1 flash 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 Jun 1, 1:00 AM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 200 AM CDT THU JUN 1 2006 .DISCUSSION... RADAR/IR SATELLITE SHOWS ONGOING CONVECTION PTNS PAH FA ASSOCIATED WITH NAM IDENTIFIED WEAK PVA IMPULSE ROUNDING BROAD BUT DAMPENING RIDGE TO OUR SE. DURING THE NEXT 12-18 HOURS...NUMEROUS SUCH IMPULSES WILL ROUND AND DAMPEN OUT THE RIDGE...TOUCHING OFF SHRA/TSRA IN OUR MOIST/SOUPY ENVIRO. A QUASI STATIONARY BOUNDARY LAYED OUT JUST TO OUR NW WL SAG SOUTH TODAY AS THE OVERALL PATTERN BEGINS TO EVOLVE. HEIGHT FALLS WL ALLOW A SHIFT TO A NWLY FLOW PATTERN WHICH WL DRIVE THRU FRONT INTO/THRU THE FA LATE TODAY-TONIGHT. THE FRONT WL HELP FOCUS SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY WITH MODEL MOS RESPONDING W/HIGH LIKELY-CATEGORICAL POPS. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW PWS APPROACHING 2...SO WELL KEEP THE INHERITED LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MENTION...ESP WITH THE DIURNAL AID. ISOLD SVR PER SWODY1 WITH WET MICROBURST/HAIL POTENTIAL. THE ACTIVITY SHOULD WIND DOWN LATE TONIGHT-EARLY FRI AND TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST W/ FROPA. THERE IS SOME MODEL SUPPORT FOR A LINGERING FRI POP BUT APPARENTLY LTL/NO COLLABORATIVE SUPPORT SO WELL LEAVE STATUS QUO FOR NOW. BEYOND THE VERY NEAR TERM THE MODELS ARE CONSISTENT IN CONTINUING A NW FLOW PATTERN REGIME THRU THE WEEKEND...W/ A MAINLY DRY WEATHER FORECAST. HOWEVER THE GFS IS QUITE AGGRESSIVE WITH ITS ERN U.S. TROFFING AND AS A RESULT HINTS AT THE POSSIBILITY OF AT LEAST SMALL POPS...BUT OVERALL MODEL AND WFO CONSENSUS APPEARS THIS MAY BE OVERDONE TO THE EXTENT AT LEAST THAT WE KEEP A DRY WX FORECAST THRU EARLY NEXT WEEK. BY THEN THE AIR MASS MODIFIES ENOUGH TO SUPPORT A SMALL POP WITH THE NEXT FRONTAL APPROACH LATE DAY 6 OR DAY 7. THERE IS NOT ALOT OF DIFFERENCE IN MOS...GFS/NAM ARE PARTICULARLY CLOSE AND IN THE BALLPARK OF GOING AND WFO CONSENSUS TEMPS SO WE FOLLOWED SUIT. MEX MOS IS PERHAPS A TAD COOLER THAN PREVIOUS RUN AND WE MOVED IN THAT DIRECTION BUT IT ONLY AMOUNTED IN 1-3F CHANGES AT THE MOST. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 425 AM CDT THU JUN 1 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-021000- 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- 425 AM CDT THU JUN 1 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 A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. THE PRIMARY WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...AND THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. THE BEST CHANCE OF STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE DURING THE HEAT OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...EXTENDING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WHEN THE FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:28 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Major street flooding occurred in Mount Vernon. A trained spotter in Scheller reported 3.30 inches of rain in two and a half hours.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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