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 Mar 30, 3:15 AM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 315 AM CST WED MAR 30 2005 .DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERNS FOR THIS FORECAST WILL CENTER AROUND SEVERE WEATHER THREAT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...THEN WITH A RAIN SYSTEM LATER THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. SPC HAS PUT MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA IN A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SURFACE TROF WILL MOVE EAST FROM KS INTO MO THIS AFTERNOON. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ALREADY SEEMS TO BE POOLING AHEAD OF THIS BOUNDARY...WITH SFC DEW POINTS ALREADY IN THE MID 50S INTO IOWA AND EASTERN KS. VERY POTENT MID LVL SHORT WAVE WILL ALSO ROTATE EASTWARD INTO THE MID MS VALLEY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AT LEAST SOME SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON OUT HEAD OF THE SURFACE FRONT SHOULD CREATE LIFTED INDICES AROUND -2 AND CAPES FROM 1000 TO 1500 J/KG. EXPECT THUNDERSTORM INITIATION OUT AHEAD OF SFC FRONT AROUND MID AFTERNOON...FAIRLY CLOSE TO OUR WESTERN COUNTIES. LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE LOOKS MODERATE AT BEST...BUT IF STORMS DO INITIATE AS EXPECTED....WIND PATTERNS/SHEAR IN THE LOWEST 6 KM LOOK VERY FAVORABLE FOR ROTATING STORMS AND SUPERCELLS...AT LEAST INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SHOULD DEEPEN RAPIDLY EARLY THIS EVENING AS THE SFC TROF MOVES EAST ACROSS THE MS RIVER...AND THUS WILL INCREASE SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM CHCS TO LIKELY THIS EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN KY AND SOUTHWEST IN. WITH STRONG UPPER DYNAMICS...SEVERE WEATHER THREAT COULD CONTINUE WELL INTO THE EVENING OVER OUR EASTERN COUNTIES. NICE DRY SLOT TO FORM LATER TONIGHT BEHIND ANY CONVECTION...AND THINGS LOOKS MUCH DRIER NOW FOR THURSDAY AS A BUBBLE HIGH PRESSURE DRIFTS EAST ACROSS THE REGION. HOWEVER...NEXT STRONG H50 SHORT WAVE AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE EAST THURSDAY NIGHT/FRIDAY TIME FRAME. SHORT RANGE MODELS HAVE DIVERGED SUBSTANTIALLY ON THE TRACK OF THIS SURFACE LOW...WITH THE NAM BEING MUCH FURTHER SOUTH ALONG THE GULF COAST FRI MORNING. THIS IS A BIG CHANGE FROM THE PAST COUPLE DAYS...AND THE GFS SEEMS MUCH MORE CONSISTENT WITH A LOW TRACK OVER THE TN VALLEY ON FRI. THE 12Z ECMWF ALSO SUPPORTS THE GFS TRACK THROUGH TN VALLEY...AND SO WILL GO WITH THE GFS SOLUTION FOR NOW. THIS SOLUTION WOULD BRING ANOTHER DECENT RAIN TO MOST OF THE REGION LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. WILL GO WITH INCREASING POPS FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT THU NIGHT...THEN LIKELY AREA WIDE FRIDAY. WITH THE LOW FORECAST TO TRACK WELL SOUTH OF THE REGION...LOOKS LIKE THIS WOULD BE MORE OF A RAIN EVENT THAN A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. SYSTEM LOOKS LIKE IT WILL EXIT THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT...AND A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD MOVE IN AND KEEP THINGS DRY FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .KY...NONE. .MO...NONE. .IL...NONE. .IN...NONE. && MEFFERT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 414 AM CST WED MAR 30 2005 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-311100- 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...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...CARMI...CARBONDALE...CAIRO... PADUCAH...OWENSBORO...MURRAY...MAYFIELD...HOPKINSVILLE... EVANSVILLE...MADISONVILLE AND HENDERSON 414 AM CST WED MAR 30 2005 ...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER MOST OF THE QUAD STATE REGION... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE QUAD STATE REGION. THE MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS GENERALLY LIES EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM DEXTER MISSOURI TO MARBLE HILL. AREAS WEST OF THAT LINE AND EAST OF POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI TO GREENVILLE LINE ARE IN A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ALOFT SUGGEST THE POSSIBILITY OF ROTATING STORMS AND SUPERCELLS. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES ARE THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH ANY SEVERE STORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding of the Ohio River occurred toward the end of the month. The flooding primarily affected bottomland woods and fields. The river rose above flood stage only at the Shawneetown gage. No crop or property damage was reported. The river was still rising at month's end.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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