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 Jan 6, 3:15 AM CST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 315 AM CST THU JAN 6 2005 .DISCUSSION... 09Z RADAR LOOP SHOWS PRECIPITATION MOVING OUT OF SERN PTNS FA. TIMING OF LOOP SUGGESTS ALL PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE OUT OF ENTIRE FA BY 12Z. THE ONLY CAVEAT WOULD BE IF ANY LIGHT/TRACE ACTIVITY OCCURRED BEHIND THE MAIN BAND OF PCPN...BUT RIGHT NOW THERE DOESNT APPEAR TO BE ANY EVIDENCE OF THIS ON RADAR...AND EVEN UPSTREAM OBS ARE SCANT. COLD AIR ARRIVES AFTER THE DEPARTURE OF BEST MOISTURE SO WE WILL LEAVE OUT ANY MENTION OF ANY TYPE OF PCPN AFTER 12Z...AND OPT FOR A NOWCAST APPROACH IF ISOALATED TRACE ACTIVITY DOES OCCUR. GIVEN ALL THE RECENT SNOW AND RAIN WE HAVE HAD...THE NEXT BIG FORECAST CONCERN(S) WILL BE OUR NEXT RAIN CHANCES. THE MODELS HAVE CONSISTENTLY PAINTED FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING AS THE NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN...WITH THE TRENDS OF THE LAST SEVERAL RUNS BEING FOR AN EARLIER START TIME (FRIDAY) AND A MORE DISTINCT/RAPID END TIME (LATE FRI NIGHT-VERY EARLY SAT MORNING). THE LATEST 00Z RUN IS NO DIFFERENT...IN FACT CONTINUES PUSHING THIS TREND...AND WEVE DECIDED TO FOLLOW SUIT. WE HAVE ADJUSTED THE POPS UPWARD...THOUGH NOT QUITE TO MOSS CATEGORICAL NOS...AND TRENDED EARLIER WITH THE START TIME AND CLEANER WITH THE ENDING. THE RESULT IS A FRI-FRI NIGHT CHANCE THAT PEAKS IN THE LIKELY CATEGORY OVER THE SERN CORNER OF THE FA...SINCE WE ARE BASICALLY REFERRING TO AN OVERRUNNING EVENT WITH THE PRIMARY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING TO OUR SOUTH AND THEN SCOOTING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE TN VALLEY...ON A TRACK JUST OFF TO OUR SE. ANY HEDGE IN THIS TRACK WOULD HAVE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT IN AREAL POPS...AND SO GIVEN THE MODEL TRACK TRENDS...WE ARE MOST CONFIDENT IN OUR HIGHEST POPS/LIKELY POP AREA BEING IN THE SE...AND OUR THINKING IS A TAPERED HIGH CHANCE SOUTH AND CENTRAL TO LOWER CHANCE NORTH AND WEST APPROACH ALLOWS THE MOST LATITUDE FOR ANY POSSIBLE NEEDED LATER POP ADJUSTMENTS. AFTER THAT THE FORECAST IS LITTLE CHANGED. THE NEW GUIDANCE CONTINUES WITH A WARM END TO THE WEEKEND AND START TO THE NEXT WORKWEEK...FOLLOWED BY A WET MID TO LATE WORKWEEK. THE TREND IS MORE UNSTABLE...AND WETTER...WITH HIGHER POPS...SO WE WENT THAT DIRECTION IN OUR FORECAST...ALTHOUGH WE REMAIN A GOOD BIT SHY OF MODEL SUGGESTIONS. WE DID SIMILARLY WITH TEMPERATURES...WHICH WARM CONSIDERABLY IN THE LONG RANGE DUE TO THE DEEPENED SW FLOW PATTERN THAT LEADS TO THE WET WEATHER PROGNOSIS. WE GO THAT DIRECTION BUT MAINTAIN A RELATIVE DRIER APPROACH THAN THE MODEL...AND THUS ENTERTAIN A GREATER DIURNAL RANGE IN OUR FORECAST TEMPS...STAYING FOR THE MOST PART A FEW DEGREES SHY OF MEX MOS SUGGESTIONS. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 150 PM CST WED JAN 5 2005 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-061100- 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 152 PM CST WED JAN 5 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN...AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS THE FOUR STATE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM THREE QUARTERS TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES. MANY AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE UP...WITH SOME NEAR BANKFULL. GROUND CONDITIONS ARE SATURATED. ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL ONLY SERVE TO AGGRAVATE THE EXISTING CONDITIONS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. THE FLOOD WATCH COVERS MOST OF THE REGION...WITH THE EXCEPTION BEING THE PENNYRILE AND LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES REGIONS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WIDESPREAD RIVER FLOODING IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE FOUR STATE AREA. MANY POINTS ALONG AREA RIVERS WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS WEEK...WITH SOME REMAINING ABOVE FLOOD STAGE INTO NEXT WEEK. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS...STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...REPORTS OF FLOODING WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding of the St. Francis River occurred. At Patterson, where flood stage is 16 feet, the river crested at 19.43 feet on the 14th. This resulted in flooding of mainly bottomland and surrounding low-lying areas, including some lowland campgrounds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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