Heavy rainfall in the northern part of the Ohio Valley caused points along the Lower Ohio River to rise above flood stage once again.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
Heavy rainfall in the northern part of the Ohio Valley caused points along the Lower Ohio River to rise above flood stage once again.
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 Apr 20, 11:51 AM CST, 7 hours 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1251 PM CDT FRI APR 20 2007 .DISCUSSION... MIDDAY TEMPS ARE RUNNING A TAD SHY OF MOS...W/TDS RUNNING AT OR EVEN A SHAVE HIGHER THAN MOS...MOST LIKELY DUE A COMBO OF THE UPPER RIDGE STILL ARCING ALONG/WEST OF HEART OF FA...WHILE GREAT LAKES SURFACE HIGH DRAGS DOWN ACCOMPANIMENT OF COOL/DAMP AIR. THIS COULD LEAD TO REPEAT PERFORMANCE TONIGHT OF A SPOT OR FEW FOG DEVELOPMENT AS SURFACE AIR TEMPS SINK INTO THE 40S UNDER CLEAR SKY/NO WIND REGIME. REST OF WEEKEND THEN SHAPES UP NICELY AS ATMOSPHERIC COLUMNS WARM TO NEAR/SLIGHTLY ABOVE SEASONAL NORMS...ESP SUNDAY WHEN RIDGE IS EAST AND LOW LEVEL SLYS RETURN IN MORE EARNEST. THAT WILL BE IN ADVANCE OF NEXT APPROACHING SYSTEM...WHICH HAS BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE A MEDIUM RANGE FORECAST CHALLENGE. IE WHEN TO INTRODUCE ITS ASSOCIATED CHC PCPN. GFS/NAM APPEAR TO BE SYNCHRONIZING INTO A LATE SUN PM AGREEMENT FOR SUFFICIENT MOISTURE ADVECTION SUPPORTED BY WEAK POSITIVE OMEGA IN FAR WRN PTNS FA...SO WEVE MAINTAINED THE GOING SLGT CHANCE MENTION FOR SEMO/OZARKS. THE LONGER RANGE MODELS...WHILE MAINTAINING THEIR VARIED APPROACHES...DO AGREE IN SOME FORM THAT AFOREMENTIONED SYSTEM LAYS OUT A BOUNDARY ROUGHLY EAST-WEST NR PAH FA BY MONDAY...AS LONGER WAVE EVOLUTION IS DEVELOPING BROADER STORM SYSTEM IN THE PLAINS. THE RESULTANT EFFECT OF THIS EVOLUTION IS A SERIES OF WAVES THAT SHOOT OUT AND RIDE THE BOUNDARY...PRODUCING DAILY CHC TYPE POPS ACROSS THE MID MS/LOWER OH VALLEY THRU MID WEEK. ALSO IN AGREEMENT W/DETAILS VARIED IS THE MODEL CONSENSUS ON THE LIFT OUT OF THE BROADER STORM SYSTEM LATE IN THE WEEK...NECESSATING AN INCREASING/HIGHER CHC POP FOR DAYS 6-7. MET HANDLES NEAR TERM T/TD TREND BEST...BLENDING ITS MOS INTO MEDIUM/LONG RANGE HPC/COLLAB PICTURE. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 608 PM CDT FRI APR 20 2007 ILZ075>078-080>086-088>090-092>094-INZ081-082-KYZ001>009-011>013- 015>017-020>022-MOZ076-086-087-100-107>112-114-211000- JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-ALEXANDER- PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD- MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL- WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO- BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD- SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- 608 PM CDT FRI APR 20 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY DURING THE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY TIME FRAME. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WEDNESDAY...REACHING THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY ON THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. ILZ087-091-INZ085>088-KYZ010-014-018-019-211000- GALLATIN-HARDIN-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER-CRITTENDEN- UNION KY-HENDERSON-DAVIESS- 608 PM CDT FRI APR 20 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT MINOR RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON THE OHIO RIVER. REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS OR STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY DURING THE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY TIME FRAME. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WEDNESDAY...REACHING THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY ON THURSDAY. MINOR RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON THE OHIO RIVER. REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS OR STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
At Shawneetown, the Ohio River crested at 35.56 feet on April 22. This crest produced minor flooding of low-lying fields and wooded areas. Flood stage at Shawneetown is 33 feet.
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