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 May 10, 1:30 AM CST, 10 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 230 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 .DISCUSSION... MDT RISK EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AND COLLAB ON INCOMING SHRA/TSRA YIELDS AGREEMENT ON FFA FOR SEMO INTO SWIL TODAY. MDT RISK SVR PER LATEST SWODY1 PRIMARILY A LATER IN DAY RISK GIVEN EVOLUTION OF LINE TO SOUTH AND AMOUNT OF DESTAB IN TN VALLEY AHEAD OF DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW/COLD FRONT THAT WL SWEEP THRU LOWER OH/MID MS VALLEY. ALL MOS AND COLLAB SUPPORTS CAT POPS FA-WIDE TODAY. GFS/NAM SHOW SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES AFT 12 HOURS IN HOW THEY TRANSLATE SURFACE WAVE AND FROPA. NAM IS MUCH MORE REGRESSIVE IN LINGERING QUADS 1 AND 2 PCPN INTO TONIGHT...WHICH IS A FLIP-FLOP FROM YDAY SAME TIME RUN. GFS A TAD MORE CONSISTENT IN A MORE RESOLUTE TRANSLATION AND A TAPERING W-E POP BEHIND FRONT TONIGHT...HAVE SPLIT THE DIFF W/ A BIAS TOWARD THE MORE CONSISTENT GFS SIGNAL. AFTER THAT WE ARE UNDER THE DOMINANT INFLUENCE OF THE LARGE SCALE CUT OFF LOW THRU THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. WE ACCOUNTED FOR 00Z MOS AND COLLAB AND GIVEN ALL MODEL DIAGNOSES OF TROF HAVE EXTENDED POPS NOW INTO MON...TAKING SLOW APPROACH TO EXTENSION. ALSO SHAVED TEMPS A STEP TOWARD MEX MOS GIVEN ANTICIPATION OF CUT OFF LOW CLOUDS/MORE COOLISH TEMPS. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...FFA SEMO THRU 23Z. IL...FFA SWIL THRU 23Z. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1027 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-111000- 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- 1027 AM CDT WED MAY 10 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 RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT ACROSS THE FOUR STATE AREA. THE AREA WITH THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL DEPEND ON THE AMOUNT OF DAYTIME HEATING THAT CAN TAKE PLACE. SATELLITE SHOWS A FAIRLY LARGE AREA OF CLOUD COVER OVER MUCH OF THE REGION. HOWEVER...SOME THIN SPOTS IN THE CLOUDS WERE OBSERVED. THE FOCUS FOR POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE REGION...AND UPPER LEVEL ENERGY FORECAST TO MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THIS MORNING ACROSS THE MID MISSISSIPPI AND LOWER OHIO VALLEY REGIONS THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO A CONCERN. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE FOUR STATE AREA THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 856 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 KYZ008-101530- MARSHALL KY- 856 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 ...HIGH WATER STILL REPORTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF MARSHALL COUNTY... SEVERAL ROADS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF MARSHALL COUNTY ARE STILL REPORTED TO BE WATER COVERED...INCLUDING KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 408. HIGH WATER CONTINUED TO PLAGUE AREAS ALONG AND CLOSE TO THE CLARKS RIVER AS WELL. AT 855 AM...PADUCAH DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED MAINLY LIGHT SHOWERS ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY. THIS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE THE CASE THROUGH LATE MORNING. ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON....FLOODING MAY AGAIN BECOME A CONCERN. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE REGION UNTIL 6 PM. CN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 954 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 KYZ003-006-101700- CARLISLE KY-GRAVES KY- 954 AM CDT WED MAY 10 2006 ...HIGH WATER STILL REPORTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CARLISLE AND GRAVES COUNTIES... CARLISLE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT EARLY THIS MORNING HIGH WATER IN THE ARLINGTON AREA FORCED SEVERAL EVACUATIONS AND WATER RESCUES. THIS CONTINUES TO BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION AS HIGH WATER REMAINS A THREAT TO SEVERAL RESIDENCES AND ALONG ROADS IN AND NEAR ARLINGTON. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS THAT WATER IS BEGINNING TO RECEDE BUT MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING IN CARLISLE COUNTY. KENTUCKY STATE POLICE REPORT THAT FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF GRAVES COUNTY. STATE POLICE REPORT THAT SEVERAL ROADS AND BRIDGES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED. MOTORISTS IN NORTHERN GRAVES COUNTY ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING TODAY. AT 955 AM...PADUCAH DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED MAINLY LIGHT SHOWERS ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY. THIS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE THE CASE THROUGH LATE MORNING. ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON....FLOODING MAY AGAIN BECOME A CONCERN. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE REGION UNTIL 6 PM. CN/ML
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
High water was reported at the bridge over Bankston Fork on Lewis Road. The water was within four feet of the bottom of the bridge. Minor flooding of ditches occurred in outlying areas from Harrisburg to Galatia.
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