1 flash flood, 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 Sep 22, 3:45 AM CST, 7 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 445 AM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 .DISCUSSION... AS A VIGOROUS MID LEVEL AND SFC LOW ROTATED TOWARD THE DAKOTAS TONIGHT...CLUSTERS OF TSTM ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH A LLJ WERE MOVING NE ACROSS SERN MO...SRN IL...AND WRN KY. WITH THE WAA GOING ON...DEW POINTS WERE ON THE RISE ACROSS THE PAH FCST AREA...AND TEMPS WERE GENERALLY HOLDING STEADY OR RISING. AS THE CURRENT LOW DEPARTS TO THE NORTH...A SHORTWAVE TROF ORIGINATING OVER BRITISH COLUMBIA WILL BEGIN ITS SWEEP ACROSS THE NRN TIER OF STATES TODAY. AS A RESULT...A RAPID TRANSPORT OF MOISTURE INTO OUR REGION WILL OCCUR ON THE HEELS OF A WARM FRONT. THE FRONT ITSELF COULD ENHANCE CHANCES OF HEALTHY TSTM ACTIVITY TODAY. HIGH THETAE AIR WILL BE IN PLACE BEHIND THE FRONT THIS AFTN...WITH NO OTHER FOCUSING MECHANISMS UNTIL THE SHORTWAVE TROF/LOW SWEEPS A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA ON SAT EVE. HOWEVER... WIND FIELDS ALOFT WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR SVR WX ESPECIALLY OVER SERN MO AND SRN IL TODAY...AND INSTABILITY WILL BE ON THE INCREASE ESPECIALLY IF THERE ARE SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS...SO WHATEVER CONVECTION OCCURS WILL REQUIRE SPECIAL ATTENTION. THERE WERE SOME DIFFERENCES IN THE WRF/GFS SOLUTIONS AS TO THE LOCATION/PATH OF THE SFC LOW AND BEST SHEAR ON SAT...BUT THE ENTIRE REGION WILL BE UNDER AT LEAST A SLIGHT RISK OF SVR WX AS THE MID/UPPER LEVEL WINDS INCREASE AND A LLJ KICKS IN AHEAD OF THE AFOREMENTIONED LOW WHICH WILL HEAD NEWD ACROSS MO DURING THE DAY /ACCORDING TO THE RATHER CONSISTENT GFS/. AFTER DIMINISHING SHOWERS SAT NIGHT...SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE MIDWEST...PROVIDING SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPS WELL INTO THE WEEK. ANOTHER MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE WILL RETURN A CHANCE OF PCPN TO THE FCST LATE IN THE WEEK. WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS...MOS GUIDANCE WAS FAIRLY CLOSE. TENDED TO SHOW A SLIGHT BIAS TOWARD MAV NUMBERS. MADE VERY FEW CHANGES TO THE GRIDS BEYOND DAY 4. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && DB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 930 AM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-231000- 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- 930 AM CDT FRI SEP 22 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 MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR MAINLY SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THESE RISKS ARE IN ASSOCIATION WITH A WARM FRONT THAT WILL LIFT ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...WITH THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS. A MORE ISOLATED TORNADIC AND LARGE HAIL THREAT CANNOT BE RULED OUT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE...AND AS A RESULT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY... ESPECIALLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WHEN A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE QUAD STATE. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...BUT ALSO LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY BE POSSIBLE. THE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL CONTINUE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING AS A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED ANYTIME DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
1230 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1215 PM FLASH FLOOD PADUCAH 37.07N 88.64W
09/22/2006 MCCRACKEN KY NWS EMPLOYEE
WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING IN PADUCAH...LONE OAK...AND
HENDRON AREA.
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PATSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
1240 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1239 PM FLASH FLOOD PALMA 36.96N 88.38W
09/22/2006 MARSHALL KY NWS EMPLOYEE
SIX INCHES OF WATER OVER ROAD 1712.
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PATSThe Paducah radar (KPAH), 20 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:38 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several roads were flooded. A creek just north of Wickliffe was out of its banks.
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