1 heavy rain, 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 Sep 2, 1:41 PM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 241 PM CDT TUE SEP 2 2003 FORECAST CHALLENGE IS TIMING AND QUANTITY OF ASSOCIATED PCPN WITH MID LEVEL S/WV AND FRONTAL SYSTEM. AT EARLY AFTERNOON E-W ORIENTED STATIONARY FRONT LOCATED ALONG THE NORTHERN FRINGES OF OUR CWA THEN ARCED INTO A SFC LOW OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. EXPECT THIS BOUNDARY TO MOVE ONLY SLIGHTLY NORTH TODAY AS THE LOW AND ASSOCIATED SHORT WAVE BEGIN TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST. BROAD SCALE FORCING AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY PRODUCING A WIDESPREAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. DONT EXPECT MUCH CHANGE IN THE OVERALL ORIENTATION OF RAIN SHIELD UNTIL TONIGHT WHEN THE SYSTEM BEGINS TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE CWA. ALTHOUGH MODELS DIFFER AS TO THE TRACKING AND MOVEMENT OF THE SFC AND UPPER LEVEL SYSTEMS...THEY ALL AGREE THAT THE UPPER LOW WEAKENS AS IT MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. BASED ON THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM AND THE FACT THAT IT WEAKENS WITH TIME...GFS APPEARS TO BE TOO AGGRESSIVE WITH THE QPF AMOUNTS. GROUND TRUTH REPORTS SO FAR HAVE EXCEEDED RADAR ESTIMATES DUE TO THE TROPICAL NATURE OF THE AIRMASS. FAVOR THE ORIENTATION AND AMOUNTS OF THE ETA/MESOETA SOLUTIONS. WILL MAKE A LAST MINUTE DECISION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT TO ISSUE A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE SE 2/3 OF THE CWA...BUT LEANING AGAINST IT AT THE MOMENT. EXPECT ALL PRECIP TO BE OUT OF THE NW HALF OF THE CWA BY 12Z WEDNESDAY. WILL TAPER OFF PRECIP FROM NW TO SE OVER THE SE HALF DURING THE AFTERNOON. SKIES WILL CLEAR FROM NORTH TO SOUTH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS THE DRIER AIR WORKS ITS WAY ACROSS THE CWA. MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL PREVAIL THEREAFTER AS HIGH PRESSURE TAKES CONTROL. FWC/MAV MOS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT SO WENT WITH A COMPROMISE. .PAH...NONE. JAP
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-031000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 500 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE..TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...MAINLY EARLY TODAY. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS THIS MORNING...WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE FALLEN AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO FLOODING. REFER TO THE NWS PRODUCT /SDFFFAPAH/ FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THE FLOODING POTENTIAL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH BY WEDNESDAY AND BRING AN END TO THE DAILY CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED TODAY FOR RAINFALL AND FLOODING REPORTS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Water was reportedly 6 to 8 inches deep over Highway 2110 for a 75-foot stretch between Livermore and Island.
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