2 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 Apr 21, 1:52 AM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 252 AM CDT FRI APR 21 2006 .DISCUSSION... THE ACTIVE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THE CWA EARLY THIS MORNING AS A SHORT WAVE LIFTING NORTHEAST OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS HAS BEGUN TO TAP INTO DEEPER MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IN THE VICINITY OF A STALLED AND WEAK NE-SW ORIENTED SFC BOUNDARY. GFS CONTINUES TO HAVE CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK ISSUES AND AS A RESULT APPEARS TOO AGRESSIVE IN ITS PLACEMENT OF POPS...QPF...ETC ACROSS THE QUAD STATE TODAY. THE NAM MODELS (80/40) SEEM TO HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON THE SITUATION SO LEANED HEAVILY THEIR WAY. FEEL THAT THE BULK OF THE PRECIP WITH THIS APPROACHING SYSTEM WILL FALL THIS MORNING...BUT JUST IN CASE THERE IS REDEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON LIKE THE GFS IMPLIES... WILL JUST GO WITH A 12 HOUR POP. WILL LINGER PRECIP THIS EVENING ONLY OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE CWA. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP THE AREA DRY LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. EXPECT A NW-SE ORIENTED BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT AS A SHORT WAVE DIVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA IN THE VICINITY OF A WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND DEEPER MOISTURE. EXPECT POPS CHANCES TO CONTINUE ON SUNDAY AS THE BOUNDARY STALLS E-W OVER THE CWA AS OTHER WEAK IMPULSES CONTINUE TO CROSS THE REGION IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. MADE NO CHANGES BEYOND SUNDAY. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && JAP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 340 AM CDT FRI APR 21 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-220845- 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- 340 AM CDT FRI APR 21 2006 ...A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AREAS OF DENSE FOG ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN LOW LYING AREAS AND NEAR BODIES OF WATER. IN ADDITION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE REGION. THIS EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE GENERALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM GREENVILLE KENTUCKY TO MURRAY KENTUCKY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. JAP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1224 AM CDT FRI APR 21 2006 ILZ075>078-081>083-085>087-INZ081-082-085>088-210730- JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-WHITE- WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK- SPENCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION... MOUNT CARMEL...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO...CARMI...HERRIN... HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG... POSEYVILLE...EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT 1224 AM CDT FRI APR 21 2006 ...PATCH DENSE FOG OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA EARLY THIS MORNING... PATCHY DENSE FOG ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA HAS RESULTED IN VISIBILITIES CLOSE TO ZERO IN SOME LOCATIONS. AT MIDNIGHT...SOME AREAS WHICH ALREADY HAVE VISIBILITIES DOWN TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...FAIRFIELD...CARMI AND HARRISBURG ILLINOIS. OTHER LOCATIONS IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA HAVE REPORTED VISIBILITIES DOWN AROUND A MILE...BUT FURTHER REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED. DRIVERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING THIS MORNING.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding of the Wabash River occurred. At the Mount Carmel gage, where flood stage is 19 feet, the river crested at 19.97 feet on April 23. Minor flooding of low-lying bottomlands occurred. A few county roads along the river were closed. Oil wells in the flood plain were shut down. River cabins were inaccessible.
Minor flooding of the Wabash River occurred. At the New Harmony, Indiana gage, where flood stage is 15 feet, the river crested at 15.39 feet on April 24. Minor flooding of low-lying bottomlands occurred.
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