MAR 9 2002 ...HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA... THREATS... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. SUSTAINED WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BE LIKELY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MARBLE HILL MISSOURI TO MADISONVILLE KENTUCKY...WITH 25 TO 35 MPH LIKELY NORTH OF THAT LINE. LOCAL GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THESE WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF BREAKING SMALL TREE LIMBS... BLOWING AROUND LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS...AND DOWNING SOME POWER LINES. ISOLATED STRONGER WIND GUSTS MAY EVEN DOWN TREES THAT ARE DISEASED OR WEAKENED BY THE EARLIER RAIN OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING. STEERING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. THE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA AND IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED A THREAT. DISCUSSION... THE LEADING EDGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT WAS MOVING EAST OF A LINE FROM EVANSVILLE INDIANA TO HOPKINSVILLE KENTUCKY AROUND NOON TODAY. THIS FRONT SHOULD HAVE COMPLETELY EXITED THE OUTLOOK AREA NO LATER 2 PM. BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. THE CHANGE IN PRESSURE FROM THE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED IN OKLAHOMA...AND THE CENTER OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN...IS CAUSING A TIGHT GRADIENT IN THE SURFACE WIND PATTERN OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA. THIS IS THE SOURCE OF THE STRONG WINDS BUFFETING THE REGION. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...BEFORE WEAKENING TONIGHT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...BUT ANY SPOTTER REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE SHOULD BE RELAYED TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. OUTLOOK FOR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE WITH COLDER DRIER AIR OVERTAKING THE REGION.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The St. Francis River was above flood stage at Patterson on March 9 and 10. The river crested at 19.09 feet around 3 A.M. on March 10, about 3 feet over flood stage. Minor flooding of low-lying areas occurred, mostly rural and agricultural bottomlands.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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