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 Mar 9, 5:10 AM CST, 9 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 510 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006 THE ITEM DESERVING ATTENTION TODAY IS THE VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING THE PAH FCST AREA...AND ITS POTENTIAL EFFECTS. A WAVE OF WARM SECTOR CONVECTION MOVED ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION OVERNIGHT TO THE SE OF A SFC LOW MOVING TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES. SOME STORMS HAD HIGH WIND POTENTIAL IN SERN MO FOR AWHILE...BUT AS THE LOW MOVED RAPIDLY NORTHEAST...THE INTENSITY OF THE CONVECTION GRADUALLY DIMINISHED. SINCE LATE YESTERDAY SOME PARTS OF SERN MO...SRN IL...AND SWRN IN RECEIVED IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL...AND THERE WERE SOME SPOTTY MINOR FLOODING REPORTS OVERNIGHT. THE MODELS INDICATE THAT...AFTER A POSSIBLE MORNING LULL FOR MAINLY THE ERN SECTOR...SHWS AND TSTMS WILL BECOME NUMEROUS ONCE AGAIN IN THE AFTN. A NEGATIVELY TILTED MID LEVEL TROF...100 PLUS KNOT UPPER JET...STRONG ENVIRONMENTAL WINDS...AND A SFC TROF ARE EXPECTED TO PROVIDE PLENTIFUL MOISTURE...INSTABILITY...AND WIND SHEAR FOR SVR TSTM ACTIVITY TODAY AS THE SYSTEM DIGS THROUGH THE SRN PLAINS AND LIFTS RAPIDLY NE. WIND DAMAGE AND TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL. SEE SWODY1 FOR DETAILS. WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED EARLIER RAINFALL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN TODAY...IT WAS DECIDED THAT A FLOOD WATCH WAS JUSTIFIED FOR ROUGHLY THE NWRN HALF OF THE FCST AREA UNTIL THE WORST IS OVER TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY WAS CONSIDERED BUT IT WAS THOUGHT THAT THE COPIOUS CLOUDNESS AND RAIN MAY LIMIT THE WINDS ALOFT FROM TRANSLATING TO THE SFC THAT MUCH /EXCEPT IN TSTMS/. HOWEVER...IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF CLOUD BREAKS ESPECIALLY IN THE SERN SECTOR...WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA COULD BE MET THERE. FRI SHOULD BE A COOL DRY DAY IN THE WAKE OF THE DEPARTING SYSTEM. THE NEXT MID LEVEL SHRTWV TROF TO AFFECT THE AREA WAS DEPICTED DIFFERENTLY BY THE 00Z NAM/GFS BUT LOOKED QUITE SIMILAR FOR THE 06Z RUN. SO...BY FRI NITE THERE WILL BE A SMALL CHC OF CONVECTION. POPS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND LINGER INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS SW TO NE MID LEVEL FLOW AND PERSISTENT MOIST LOW LEVEL FLOW DOMINATES. MADE VERY FEW CHANGES AFT DAY4. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL COUNTIES XCP NEW MADRID AND MISSISSIPPI THROUGH 06Z FRI. IL...FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL COUNTIES XCP MASSAC...POPE...AND HARDIN THROUGH 06Z FRI. IN...FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL COUNTIES XCP WARRICK AND SPENCER THROUGH 06Z FRI. && DB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 417 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-101100- 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- 417 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006 ...RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT... 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 RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE FOUR STATE AREA TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY FROM MIDDAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. ADDITIONALLY...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA THROUGH THIS EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO TRACK ACROSS AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED APPRECIABLE RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. VERY LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED IN THE UPPER AIR WIND FLOW PATTERN. AS A RESULT...THERE WILL BE A CONTINUED CHANCE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN A POSSIBILITY AS WELL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 150 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-092100- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION... MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO... CARMI...CARBONDALE...MURPHYSBORO...HERRIN...HARRISBURG... SHAWNEETOWN...JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN... CAIRO...MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG... POSEYVILLE...EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN... CLINTON...BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND... BENTON...MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON... MORGANFIELD...DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON... OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE... MARBLE HILL...CAPE GIRARDEAU...JACKSON...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN... DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON... NEW MADRID 144 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006 ...LARGE AREAS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS... A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH AN EMBEDDED LINE OF STRONGER STORMS...PERSISTED OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AROUND NOON. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM THE FULTON KENTUCKY...THROUGH PADUCAH...AND SHAWNEETOWN...TO MOUNT CARMEL. THE SOUTHERN SEGMENT OF THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH...WHILE THE NORTHERN PORTION WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 10 MPH. HOWEVER ALL THE INDIVIDUAL CELLS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS LINE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE JACKSON PURCHASE AREA AND INTO THE PENNYRILE REGION THROUGH 3 PM IN ADDITION TO ALL OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA. WIND DAMAGE AND FLOODING HAVE BEEN THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH THESE STORMS. HOWEVER HAIL HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION...WIND PROFILES AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE THAT AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS LINE. A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL FOLLOW IN THE LINES WAKE. THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE RAIN FALL WAS ALONG A LINE FROM POPLAR BLUFF TO EFFINGHAM. IN ADDITION TO WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...TORRENTIAL DOWN POURS OF RAIN WILL BE COMMON WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. DRIVERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO RAPIDLY REDUCED VISIBILITY AND PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
203 PM CST THU MAR 09 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 PM TSTM WND GST EVANSVILLE 37.98N 87.54W
03/09/2006 M59 MPH VANDERBURGH IN EMERGENCY MNGR
PEA SIZE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINS REPORTED WITH WIND
GUSTS.
&&
SMITTYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
204 PM CST THU MAR 09 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0202 PM TSTM WND GST 3 N EVANSVILLE 38.03N 87.54W
03/09/2006 E65 MPH VANDERBURGH IN NWS EMPLOYEE
&&
SMITTYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
207 PM CST THU MAR 09 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0205 PM FUNNEL CLOUD EVANSVILLE 37.98N 87.54W
03/09/2006 VANDERBURGH IN PUBLIC
REPORTED NEAR INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 164 AND GREEN RIVER
ROAD.
&&
SMITTYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
229 PM CST THU MAR 09 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0219 PM FLASH FLOOD NEWBURGH 37.95N 87.40W
03/09/2006 WARRICK IN TRAINED SPOTTER
FLOODING REPORTED 1 MILE WEST OF SHARON SCHOOL.
&&
SMITTYSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 233 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-092200- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION... MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO... CARMI...CARBONDALE...MURPHYSBORO...HERRIN...HARRISBURG... SHAWNEETOWN...JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN... CAIRO...MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG... POSEYVILLE...EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN... CLINTON...BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND... BENTON...MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON... MORGANFIELD...DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON... OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE... MARBLE HILL...CAPE GIRARDEAU...JACKSON...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN... DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON... NEW MADRID 233 PM CST THU MAR 9 2006 ..LARGE AREAS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS FOR LOCATIONS EAST OF INTERSTATE 57... A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH AN EMBEDDED LINE OF STRONGER STORMS...PERSISTED OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WEST KENTUCKY. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM THE PIKE COUNTY INDIANA THROUGH OWENSBORO TO MURRAY KENTUCKY. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH...WHILE INDIVIDUAL CELLS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS LINE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PENNYRILE AREA THROUGH 4 PM. MODERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECTED IN THE LINES WAKE. ONLY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EXPECTED WEST OF INTERSTATE 57. WIND DAMAGE AND FLOODING HAVE BEEN THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH THESE STORMS. HOWEVER HAIL HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION...WIND PROFILES AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE THAT AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS LINE. A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL FOLLOW IN THE LINES WAKE. THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE RAIN FALL WAS ALONG A LINE FROM POPLAR BLUFF TO EFFINGHAM. IN ADDITION TO WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...TORRENTIAL DOWN POURS OF RAIN WILL BE COMMON WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. DRIVERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO RAPIDLY REDUCED VISIBILITY AND PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KH
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 23 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:36 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous roads were flooded. Due to flooding of Seven Mile Creek, a secondary road was impassable, with over 6 inches of water running over the approach to the bridge. In Unionville, water was flowing across a roadway intersection. In Metropolis, a few streets were covered by several inches of water.
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