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 Apr 15, 3:35 AM CST, 5 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 435 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2003 MAIN CHALLENGE REMAINS THE CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION MID WEEK AND THEN AGAIN THIS WEEKEND. BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ARRIVES...WE WILL HAVE TO CONTEND WITH CONTINUED VERY DRY CONDITIONS WITH INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS. WINDS WILL LIKELY PICK UP TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY LATE MORNING...WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER SPEEDS EXPECTED OVER EASTERN COUNTIES. THIS COMBINED WITH AFTERNOON MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE 20 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE INDICATES THE EXISTENCE OF A HIGH FIRE DANGER. AS A RESULT...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA TODAY. FOR MORE DETAILS...PLEASE REFERENCE THE FIRE WEATHER FORECAST /FWFPAH/ AND RED FLAG WARNING /RFWPAH/. CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO STREAM INTO THE REGION TONIGHT AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM. 00Z MODELS WERE QUITE VARIED WITH REGARD TO THE TRACK OF THIS NEXT SYSTEM. THE GFS DECIDED ON A MORE SOUTHERLY TRACK...WHICH IS NOT SO DIFFERENT FROM THE 12Z EUROPEAN RUN. MEANWHILE...THE SOMEWHAT SLOWER ETA WAS FURTHER NORTH WITH THE SURFACE AND UPPER-LEVEL LOWS...AND THIS ACTUALLY MATCHES QUITE WELL WITH THE NGM AND UKMET SOLUTIONS. PER THE HPC MODEL DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION /PMDHMD/...WILL LEAN TOWARDS THE UKMET SOLUTION...BUT WILL ALSO RELY ON THE ETA AND NGM SINCE THEY ARE NOT TOO TERRIBLY DIFFERENT. OVERALL...THE CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION WITH THE MID-WEEK SYSTEM ARE LOOKING SMALLER AND SMALLER FOR NOT ONLY A LACK OF DEEP MOISTURE... BUT ALSO THE LACK OF ANY SIGNIFICANT DYNAMICS. WILL KEEP MAINLY CHANCE POPS IN FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. WILL ALSO LINGER A SLIGHT CHANCE POP OVER EASTERN COUNTIES EARLY THURSDAY. EVEN THOUGH THE POPS ARE SMALL...ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD POSE A SEVERE THREAT. REFERENCE THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK /HWOPAH/ AND SPC DAY 2 OUTLOOK /SWODY2/ FOR MORE DETAILS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE BRIEFLY ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...BUT STARTING FRIDAY NIGHT THE GULF OPENS UP AND A SOUTHWEST FLOW REGIME DEVELOPS. BEGINNING FRIDAY NIGHT...THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AS CHUNKS OF ENERGY LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...THE SURFACE AND UPPER SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST OF THE REGION...BUT EXPECT A CHANCE OF WRAP-AROUND PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE NORTHERN SECTIONS...SO WILL MAINTAIN THE 30 POP THERE FOR LIGHT RAIN. FOR TEMPERATURES...PREFERRED THE WARMER FWC NUMBERS DURING THE DAY...WITH A MAV/FWC BLEND AT NIGHT. .PAH...NONE. RJP
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-161000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 500 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2003 ...RED FLAG WARNING TODAY FOR THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA TODAY. INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS...ALONG WITH RELATIVELY DRY CONDITIONS...WILL CREATE A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER FROM MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING TODAY. PLEASE REFERENCE THE RED FLAG WARNING /RFWPAH/ OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/PAH FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT INTO THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. INSTABILITY SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE FRONT...AND WIND FIELDS SUGGEST SOME POTENTIAL FOR THE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. FREEZING LEVELS WILL ALSO BE FAVORABLE FOR LARGE HAIL. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM INTO A LINE AS THEY PUSH EASTWARD ACROSS THE QUAD STATE AND SHOULD BE WEAKENING AS THEY ENTER SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...AS ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT BETTER MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THIS SYSTEM...SO SEVERE WEATHER CERTAINLY CANNOT BE RULED OUT FOR THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND LOCATIONS ADJACENT TO THE SLIGHT RISK AREA. PRESLEY
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Ohio River crested one foot above the 33-foot flood stage at Shawneetown. This resulted in minor flooding of low-lying fields.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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