1 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 Mar 14, 4:53 AM CST, 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 453 AM CST TUE MAR 14 2006 .DISCUSSION... A RELATIVELY TRANQUIL WEATHER REGIME IN PLACE IN THE SHORT TERM...WITH ONLY SMALL RAIN CHANCES EXPECTED THURSDAY AND AGAIN LATE NEXT WEEKEND. WITH THE UPPER AIR FLOW PATTERN CURRENTLY SWITCHING FROM SW TO NW ACROSS THE REGION...MEAN MOISTURE TRANSPORT FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO HAS BEEN TURNED OFF THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A MINOR SHORTWAVE RIDGE WILL DOMINATED DURING THAT TIME. ALTHOUGH MIXING WILL BE TEMPERED TODAY...WEAK COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL KEEP AFTERNOON HIGHS CLOSER TO NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. THE 40KM GFS INDICATES A FAIRLY DRY ATMOSPHERE JUST OFF THE SURFACE TODAY. WITH THIS IN MIND...ANY CLOUD COVER ASSOCIATED WITH MIXING OF SURFACE PARCELS THROUGH THE PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER WILL BE MINIMAL. A BRIEF PERIOD OF MOISTURE TRANSPORT FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH AGEOSTROPHIC WIND RESPONSE ASSOCIATED WITH PROGGED SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH THE UPPER MIDWEST EARLY THURSDAY. ALBEIT SMALL...ENOUGH MOISTURE AND ISENTROPIC LIFT COULD BE AVAILABLE FOR A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN OR SPRINKLES ON THURSDAY. FOR NOW...I WILL CONTINUE THE USE OF SMALL MEASURABLE RAIN CHANCES ACROSS THE WFO PAH FORECAST AREA THIS TIME. DEPSITE THE PASSAGE OF THE SHORTWAVE AND SURFACE COLD FRONT REFLECTION ON THURSDAY...COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL BE MINIMAL...SO TEMPERATURES SHOULD NOT STRAY MARKEDLY FROM NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE 40KM GFS KEEPS THE WFO PAH FORECAST AREA IN PERSISTANT E-NELY SURFACE FLOW ALONG THE WESTERN LIMB OF A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE CENTERED IN SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA. UPGLIDE ALONG THE WESTERN LIMB OF AN SHARPENING SHORTWAVE RIDGE WILL LEAD TO A LONG TRAJECTORY UPGLIDE REGION OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. PARCEL SATURATION AND LOCALIZED SHORTWAVE IMPULSES ALOFT SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO GENERATE A SMALL CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS INTO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY ON TIMING FOR ANY PRECIPITATION...I DID NOT CHANGE ONGOING PRECIPATION FORECAST FOR THE LATE SUNDAY/EARLY MONDAY TIME PERIOD. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && SMITH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 430 AM CST TUE MAR 14 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-151030- 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- 430 AM CST TUE MAR 14 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...A NUMBER OF RIVERS ACROSS THE REGION ARE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SEVERAL RIVERS WILL REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE DURING THE WEEK. REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED AT THIS TIME. SMITH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Ohio River reached flood stage at Shawneetown after repeated episodes of widespread thunderstorms. At Shawneetown, where flood stage is 33 feet, the river crested at 38.05 feet on March 19. The flooding was minor, primarily affecting agricultural bottomlands.
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