Minor flooding of the Ohio River occurred near Shawneetown. The flooding was the result of a series of low pressure systems during the early and middle part of the month.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
Minor flooding of the Ohio River occurred near Shawneetown. The flooding was the result of a series of low pressure systems during the early and middle part of the month. The heaviest rain occurred on the 15th.
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 Dec 16, 2:35 AM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
235 AM CST SUN DEC 16 2007
.DISCUSSION...
THE UPPER LEVEL LOW CAN BE SEEN ON WV/IR IMAGERY ROTATING ACROSS
IL INTO IN. MEANWHILE THE CENTER OF THE SURFACE LOW WAS ALREADY
ANALYZED DOWN TO 995 MB JUST NORTH OF CINCY...WHICH IS A TAD
AHEAD/DEEPER THAN NAM PROJECTION AT 09Z. WIND GUSTS ACROSS PAH FA
ALREADY ACCELERATING INTO THE UPPER 20S/LOWER 30S ON AVERAGE AND
SHOULD BECOME THE PRIMARY WEATHER FEATURE THIS MORNING...ALONG
WITH THE LAST REMNANTS OF SNOW. HAVE CANCELLED ADVISORY WEST OF
MS RIVER WHERE RADAR SHOWS ACCUMULATING THREAT OVER...BUT STILL
MINOR ACCUMS POSSIBLE EAST AND ESP NORTHEAST THIS MORNING AS RADAR
AND INCOMING REPORTS CONFIRM.
THE STORM PULLS FAR ENOUGH AWAY BY AFTERNOON TO RELAX THE GRADIENT
AND EVEN WORK SOME CLEARING INTO THE WRN 1/2 OF THE FA. COOL HIGH
PRESSURE THEN SETTLES ACROSS THE LOWER MS VALLEY AND WORKS ACROSS
THE SOUTH THROUGH MUCH OF THE COMING WEEK...KEEPING COOL AND DRY
WEATHER IN THE OFFING.
NO CHANGES MADE TO THE LONG TERM. WENT AOB GUIDANCE IN THE NEAR
TERM ACROSS MAINLY THE NORTH...WHERE THE THE COLLAB EXPECTATION IS
THAT LIGHT SNOW COVER MAY HOLD TEMPS DOWN. GRADUAL WARMING BEGINS
BY TUE AND MET/MAV BLEND INTO COLLAB PIC WORKED WELL ENOUGH.
&&
.AVIATION...
AS A SFC LOW MOVES AWAY...THE SFC PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE PAH
FCST AREA WILL REMAIN TIGHT UNTIL AROUND SUNRISE...FUELING STRONG
WRLY TO NWRLY WINDS. THESE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH SLIGHTLY
BETWEEN SUNRISE AND NOON...FALLING OFF SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER SUNSET.
MEANWHILE...FOR WHILE BEFORE SUNRISE...THE ERN HALF OF THE FCST AREA
WILL EXPERIENCE REDUCED VSBYS DUE TO SNOWFALL...GENERALLY NO WORSE
THAN A MILE. IT WILL TAKE MOST OF THE DAYLIGHT HOURS TO GET RID OF
THE CLOUDS...WHICH WILL BE GENERALLY AT MVFR LEVELS.
&&
.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...NONE.
MO...NONE.
IL...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING FOR
EDWARDS-FRANKLIN-GALLATIN-HAMILTON-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-PERRY
IL-SALINE-WABASH-WAYNE IL-WHITE-WILLIAMSON.
IN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING FOR
GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-SPENCER-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 412 AM CST SUN DEC 16 2007 ILZ088>094-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100-107>112-114-171100- UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-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- 412 AM CST SUN DEC 16 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW FREEZING FOR MUCH OF THE MORNING... HELPING RECENT RAIN...SNOW...AND SLEET TO PRODUCE ICY SLICK AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS WILL BE BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH MAY OCCASIONALLY GUST INTO THE 35 TO 40 MPH RANGE DURING THE MORNING HOURS. RECENT RAINS HAVE CAUSED FLOODING ON SOME AREA RIVERS. REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. AREAL RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE. REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR THE MOST DETAILED AND UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. ILZ075>078-080>087-INZ081-082-085>088-171100- JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY- VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER- 412 AM CST SUN DEC 16 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL 600 AM. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND TEMPERATURES REMAINING BELOW FREEZING THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING HOURS WILL PRODUCE ICY SLICK AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS WILL BE BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH MAY OCCASIONALLY GUST INTO THE 35 TO 40 MPH RANGE DURING THE MORNING HOURS. RECENT RAINS HAVE CAUSED FLOODING ON SOME AREA RIVERS. REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. AREAL RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE. REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR THE MOST DETAILED AND UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
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 38.21 feet on December 21. Flood stage there is 33 feet. Bottomland and low-lying fields were flooded.
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