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 Aug 11, 12:45 PM CST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 145 PM CDT FRI AUG 11 2006 .DISCUSSION... PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERN IS LINGERING CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING...THEN AGAIN MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. AT EARLY AFTERNOON A QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT WAS HUNG UP EAST-WEST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE CWA. THIS COMBINED WITH A RIPPLE OF ENERGY ALOFT WAS PRODUCING A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE AREA. THIS EVENING MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT BRINGING ANOTHER SHORT WAVE/VORT MAX CURRENTLY OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS ALL BUT THE NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF THE CWA. SINCE THE AFOREMENTIONED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA DURING THE SAME TIME FRAME...WILL LINGER CHC POPS ACROSS ALL BUT THE NORTHEAST SECTIONS THIS EVENING. TONIGHT...RAIN CHANCES WILL COME TO AN END AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO CONTINUES TO BUILD SLOWLY SOUTHWARD. AS MOISTURE DECREASES THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERIC COLUMN...CLOUDS SHOULD ALSO BECOME FEWER AND FARTHER BETWEEN. OVER THE WEEKEND...DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED...ALONG WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER AND LESS HUMID CONDITIONS...AS THE CANADIAN HIGH BUILDS SOUTHEAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...ANOTHER FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL INFLUENCE THE REGION WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AS THE REGION FALLS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE MO...NONE IL...NONE IN...NONE. && JAP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 335 PM CDT FRI AUG 11 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-122045- 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- 335 PM CDT FRI AUG 11 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MOUNT VERNON ILLINOIS TO CALHOUN KENTUCKY. THE ATMOSPHERE MAY BECOME UNSTABLE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE EARLY NEXT WEEK...FROM MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME...WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. JAP
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
215 PM CDT FRI AUG 11 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0201 PM FLASH FLOOD CAPE GIRARDEAU 37.31N 89.55W
08/11/2006 CAPE GIRARDEAU MO TRAINED SPOTTER
WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING THROUGHOUT COMMUNITY. CREEKS
AND SMALL STREAMS RISING RAPIDLY.
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SMITTYSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 239 PM CDT FRI AUG 11 2006 ILZ088>090-092>094-KYZ001>013-017-022-MOZ086-087-100-107>112-114- 112030- ALEXANDER IL-BALLARD KY-BOLLINGER MO-BUTLER MO-CALDWELL KY- CALLOWAY KY-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-CARLISLE KY-CARTER MO-CHRISTIAN KY- CRITTENDEN KY-FULTON KY-GRAVES KY-HICKMAN KY-JOHNSON IL- LIVINGSTON KY-LYON KY-MARSHALL KY-MASSAC IL-MCCRACKEN KY- MISSISSIPPI MO-NEW MADRID MO-POPE IL-PULASKI IL-RIPLEY MO-SCOTT MO- STODDARD MO-TODD KY-TRIGG KY-UNION IL-WAYNE MO- 239 PM CDT FRI AUG 11 2006 ...FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...EXTREME SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE UP TO TWO INCHES IN A HALF HOUR. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH. AT 230 PM...THE BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS STRETCHING FROM PIEDMONT AND CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI...ONWARD TO PADUCAH...EDDYVILLE AND HOPKINSVILLE KENTUCKY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL SLOWLY MOVE TOWARD A LINE FROM ELLSINORE AND VANDUSER MISSOURI...ONWARD TO LONE OAK...CADIZ TO FORT CAMPBELL KENTUCKY LINE BY 330 PM. PERSONS LIVING IN AND NEAR WHERE THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING MAY EXPECT TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FOR UP TO AN HOUR. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...SUCH AS DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS...WHICH WILL FILL UP QUICKLY. IN ADDITION...SEEK ALTERNATE ROUTES...IF WATER IS COVERING THE ROAD AHEAD OF YOU. IF WATER IS THREATENING YOUR AREA...SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. SMITH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Street flooding was reported along one block of Highway 272 and another block of Highway 91. Water was up to the doors on a car.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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