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 May 14, 1:35 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 235 PM CDT TUE MAY 14 2002 MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM FOR TONIGHT WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR FOG. ATTENTION WILL THEN BE FOCUSED ON WHEN TO RE-INTRODUCE POPS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE FLOODING RAINS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. A FEW CUMULUS LINGERING OVER THE EVANSVILLE AREA THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD DISSIPATE RAPIDLY WITH LOSS OF HEATING...LEAVING BEHIND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...THE SURFACE HIGH WILL BE DRIFTING ACROSS THE AREA...SO LIGHT WINDS AND A GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING SCENARIO WILL BE IN PLACE THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST AREA. WITH THE WET GROUND...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR DENSE FOG...BUT GUIDANCE DOES NOT EVEN HINT AT IT. LOOKS AS THOUGH A WEAK WARM ADVECTION PATTERN OFF THE SURFACE...COUPLED WITH A DEVELOPING WEAK SOUTHEAST SURFACE WIND WILL KEEP CONDITIONS FROM BECOMING OVERLY SATURATED TONIGHT. THE EVENING SHIFT WILL HAVE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION...BUT FOR NOW WILL NOT MENTION ANY FOG IN THE ZONES. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE AREA TOMORROW...AS MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW RETURNS. ONGOING WARM ADVECTION PATTERN MAY TRY TO FORCE SOME ELEVATED CONVECTION IN THE NORTH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BUT AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT ANY SUCH ACTIVITY WILL BE NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. CHANCES WILL BE BETTER LATER ON THURSDAY AS AN IMPULSE MOVES EASTWARD INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES. WILL BEGIN POPS ON THURSDAY WITH LOW CHANCE POPS NORTH AND SLIGHT CHANCES SOUTH. AS THIS LEAD IMPULSE CONTINUES EASTWARD IT WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT SOUTH...JUST NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY EVENING. CONVECTION WILL BECOME LIKELY AS THE FRONT AND A MORE SIGNIFICANT MID AND UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM APPROACH THE AREA. THE AVN DEVELOPS A SURFACE LOW AND RIPS IT EASTWARD ALONG THE FRONT OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA EARLY FRIDAY. CONSIDERABLE MOISTURE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THIS SYSTEM...SO ANOTHER HEAVY RAIN EPISODE WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY. FOR NOW PLAN ON ISSUING A HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK THIS AFTERNOON...ANTICIPATING A WATCH FOR THE THIRD AND FOURTH PERIODS FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOONS FORECAST. AS FOR THE ZONES WILL INCREASE THE POPS TO LIKELY ALL ZONES THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...BUT IT IS TOO FAR OUT TO MENTION HEAVY PRECIPITATION AT THIS TIME. THE AVN CARVES OUT A RATHER DEEP TROUGH OVER THE GREAT LAKES FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...AND AS AN IMPULSE SWEEPS ACROSS ILLINOIS AND INDIANA...THERE WILL BE CHANCE OF CONVECTION IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA. THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED FORECAST WILL BE DRY...WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED TROUGH BEING A BIT SLOW TO MOVE OUT OF THE REGION. HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE IN THIS PORTION OF THE FORECAST IS LOW. GENERALLY WENT NEAR COOLER MAV TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE THROUGH THE FORECAST. .PAH...NONE. DRS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding occurred along the Current River at Doniphan. The river crested at 13.7 feet at Doniphan, where flood stage is 13 feet.
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