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 Aug 31, 12:40 AM CST, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 140 AM CDT WED AUG 31 2005 .DISCUSSION... WITH DRY FORECAST GOING FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST CYCLE...NOT AS MUCH TO FOCUS ON...SO MAIN CHALLENGE WILL BE DAILY TEMPERATURES. WRAP AROUND PRECIP ASSOCIATED WITH KATRINA JUST EAST OF THE CWA AND MOVING AWAY. IN HER WAKE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRIEFLY INTERVENE...BUT ON THURSDAY A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE CWA. MOISTURE AND UPPER SUPPORT ARE LIMITED WITH THIS FEATURE...SO ONLY A DECK OF STRATO-CU EXPECTED. GFS DRAGGING A VORT MAX ACROSS THE CWA COINCIDENT WITH THE FRONT AND CRANKS OUT .01 QPF...BUT DOESNT REALLY SHOW ANY KIND OF UPPER SUPPORT ASSOCIATED WITH THE VORT...SO WILL KEEP IT DRY. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE A FEW SPRINKLES AROUND ON THURSDAY...BUT NOT WORTH MENTIONING AT THIS TIME. IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE REGION THROUGHOUT THE SEVEN DAY FORECAST PERIOD. FLOW ALOFT BECOMES MORE NORTHWEST WITH TIME WHICH WILL HELP TO KEEP US COOLER...BUT ALSO OPEN UP THE DOOR TO RIPPLES OF UPPER LEVEL ENERGY FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS TO DROP SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA...THEREFORE WILL BE REALLY SUPRISED IF WE REMAIN DRY FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. SINCE MODELS NOT PICKING UP ON A STRONG ENOUGH SIGNAL TO INDICATE OTHERWISE...WILL KEEP IT DRY ATTM. MODEL MOS TEMPERATURES REASONABLE AND SIMILAR...SO WENT WITH A BLEND THEREOF. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && JAP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 409 AM CDT WED AUG 31 2005 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-010915- 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 409 AM EST WED AUG 31 2005 /409 AM CDT WED AUG 31 2005/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DUE TO THE RAINFALL RUNOFF FROM THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE KATRINA...SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA RIVERS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. A FLOOD WARNING HAS ALREADY BEEN ISSUED FOR THE GREEN RIVER AT PARADISE. PLEASE REFER TO HYDROLOGIC STATEMENTS /SDFRVSPAH/ FOR INFORMATION REGARDING RIVER STAGES AND RIVER CREST INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SIGNIFICANT RISES ON MANY AREA RIVERS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. PLEASE REFER TO HYDROLOGIC STATEMENTS /SDFRVSPAH/ FOR INFORMATION REGARDING RIVER STAGES AND RIVER CREST INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. JAP
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Green River rose above flood stage at the Paradise Fossil Plant on August 31. The flooding was minor, affecting mainly low-lying fields and wooded bottomlands.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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