1 heavy rain, 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 Jul 18, 12:18 PM CST, 9 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 118 PM CDT MON JUL 18 2005 .DISCUSSION... WATER VAPOR IMAGERY HAS CHANGED LITTLE OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS...CLEARLY SHOWING A TROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME FROM THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO TO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY. A STRONGLY TILTED 500 MB TROUGH EXTENDS FROM THE GREAT LAKES REGION SOUTHWEST ACROSS MISSOURI. EACH OF THE PAST FEW AFTERNOONS...SCATTERED CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED AHEAD OF THE TROUGH IN THE TROPICAL AIR MASS. ONLY ISOLATED LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING CONVECTION HAS BEEN OBSERVED. GENERAL TENDENCY OF THE MODELS HAS BEEN TO SHEAR THE 500 MB TROUGH TO THE NORTHEAST TOO QUICKLY. UNTIL THE PRONOUNCED 500 MB HIGH OVER THE WESTERN STATES BUILDS IN THURSDAY...WEAK TROUGHING WILL LIKELY PERSIST FROM THE MIDWEST INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THEREFORE...LITTLE CHANGE IN THE FORECAST IS PLANNED THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH SCATTERED /MAINLY DIURNAL/ SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. PERSISTENCE WILL ALSO BE USED FOR THE TEMPERATURE FORECAST...ALTHOUGH HIGHS MAY BE A FEW DEGREES WARMER ON WEDNESDAY AS THE EFFECTS OF THE TROUGH DIMINISH. A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL LIKELY STALL AS IT REACHES SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI TUESDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH THE GFS LINGERS THIS BOUNDARY OVER NORTHERN PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY...IT WILL LOSE DEPTH AS 850 MB RIDGING BUILDS OVER IT. LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG THE REMNANTS OF THE BOUNDARY WILL BE WEAK AND SHALLOW...AND SHOULD NOT SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL. HEAT WILL BUILD LATE THIS WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND AS A 500 MB HIGH EXPANDS EASTWARD ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. GFS RAISES 850 MB TEMPS TO BETWEEN 22 AND 25 C LATE THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE ONLY CONCERN IS THE MOVEMENT OF ANOTHER WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT WILL MOVE SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST FROM THE GREAT LAKES. THE MODEL CONSENSUS /GFS/ETA/ECMWF/ IS THAT A SHALLOW SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL MOVE INTO THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY OR THURSDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE DEPTH AND STRENGTH OF RIDGING ALOFT...EXPECT THIS BOUNDARY TO HAVE LITTLE IF ANY NOTICEABLE EFFECT ON TEMPERATURES. 850 MB TEMPS ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S THROUGH SATURDAY. THE ONLY EFFECT OF THE BOUNDARY MAY BE TO LOWER DEW POINTS...ESPECIALLY IN SW INDIANA AND NEARBY AREAS. GFS HINTS THAT MCS ACTIVITY MAY MOVE SOUTHEAST AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER RIDGE AND ALONG THE SURFACE BOUNDARY /MAINLY ACROSS SW INDIANA AND NEARBY AREAS THURSDAY NIGHT/. WILL RAISE POPS SLIGHTLY IN EASTERN AND NORTHEASTERN COUNTIES THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. SUNDAY AND MONDAY...STRONG 500 MB HIGH /HEIGHTS AROUND 594 DECAMETERS/...WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. AT LOWER LEVELS...SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL RESUME AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. HIGHER DEW POINTS WILL RETURN...AND HEAT INDICES COULD ONCE AGAIN BE A CONCERN. WILL FORECAST HIGHS A DEGREE OR TWO ABOVE GFS MOS...BASED ON GFS 850 MB TEMPS FROM 22 TO 24 C. THIS WOULD NORMALLY SUPPORT HIGHS WELL UP IN THE 90S WITH FULL SUN...ESPECIALLY WITH THE RELATIVELY DRY MID LEVEL AIR MASS FORECAST TO BE IN PLACE. ECMWF IS NOT QUITE AS WARM /AROUND 20 C/ AT 850 MB SUNDAY. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .KY...NONE. .MO...NONE. .IL...NONE. .IN...NONE. && MY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 500 AM CDT MON JUL 18 2005 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-190959- ALEXANDER IL-BALLARD KY-BOLLINGER MO-BUTLER MO-CALDWELL KY- CALLOWAY KY-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-CARLISLE KY-CARTER MO-CHRISTIAN KY- CRITTENDEN KY-DAVIESS KY-EDWARDS IL-FRANKLIN IL-FULTON KY- GALLATIN IL-GIBSON IN-GRAVES KY-HAMILTON IL-HARDIN IL-HENDERSON KY- HICKMAN KY-HOPKINS KY-JACKSON IL-JEFFERSON IL-JOHNSON IL- LIVINGSTON KY-LYON KY-MARSHALL KY-MASSAC IL-MCCRACKEN KY-MCLEAN KY- MISSISSIPPI MO-MUHLENBERG KY-NEW MADRID MO-PERRY MO-PERRY IL-PIKE IN- POPE IL-POSEY IN-PULASKI IL-RIPLEY MO-SALINE IL-SCOTT MO-SPENCER IN- STODDARD MO-TODD KY-TRIGG KY-UNION KY-UNION IL-VANDERBURGH IN- WABASH IL-WARRICK IN-WAYNE MO-WAYNE IL-WEBSTER KY-WHITE IL- WILLIAMSON IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIKESTON...POPLAR BLUFF...PERRYVILLE... CAPE GIRARDEAU...PADUCAH...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...CARMI... CARBONDALE...CAIRO...OWENSBORO...MURRAY...MAYFIELD...HOPKINSVILLE... EVANSVILLE...MADISONVILLE AND HENDERSON 500 AM CDT MON JUL 18 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE AREA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARD ACCOMPANYING ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE MAIN HAZARD WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DB
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Standing water was on secondary roads due to heavy rainfall amounts estimated by radar from one to two inches.
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