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 Feb 22, 1:56 AM CST, 6 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 156 AM CST SAT FEB 22 2003 SECOND WAVE OF WIDESPREAD RAIN CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST 1/2 OF PAH FORECAST AREA /MAINLY WESTERN KY/...WITH DEFORMATION RAINFALL PROGGED TO MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING. SATELLITE AND RADAR DEFINITELY SUGGESTING A FURTHER S TRACK OF THE SFC LOW TODAY THAN PROGGED BY THE ETA MODEL YESTERDAY. THE TRACK IS MUCH CLOSER TO THE GFS /AVN/ SOLN. ALTHOUGH I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT IT IS TAKING THE MID LEVEL LOW OVER SERN TX A LITTLE LONGER TO SHOW SIGNS OF TRANSFORMING INTO AN OPEN WAVE...I WILL STILL LEAN TOWARD THE GFS SOLN OF ACCELERATING THE SFC LOW TO THE CNTRL TN/KY STATE LINE THIS AFTERNOON. UPPER TROUGH APPEARS TO BE IN A TRANSITIONAL PHASE THIS AFTERNOON...AS THE UPPER LOW CURRENTLY IN TX/LA SHEARS OUT ALONG THE EASTERN END OF THE TROUGH. FOR THIS AFTERNOON...IN THE NORTHERN 1/2 OF THE CWA...PLAN TO GO TO A MIX OF RAIN/SNOW IN SRN IL...CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON. FOR THE NERN CORNER /SWRN IN/...WILL KEEP SNOW MENTION GOING INTO THE EVENING HOURS...AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO SWRN IN/WRN KY. ALTHOUGH SWRN IN AND BORDER COUNTIES MAY SEEN SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW CLOSING IN ON THE TWO INCH MARK TONIGHT...I WILL REFRAIN FROM POPPING AN ADVISORY AT THIS TIME. I WILL LEAN SNOWFALL AMOUNTS A LITTLE HIGHER IN THE GRIDDED PRODUCTS...BUT KEEP AMOUNTS UNDER ADVISORY CRITERIA IN THE ZONE PACKAGE...MAINLY DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY ASSOCIATED WITH THE MODEL QPF TOTALS AND SNOW/WATER RATIOS. AFTER INTERNAL AND INTRA-OFFICE COORDINATION...I WILL HOLD OFF WITH ANY WINTER WEATHER WATCH FOR LATE SUNDAY/EARLY MONDAY ON THIS SHIFT. GIVEN SUBTLE DIFFERENCE IN TEMPERATURE PROFILES/LOW TRACK PLACEMENT...I PREFER TO LEAVE WINTER WEATHER WATCH OPTION TO SATURDAY DAY/EVENING SHIFTS. GIVEN THE SHORT DURATION/INTENSITY OF WARM AIR ADVECTION INTO THE PAH CWA BETWEEN THE PASSAGE OF THE LOW TODAY AND THE NEXT ONE ON SUNDAY...I MAY LEAN TOWARD A SLIGHTLY COLDER SURFACE TEMPERATURES THAN PROGGED BY AVN MOS. INITIAL GUESS WOULD BE THAT WATCH CRITERIA SNOW EVENT /3-5 INCH/ WOULD BE POSSIBLE BEGINNING SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO DAYBREAK MONDAY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LAKE WAPPAPELLO...VIENNA IL...OWENSBORO KY LINE. ADVISORY CRITERIA WOULD BE POSSIBLE FROM NEW MADRID MO...TO MADISONVILLE KY. LATEST GFS SUGGESTS ANOTHER WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING/FROZEN PCPN MAY BE POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. FOR NOW...I WILL ADJUST PCPN TYPE TO MENTION RAIN FOR SNOW FOR WEDNESDAY. .PAH...CONTINUE FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 6 PM CST TODAY FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. SMITH
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-231100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 500 AM CST SAT FEB 22 2003 ...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR MOST AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIDESPREAD RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...MAY AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER TODAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THE FLOODING POTENTIAL...PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLOOD STATEMENT UNDER THE PRODUCT HEADER /SDFFLSPAH/. IN ADDITION...THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BEFORE IT ENDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. UP TO ONE INCH OF ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ON GRASSY SURFACES ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE QUAD STATE...INCLUDING THE EVANSVILLE AREA. IF TEMPERATURES FALL FASTER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST...IT IS POSSIBLE THAT UP TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW MAY OCCUR IN THE EVANSVILLE TRI STATE AREA. FARTHER SOUTH...LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ACCUMULATING SNOWS WILL RETURN TO MUCH OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY...AS ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BE COLD ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE QUAD STATE. IF THIS FORECAST TREND CONTINUES...A WINTER STORM WATCH OR WARNING MAY BE ISSUED LATER TODAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY OCCURRENCES OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND ANY OBSERVED FLOODING THROUGH THIS EVENING. DRS
ZCZC SDFSPSPAH ALL TTAA00 KPAH DDHHMM ILZ086-087-089>091-093-094-KYZ001>010-014-221323- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 702 AM CST SAT FEB 22 2003 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE THIS MORNING... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL...WILL MOVE FROM HEATH KENTUCKY AND METROPOLIS ILLINOIS...ONWARD TO GOLCONDA ILLINOIS AND ELIZABETHTOWN KENTUCKY BY 720 AM. AT 649 PM...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN WEST PADUCAH KENTUCKY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 50 MPH. ADDITIONAL STORMS WERE BUILDING ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO WESTERN KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL. AT 700 AM...THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED SOUTH OF HICKMAN KENTUCKY AND NEAR BARDWELL KENTUCKY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH AN HOUR...IS LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST THIS MORNING.
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 5 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:57 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The intersection of Old Mayfield Road and Hauser Road was flooded by Champion Creek. The roads were closed or monitored by emergency personnel until the water subsided.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, February 2003
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