1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 14, 2:45 AM CST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 345 AM CDT MON APR 14 2003 MAIN CHALLENGE FOR THIS FORECAST IS TIMING OF PRECIPITATION CHANCES FOR MID WEEK AND AGAIN NEXT WEEKEND. SKIES SHOULD REMAIN MOSTLY SUNNY/CLEAR THROUGH TUESDAY...AS ONLY A FEW PATCHES OF CIRRUS ARE EXPECTED TO DRIFT ACROSS THE AREA. LATE TUESDAY THE MODELS AGREE THAT THE MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGE LINE WILL SHIFT EAST OF TEH QUAD STATE...ALLOWING FOR AN INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. LOOKING AT THE ETA LOW LEVEL TEMPERATURE FORECAST...THE COOLER MAV GUIDANCE NUMBERS LOOK CLOSER FOR HIGHS TODAY AND TUESDAY...DESPITE INCREASING SOUTHERLY SURFACE FLOW. HAVE REMOVED THE CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION FROM THE TUESDAY NIGHT WEDNESDAY MORNING PERIODS...AS LITTLE IN THE WAY OF WARM ADVECTION TYPE ACTIVITY IS ADVERTISED BY THE ETA OR GFS AHEAD OF THE MAIN FRONT/DRYLINE LATE WEDNESDAY. THE GFS CONTINUES TO BE A BIT FAST WITH THIS SYSTEM...SO THE FORECAST WILL LOOK A LOT LIKE THE ETA. WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF SHRA/TSRA GOING FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL AREAS...WITH BEST CHANCE IN THE FAR WEST. HOWEVER...BELIEVE THAT MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL BE CONFINED TO THE COLD FRONT/DRYLINE WHERE DECENT CONVERGENCE IS EXPECTED...WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS NUDGING UP TO AROUND 60 DEGREES. THE BETTER MOISTURE/INSTABILITY IN THE ETA SEEMS REASONABLE SINCE IT TAKES THE SYSTEM FURTHER SOUTH AND IS SLOWER WITH IT. SO WILL GO WITH LIKELY TSRA/SHRA ALL AREAS FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AM NOT OVERLY THRILLED WITH THE SEVERE THREAT AT THIS TIME DUE TO THE MEAGER MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY AVAILABLE TO THE STORMS. HOWEVER...WILL NEED TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE SITUATION. WILL KEEP THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS GOING IN THE EASTERN SECTIONS FOR THURSDAY MORNING...AND THEN CLEAR THINGS OUT ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA LATER THURSDAY. FRIDAY LOOKS TO BE DRY...BUT AS THE AREA COMES BACK UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...AND THE GULF BEGINS TO OPEN UP FOR REAL...CHANCES OF TSRA/SHRA LOOK GOOD FOR NEXT WEEKEND. COINCIDENTALLY...NEXT WEEKEND WILL BE THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE APRIL 21 TO 28 TORNADOS ACROSS THE CWA. .PAH...NONE. DRS
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-141000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 500 AM CDT SUN APR 13 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. BRISK SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING ENOUGH WARMTH AND MOISTURE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...WITH ONLY LIMITED INSTABILITY EXPECTED...THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD STAY BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. A SECOND STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION ON SATURDAY. THE TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM IS IN DOUBT...BUT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR BETTER MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY TO BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION WHEN IT ARRIVES. THEREFORE...THERE WILL BE A BETTER CHANCE FOR STRONG...IF NOT SEVERE...THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE STORM SYSTEM NEXT WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR NEXT WEEKEND. DRS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Ohio River rose a couple of inches above flood stage at the Newburgh Lock and Dam, where flood stage is 38 feet. Minor flooding of low-lying fields occurred.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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