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 Nov 15, 1:42 AM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 142 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 .DISCUSSION... MAIN NEAR TERM FORECAST CONCERNS ARE SEVERE WEATHER/HEAVY RAIN CHANCES FROM CURRENT TIME THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND TEMPS ESPECIALLY TODAY INTO TONIGHT. ALL BUT FAR NORTHERN COUNTIES OF THE PAH CWA ARE IN A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 5AM CST. LATEST RADAR SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING ACROSS AREAS FROM CARTER AND WAYNE COUNTIES IN MISSOURI...TO UNION AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS...TO UNION AND HENDERSON COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY. HAVE HAD SOME FLOODING REPORTS...ESPECIALLY URBAN AREAS...ACROSS AREAS IN THIS HEAVIER BAND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS. GFS...WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON CURRENT PRECIP...INDICATES HEAVIEST PRECIP AREA WILL LIFT NORTH OF THE PAH FA AFTER 12Z AS WARM FRONT MOVES FARTHER NORTH. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN FOR ADDITIONAL URBAN AND SMALL STREAM/FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS...BUT WITH HEAVY RAIN ALREADY OCCURRING AND EXPECTING THE BAND OF HEAVIEST RAIN TO MOVE NORTH OF THESE AREAS IN THE NEXT 4 TO 6 HOURS...WILL NOT ISSUE A FLOOD WATCH AT THIS LATE TIME. ON TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...WITH SPC INCLUDING THE ENTIRE PAH CWA IN A HIGH RISK...OBVIOUSLY WILL CONTINUE WITH SEVERE MENTION IN TODAYS ZONES. GFS IS SLIGHTLY FASTER THAN THE NAM WITH THE LOW...PUTTING IT OVER STL BY 18Z...BUT OVERALL POSITIONING IS VERY SIMILAR WITH GFS MAYBE JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS FASTER THAN THE NAM. LOOKS LIKE PRIME TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM LATE MORNING INTO VERY EARLY EVENING...WITH PRECIP ENDING VERY QUICKLY FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE EVENING HOURS. CURRENT GRID TIMING AND CATEGORICAL POPS LOOK GOOD AND WILL NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES. ONLY TWEAK TO TODAY WILL BE TO INCLUDE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES NOW THAT WE ARE IN A HIGH RISK. TEMPS TODAY WILL BE TRICKY. AT 07Z...WITH WARM FRONT EXTENDING FROM ALONG THE SOUTHERN MISSOURI BORDER...TO NORTH OF PAH...TO JUST NORTH OF EVV...TEMPS RANGE FROM 68 DEGREES AT PAH AND HOP...TO 48 DEGREES AT MVN. TEMPS SOUTH OF THE FRONT ARE ALREADY NEAR OR WARMER THAN THE FORECAST HIGHS OF THE MAV AND MET...SO WILL LOOK TO THE WARMEST FWC FOR GUIDANCE. OVERALL EXPECT TO GO WITH A MID 60S NORTH TO LOWER 70S SOUTH. BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...A MAJOR COOL DOWN WILL FOLLOW. TEMPS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 30 DEGREES LOWER THAN WE HAVE BEEN HAVING...WHICH WILL BE ABOUT 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. BY LATE IN THE WEEK...TEMPS WILL MODERATE TO NEAR SEASONAL. GFS DOES SHOW A COUPLE OF WEAK...DRY COLD FRONTS MOVING ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE DAY FRIDAY...THEN ANOTHER SATURDAY NIGHT. SO FAR ONLY EFFECTS LOOK LIKE MAYBE SOME INCREASE IN CLOUDS...BUT...BASED ON LATEST MEX GUIDANCE...DO NOT EXPECT ANY SIGNIFICANT TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES. MADE SOME CHANGES TO THE NEAR TERM TEMPS...STICKING PRETTY CLOSE TO SLIGHTLY WARMER MAV VALUES. IN THE EXTENDED...MADE SOME VERY MINOR TWEAKS LATE IN THE EXTENDED BASED ON LATEST MEX GUIDANCE. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && RST
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 448 PM CST MON NOV 14 2005 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-152300- JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL- UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER- RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION... MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO... CARMI...CARBONDALE...MURPHYSBORO...HERRIN...HARRISBURG... SHAWNEETOWN...JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN... CAIRO...MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG... POSEYVILLE...EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN... CLINTON...BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND... BENTON...MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON... MORGANFIELD...DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON... OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE... MARBLE HILL...CAPE GIRARDEAU...JACKSON...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN... DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON... NEW MADRID 448 PM CST MON NOV 14 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS TONIGHT...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHWARD USHERING IN MUCH WARMER AND MORE MOIST AIR TO THE REGION TONIGHT. IT WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY NEAR THE OHIO RIVER AROUND MIDNIGHT. INSTABILITY WILL BE RATHER MEAGER...BUT WIND FIELDS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT A FEW SEVERE STORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS. A FEW TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT. THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGHOUT THE AREA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. THE AREA OF GREATEST CONCERN FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE ALONG THE OHIO RIVER...WHERE UP TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGHOUT THE REGION TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES RAPIDLY EASTWARD. A WARM FRONT IS FORECAST TO LIFT NORTH OF THE AREA TUESDAY MORNING...ALLOWING A WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS TO SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION AHEAD OF THE FRONT. AS THE FRONT ENTERS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI JUST AFTER NOON...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE. THE STORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY TO THE EAST NORTHEAST...AND ARE EXPECTED TO CLEAR THE ENTIRE AREA BY 6 OR 7 PM. ONE LIMITING FACTOR FOR SEVERE WEATHER TUESDAY WILL BE THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY AVAILABLE AHEAD OF THE FRONT. PLENTIFUL CLOUD COVER AND RECENT RAINFALL MAY PREVENT ANY SIGNIFICANT HEATING AND THEREFORE LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY AVAILABLE TO THE STORMS. CONFIDENCE IN A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS GREATEST IN THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA...BUT WIND FIELDS IN THE NORTH MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO OVERCOME THE RELATIVE LACK OF INSTABILITY. IT IS UNCERTAIN WHETHER OR NOT THE STORMS WILL REMAIN ISOLATED OR FORM INTO A LINE AS THEY MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA. THERE WILL BE A THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT TORNADOES WITH ANY ISOLATED SUPERCELL STORMS. DAMAGING WINDS AND TO A LESSER EXTENT LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY ISOLATED STORMS. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BECOME THE MAIN THREAT WITH THE STORMS IF THEY FORM A LINE...BUT A FEW TORNADOES WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THE STORMS...WHICH COULD CAUSE SOME RUNOFF PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE NEAR SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS LIKELY TO EXIST AFTER THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION TONIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...AND WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED TUESDAY AFTERNOON. DRS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
947 PM CST MON NOV 14 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0941 PM HAIL MOUNDS 37.11N 89.20W
11/14/2005 0.25 INCH PULASKI IL EMERGENCY MNGR
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SMITTYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1020 PM CST MON NOV 14 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1010 PM FLOOD MORGANFIELD 37.68N 87.91W
11/14/2005 UNION KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
STATE POLICE BLOCKING ROADS DUE TO FLOODING THROUGHOUT
COMMUNITY.
&&
SMITTYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1219 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1210 AM FLASH FLOOD HENDERSON 37.84N 87.58W
11/15/2005 HENDERSON KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTS OF SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS STRANDED IN VEHICLES. ONE
HOUSE FLOODED AND BEING EVACUATED.
&&
SMITTYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1221 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1210 AM FLASH FLOOD MORGANFIELD 37.68N 87.91W
11/15/2005 UNION KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED BY 18 INCHES OF WATER. HALF OF ROADS
IN THE COMMUNITY OF STURGIS AREA CLOSED DUE TO STANDING
WATER. HIGHWAY 60 IS FLOODING IN SPOTS.
&&
SMITTYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1241 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1230 AM HEAVY RAIN CAPE GIRARDEAU 37.31N 89.55W
11/15/2005 0.00 INCH CAPE GIRARDEAU MO EMERGENCY MNGR
FEW STREETS FLOODED IN CAPE GIRARDEAU AND LOW WATER
BRIDGES FLOODED IN THE COMMUNITY OF JACKSON.
&&
SMITTYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
235 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0234 AM FLOOD HENDERSON 37.84N 87.58W
11/15/2005 HENDERSON KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
LAW ENFORCEMENT EVACUATING ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY.
&&
CHRISNThe Paducah radar (KPAH), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:45 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water was over Illinois Route 146 near Ware and over Lick Creek Road northeast of Anna. An unofficial rainfall total of 6.5 inches was reported on the southeast side of Cobden.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Illinois in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, November 2005
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