1 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 21, 1:52 AM CST, 10 hours 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 252 AM CDT FRI APR 21 2006 .DISCUSSION... THE ACTIVE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF THE CWA EARLY THIS MORNING AS A SHORT WAVE LIFTING NORTHEAST OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS HAS BEGUN TO TAP INTO DEEPER MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IN THE VICINITY OF A STALLED AND WEAK NE-SW ORIENTED SFC BOUNDARY. GFS CONTINUES TO HAVE CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK ISSUES AND AS A RESULT APPEARS TOO AGRESSIVE IN ITS PLACEMENT OF POPS...QPF...ETC ACROSS THE QUAD STATE TODAY. THE NAM MODELS (80/40) SEEM TO HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON THE SITUATION SO LEANED HEAVILY THEIR WAY. FEEL THAT THE BULK OF THE PRECIP WITH THIS APPROACHING SYSTEM WILL FALL THIS MORNING...BUT JUST IN CASE THERE IS REDEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON LIKE THE GFS IMPLIES... WILL JUST GO WITH A 12 HOUR POP. WILL LINGER PRECIP THIS EVENING ONLY OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE CWA. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP THE AREA DRY LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. EXPECT A NW-SE ORIENTED BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT AS A SHORT WAVE DIVES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA IN THE VICINITY OF A WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND DEEPER MOISTURE. EXPECT POPS CHANCES TO CONTINUE ON SUNDAY AS THE BOUNDARY STALLS E-W OVER THE CWA AS OTHER WEAK IMPULSES CONTINUE TO CROSS THE REGION IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. MADE NO CHANGES BEYOND SUNDAY. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && JAP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 925 AM CDT FRI APR 21 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-221000- 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- 925 AM CDT FRI APR 21 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE FOUR STATE AREA TODAY...ALONG AND SOUTH OF A EVANSVILLE INDIANA TO POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI LINE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY...GENERALLY ACROSS THE PENNYRILE REGION...WHERE ANYWHERE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD TAPER OFF BY EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. JAP/CN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding of Highway 136 occurred due to an overflowing creek nearby.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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