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 Jul 12, 2:30 PM CST, 7 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 330 PM CDT WED JUL 12 2006 .SHORT TERM DISCUSSION... AREAS OF SCATTERED CONVECTION CONTINUED TODAY...AS MID LEVEL SHORTWAVES CONTINUED TO MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE PAH FCST AREA AND TAPPED INTO AN UNSTABLE...WARM...AND VERY MOIST AIRMASS. NO DISCERNIBLE SFC BOUNDARY WAS PRESENT IN OUR AREA. SOME FLOODING DUE TO COPIOUS RAINFALL OCCURRED IN PARTS OF SWRN IND TODAY. THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...HOWEVER THE POPS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE A BIT AFTER TONIGHT. THIS WILL BE DUE TO THE MID LEVEL PATTERN OVERHEAD BECOMING A LITTLE LESS ACTIVE AND THE NRN STREAM PATTERN BECOMING A BIT MORE ZONAL. STILL...SOME MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE ENERGY ROUNDING THE EDGE OF A RIDGE COULD BE A FACTOR EVEN INTO THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEKEND. WE WILL CONTINUE THAT TREND FROM THE PREVIOUS PACKAGE. GUIDANCE IS SHOWING AFTN DEWPOINTS WELL INTO THE MID 70S FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK. ATTM...THE FCST WILL CONTINUE WITH MAINLY LOWER 70S DEWPOINTS INTO THE WEEKEND. WE COULD EASILY SEE SOME HEAT INDICIES ABOVE 100 BY MON AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING SFC BOUNDARY. .LONG TERM DISCUSSION... THE SUN THRU WED /DAY4 THRU 7/ TIME FRAME APPEARS TO BE MOSTLY DRY AS ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE WANES. THE MED RANGE MODELS INDICATE THAT THE PAH FCST AREA WILL REMAIN ON THE PERIPHERY OF A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE SITUATED OVER THE WRN STATES. THIS WILL TEND TO LEAVE OUR AREA OPEN FOR A SOMEWHAT COOLER/DRIER AIR MASS TO MOVE IN FROM THE NW EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE NRN STREAM PATTERN BECOMES MORE AMPLIFIED. THE FCST IS BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MAKE IT INTO THE AREA AROUND TUE /DAY6/. AT THIS POINT...WE WERE NOT WILLING TO ADD A PCPN CHANCE TO THE FCST ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && DB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 431 AM CDT WED JUL 12 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-130945- 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- 431 AM CDT WED JUL 12 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AREA EXPECTED OVER THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE REGION TODAY. HOWEVER...MOST OF THE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE A CONCERN TODAY WHERE THUNDERSTORMS REPEAT OVER THE SAME LOCATION...AND IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL ON TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE REGION THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. THOUGH A FEW STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LEVELS...ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. FROM FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH FROM 90 TO 95 DEGREES. COMBINED WITH THE HUMID CONDITIONS...AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES OF AROUND 100 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...ANY REPORTS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN OR FLOODING SHOULD BE FORWARDED IMMEDIATELY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:13 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water was over Highway 4 near Ava and over U.S. Highway 51 near Elkville. Highway 127 and several secondary roads had water and debris running across them. Signs were posted to warn motorists. Thunderstorms with heavy rainfall were responsible for the flooding.
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