1 heavy rain, 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, 2:55 AM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 355 AM CDT WED JUL 12 2006 .DISCUSSION... BIG CHALLENGE THIS PACKAGE CONTINUES TO BE PRECIPITATION FORECAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS NEARLY STATIONARY BOUNDARY OVER NRN IN/IL AND ALONG THE IA/MO BORDER. THIS CONTINUES TO PLACE THE PAH FORECAST AREA IN A WARM SECTOR REGIME WITH PLENTIFUL MOISTURE (PWS AROUND 2) AND AMPLE INSTABILITY. WITH LACK OF LOW LEVEL FORCING...ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN MAINLY DEPENDENT ON MID LEVEL SHORT WAVES COMING EAST EVERY 6 TO 12 HOURS. THIS TYPE OF PATTERN WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL MID LVL SHORT WAVES COMING EAST TOWARD THE AREA. RUC MODEL HAS BEEN DEPICTING THESE WAVES FAIRLY WELL. ONE SUCH SHORT WAVE EASING CLOSE TO THE MS RVR IS PRODUCING THE ONGOING STORM ACTIVITY ALONG THE OHIO RVR. ANOTHER STRONG SHORT WAVE IS EVIDENT OVER WRN MO...AND THIS WILL HEAD EAST DURING THE DAY. THUS...THOUGH IT WILL NOT RAIN THE ENTIRE DAY....WILL GO WITH 80-90 PERCENT RAIN CHCS MOST AREAS FOR THE DAY AS A WHOLE. BOUNDARY TO OUR NORTH MOVES CLOSER LATER TONIGHT/THU/FRI TIME FRAME. THIS WILL HELP TO FOCUS ADDITIONAL SCATTERED STORMS...WITH THE AID OF MID LEVEL SHORT WAVES FROM TIME TO TIME. THUS...WILL NEED TO KEEP AT LEAST SCATTERED POPS IN THROUGH THE PERIOD. SOME AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...AND AREAS OF SRN IL AND WRN KY ALONG THE OHIO RIVER...HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL RAINFALL FROM TUESDAY AND OVERNIGHT. WILL BE A CONTINUED RISK OF URBAN/SMALL STREAM FLOODING WHERE STORMS REPEAT OVER THE SAME LOCATION. PAST FEW RUNS OF THE GFS NOW AGREE WITH THE ECMWF AND CANADIAN MEDIUM RANGE MODELS THAT ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT H50 SHORT WAVE WILL DROP SE TOWARD THE REGION ON SATURDAY AND STICK AROUND THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEKEND. WITH SUCH AGREEMENT BETWEEN MODELS...AND THROUGH COORDINATION WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES...HAVE OPTED TO INCREASE SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM CHCS A BIT OVER THE WEEKEND. IF CURRENT MODEL TREND CONTINUES...LATER SHIFTS MAY NEED TO INCREASE FURTHER. DUE TO THE AFOREMENTIONED UPPER LOW...WILL NEED TO TRIM BACK MAX TEMPS OVER THE WEEKEND. JUST CUT 2-3 DEGREES FOR NOW. LATEST MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ALSO SUGGEST A GOOD STRONG FRONTAL PASSAGE BY TUE OF NEXT WEEK AS H50 FLOW BECOMES MORE NWLY AS UPPER HIGH BUILDS OVER CENTRAL STATES. HOWEVER...WAY TO EARLY TO BITE ON SUCH A RARE (CLIMATOLOGICALLY) STRONG FRONTAL PASSAGE. WILL WAIT AND SEE HOW SUBSEQUENT RUNS GO. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && MEFFERT
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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
One to two feet of water was over portions of Highway 148.
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