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 29, 3:31 AM CST, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 331 AM CST TUE MAR 29 2005 .SHORT TERM DISCUSSION... MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS ARE PRECIP CHANCES WEDNESDAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY NIGHT. INCREASING SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PROVIDE A SIGNIFICANT WARM UP AND INCREASING DEW POINTS TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SLIDE FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS EARLY WEDNESDAY INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION BY 12Z THURSDAY. CONTINUED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR NORTHERN COUNTIES ON WEDNESDAY...THEN LOW CHANCE ACROSS ENTIRE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MAIN STORY WILL BE THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SLIDING FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS LATE THURSDAY NORTHEAST TO THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. GFS IS A LITTLE FASTER AND FARTHER SOUTH THAN THE ETA. THE PREVIOUS ECMWF RUN MATCHES UP DECENT WITH THE LATEST GFS RUN...AND WILL LEAN TOWARD THE GFS SOLUTION. CONTINUED LOW CHANCE POPS FOR THURSDAY MORNING...THEN BETTER CHANCES SPREAD NORTHWARD THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY AS THE SURFACE LOW SLIDES JUST SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF THE QUAD STATE REGION. INCREASED POPS FOR SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA TO LIKELY WITH GFS SHOWING SIGNIFICANT QPF ACROSS THESE LOCATIONS. RAIN WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST FRIDAY. CONTINUED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR EASTERN COUNTIES INTO EARLY FRIDAY NIGHT DUE TO MODELS TRENDING JUST A LITTLE SLOWER AND PREFERRING CONSISTENCY. MAV/MET TEMP GUIDANCE IN GOOD AGREEMENT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND STAYED NEAR GUIDANCE NUMBERS. USED A BLEND FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THEN STAYED BELOW GUIDANCE ON THURSDAY WITH EXPECTED CLOUDS AND PRECIP. .LONG TERM DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS TO OUR SOUTH FOR THE WEEKEND. DRY CONDITIONS AND WARMING TEMPS WILL MAKE FOR A GREAT WEEKEND. MADE SOME TEMP CHANGES...BUT OVERALL THEY WERE MINOR AND MOSTLY FOR BLENDING PURPOSES. GFS SHOWS A WARM FRONT LIFTING ACROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY...SO JUST INCREASED CLOUDS FOR NOW. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .KY...NONE. .MO...NONE. .IL...NONE. .IN...NONE. && RST
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 413 AM CST TUE MAR 29 2005 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-301100- 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 413 AM CST TUE MAR 29 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY DURING THE DAY THURSDAY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM VAN BUREN MISSOURI...TO SIKESTON...TO MAYFIELD KENTUCKY...TO GOLDEN POND. RIGHT NOW...THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. A WARM FRONT WILL EXTEND INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE FRONT AND AHEAD OF THE LOW LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. THE EXACT TRACK OF THE LOW IS STILL IN QUESTION...AND ITS PATH WILL GREATLY IMPACT THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED ON THURSDAY ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE QUAD STATE REGION. RST
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 for a few days. The flooding was minor, primarily affecting bottomland fields and woodlands. At the river gage at the Paradise Fossil Plant in Muhlenberg County, the river crested at 381.6 feet on March 30. Flood stage there is 380 feet.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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