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 12, 3:39 AM CST, 10 hours 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
339 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006
.DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
EARLY THIS MORNING. THE PRIMARY FORECAST ISSUE TODAY IS THE
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE INITIAL ROUND OF
ACTIVITY THIS MORNING...THEN AGAIN TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY.
FLOODING IS A ALSO A MAJOR ISSUE AS WELL.
LATEST WEATHER MAPS INDICATE A SURFACE BOUNDARY REFOCUSING OVER
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF INDIANA...ILLINOIS...AND MISSOURI...AIDED BY
THE ONGOING CONVECTION OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE QUAD STATE.
MODELS CONTINUE TO SHIFT THE MORNING CONVECTION EAST OF THE AREA
BY LATE MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON...REFOCUSING NEW CONVECTIVE
DEVELOPMENT WEST OF OUR IMMEDIATE AREA. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT
AT LEAST PARTIAL SUNSHINE MAY RETURN THIS AFTERNOON...HELPING TO
BOOST TEMPERATURES INTO THE UPPER 70S OVER MOST OF THE
REGION...WHICH IS JUST A FEW DEGREES FROM RECORD LEVELS.
AS A CORRIDOR OF 100+ KNOT MID-LEVEL WINDS SHIFTS EAST FROM THE
SOUTHWESTERN STATES INTO THE MIDWEST TONIGHT...LARGE-SCALE FORCING
FOR LIFT WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA. THIS COUPLED WITH AMPLE
MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL SET THE STAGE FOR YET ANOTHER ROUND
OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE. IN
ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE UNDER THE STORMS.
THIS COUPLED WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF ANTECEDENT RAINS WILL KEEP THE
POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING ALIVE OVER THE ENTIRE REGION...ESPECIALLY
IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
AND LOCATIONS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY BORDERING THE OHIO RIVER.
THE COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY...SHIFTING THE THREAT
FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO THE EAST BY AFTERNOON. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT
TIME OF FRONTAL PASSAGE...YET ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE ACTIVITY
COULD IMPACT EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA...NAMELY SOUTHWEST
INDIANA AND THE PENNYRILE REGION OF WESTERN KENTUCKY...MONDAY
AFTERNOON.
BEHIND THE FRONT...MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL FILTER IN FOR
THE MIDDLE TO LATTER PART OF THE WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE BECOMES THE
DOMINANT WEATHER FEATURE. EVEN SO...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
BE NEAR SEASONABLE THROUGH THE PERIOD. GENERALLY ACCEPTED A BLEND
OF GUIDANCE VALUES IN THE SHORT-TERM. ALTHOUGH...A HEDGE ABOVE THE
WARMEST GUIDANCE IS PREFERRED THIS AFTERNOON.
&&
.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR BALLARD-CALDWELL-CALLOWAY-
CARLISLE-CHRISTIAN-CRITTENDEN-DAVIESS-FULTON-GRAVES-
HENDERSON-HICKMAN-HOPKINS-LIVINGSTON-LYON-MARSHALL-
MCCRACKEN-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD-TRIGG-UNION KY-WEBSTER.
MO...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR BOLLINGER-BUTLER-CAPE
GIRARDEAU-CARTER-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-PERRY MO-RIPLEY-
SCOTT-STODDARD-WAYNE MO.
IL...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR ALEXANDER-EDWARDS-FRANKLIN-
GALLATIN-HAMILTON-HARDIN-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-MASSAC-
PERRY IL-POPE-PULASKI-SALINE-UNION IL-WABASH-WAYNE IL-WHITE-
WILLIAMSON.
IN...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-SPENCER-
VANDERBURGH-WARRICK.
&&
RJPHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 448 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-131100- 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- 448 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006 ...ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK POSSIBLE AGAIN 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 HIGH RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER NORTH OF A LINE FROM PERRYVILLE MISSOURI TO WAYNE CITY ILLINOIS. THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA IS IN A MODERATE RISK FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FLASH FLOODING IS A THREAT DURING THE MORNING HOURS. HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY. THE STORMS SHOULD DIMINISH LATER THIS MORNING...THEN RE FIRE TO OUR WEST AND MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA TONIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...WITH LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAIN IS AGAIN LIKELY. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND ALL OF WESTERN KENTUCKY ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION THIS MORNING AND AGAIN TONIGHT. SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT ANY FLOODING ALONG WITH SEVERE WEATHER. SPODEN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Major flooding of the Patoka River occurred after repeated episodes of widespread thunderstorms. At Princeton, where flood stage is 18 feet, the river crested at 24.00 feet on March 16.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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