1 heavy rain, 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 Jul 4, 2:42 AM CST, 11 hours 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 342 AM CDT TUE JUL 4 2006 .DISCUSSION... MAIN FORECAST ISSUES REMAIN CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND WEDNESDAY. LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY DEPICTS AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW OVER THE ONTARIO PROVINCE OF CANADA...WITH AN UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES. AT THE SURFACE...A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WAS DRAPED FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE UPPER LOW OVER ONTARIO IS EXPECTED TO SLIDE SOUTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN QUEBEC OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...WHILE THE RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES. THIS AMPLIFYING UPPER-LEVEL PATTERN WILL PLACE THE FORECAST AREA IN INCREASING NORTHWEST FLOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AS RESULT...THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO THE REGION BY TONIGHT...EVENTUALLY DROPPING SOUTH OF THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. POOLING OF MOISTURE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT COMBINED WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY AND UPPER-LEVEL SHORTWAVE ENERGY WILL INCREASE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE LOWER OHIO AND MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEYS TODAY AND TONIGHT. WHILE A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS...A WIDESPREAD OUTBREAK IS NOT EXPECTED DUE TO RELATIVELY WARM TEMPERATURES AND WEAK WINDS FIELDS ALOFT. BY WEDNESDAY...THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GREATEST OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA. THE ACTIVITY SHOULD COME TO AN END BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING AS THE FRONT SHIFTS FAR ENOUGH TO OUR SOUTH. DRIER AND COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE STILL EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. AN UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE NATION OVER THE WEEKEND... RESULTING IN A MODERATION IN TEMPERATURES TO MORE SEASONABLE VALUES. THE NEXT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION APPEARS TO BE EARLY NEXT WEEK... ALTHOUGH THE CURRENT FORECAST IS DRY BEYOND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THIS POINT. THIS IS MORE RELEVANT FOR THE NEXT FORECAST PACKAGE. MOS TEMPERATURES WERE FAIRLY SIMILAR AND REASONABLE...SO CONTINUED TO FOLLOW CLOSELY. THIS RESULTED IN LITTLE CHANGE TO GOING FORECAST VALUES. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && RJP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 433 AM CDT TUE JUL 4 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-051000- 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- 433 AM CDT TUE JUL 4 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS AN INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS WILL BOTH BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CONTINUING CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCES SHIFTING INTO SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF MISSOURI AND KENTUCKY BY AFTERNOON. THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD COME TO AN END ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION WEDNESDAY EVENING. A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WHILE SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED..SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND UPDATES IN CASE LOCALIZED ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. RJP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 244 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-042100- 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 IL-PERRY MO-PIKE IN- POPE IL-POSEY IN-PULASKI IL-RIPLEY MO-SALINE IL-SCOTT MO-SPENCER IN- STODDARD MO-TODD KY-TRIGG KY-UNION IL-UNION KY-VANDERBURGH IN- WABASH IL-WARRICK IN-WAYNE IL-WAYNE MO-WEBSTER KY-WHITE IL- WILLIAMSON IL- 244 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 2006 AT 245 PM...RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG STORMS MOVING ACROSS THE QUAD STATE. A LARGE CLUSTER OF STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE PADUCAH AREA BETWEEN 245 PM AND 400 PM. A LINE OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR CARBONDALE THROUGH MARION INTO KARBERS RIDGE. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS THROUGH 4 PM. THE STORMS WERE ALL MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...HALF INCH HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. KH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Standing water was found in many places as a result of thunderstorm downpours. Many intersections and parking lots were flooded. The water level was generally lower than the bottoms of automobiles. Rainfall in Carbondale was measured at 3.17 inches.
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