Moderate to heavy rainfall in the middle and upper portions of the Wabash Valley sent the river above flood stage once again.
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Moderate to heavy rainfall in the middle and upper portions of the Wabash Valley sent the river 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 Mar 29, 6:41 PM CST, 6 hours 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 741 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2007 .UPDATE... PLAN ON REMOVING POPS FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. NEITHER THE RUC NOR THE NAM 12KM SUPPORT CONVECTION OVERNIGHT. WHAT FIRED UP TODAY WAS LIKELY DIURNAL IN NATURE. ALSO...WE MAY HAVE TO CONTEND WITH A LITTLE FOG TONIGHT. SO WILL MENTION PATCHY FOG FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WE WILL UPDATE THE HWO TO REMOVE THE MENTION OF STORMS TONIGHT. WE WILL ALSO REMOVE THE MENTION OF RIVER FLOODING...AS THE LATEST CREST FORECASTS ARE LOWER. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 213 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2007/ A DIFFUSE SFC FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXISTED ACROSS THE PAH FCST AREA UNDER MID LEVEL RIDGING TODAY...INDICATED BY LIGHT ERLY WINDS IN SRN IL/SWRN IND AND WINDS WITH A MORE SRLY COMPONENT AND SLIGHTLY HIGHER DEWPOINTS TO THE SW OF THERE. HOWEVER...THE EXISTING SHOWER ACTIVITY OVER SRN IL...AND EVEN SOME LIGHTNING ACTIVITY TO OUR WEST IN THE MO OZARK FOOTHILLS...SEEMS TO BE THE RESULT OF MAINLY DIURNAL INSTABILITY AND TERRAIN INFLUENCE. THIS ACTIVITY MAY HANG ON FOR A WHILE IN THE EVENING UNTIL THE BOUNDARY LAYER COOLS. THE DIFFUSE BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE BACK TO THE NE OVERNIGHT AND THE REGION WILL REMAIN UNDER A MOIST SRLY FLOW THROUGH SAT. WE COULD HAVE MORE PATCHY DENSE FOG TONIGHT WITH SOME LINGERING MOISTURE AND LIGHT WINDS DESPITE THE INCREASED SUNSHINE TODAY. MORE DIURNAL SHOWERS/TSTMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WEAK ATMOSPHERIC FLOW ON FRI. THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MAV/MET POP GUIDANCE... AND BASED ON TODAY/S EXPERIENCE OF LIMITED COVERAGE OF SHOWERS/ TSTMS...THE TENDENCY WILL BE TO ERR ON THE LIGHT /MET/ SIDE FOR THE FRI POPS. THIS TREND WAS ALREADY INITIALIZED BY THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT. FOR SAT...A DIGGING MID LEVEL TROF WILL HAVE MADE ITS WAY INTO THE NRN PLAINS AS A CLOSED LOW. A SFC COLD FRONT WILL ACCOMPANY THIS FEATURE ON SAT AFTN/EVE...KICKING OFF SHOWER/TSTM ACTIVITY ACROSS THE FCST AREA. LIMITING FACTORS FOR SEVERITY APPEAR TO BE INSTABILITY...DIRECTIONAL SHEAR AND OVERALL MOISTURE THROUGH THE COLUMN. CONVECTION ACROSS THE SRN MS RIVER VALLEY...WHICH IS OUTLOOKED BY SPC...MAY ROB OUR AREA OF SOME OF THE MOISTURE. THE RAIN AND EVEN THE CLOUDS SHOULD CLEAR OUT RAPIDLY OVERNIGHT...MAKING SUNDAY A BREEZY BUT DRY DAY EXCEPT FOR PERHAPS A SHOWER EARLY IN THE PENNYRILE REGION OF KY. NOT MUCH COOL AIR WILL BE BEHIND THIS FRONT. THE LATEST MED RANGE MODEL RUNS SEEM TO BE IN MUCH BETTER AGREEMENT TODAY FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD OF THE FCST. IN THE FAST NRN STREAM FLOW...ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TROF IS PROGGED TO MOVE EAST BY TUE ACROSS THE NRN TIER OF STATES AND BRING A SFC LOW AND COLD FRONT THROUGH THE PAH FCST AREA. AHEAD OF THE FRONT ON TUE AFTN...IN THE BREEZY WARM ADVECTION ZONE...SKIES SHOULD BE RELATIVELY FREE OF CLOUDS. THE INSOLATION SHOULD ASSIST IN HEATING THE LOW LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. ATTM...THE FROPA SHOULD BE TUE AFTN/EVE...PROVIDING ENOUGH LOW LEVEL FORCING FOR SOME SUBSTANTIAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...ENHANCED BY DECENT INSTABILITY AND WINDS ALOFT. ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE SYSTEM HIGH SFC PRESSURE SHOULD PROVIDE DRY AND NEAR SEASONABLE CONDITIONS THROUGH THE END OF THE FCST PERIOD. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 759 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2007 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-301000- 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- 759 PM CDT THU MAR 29 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. FRIDAY...THE BEST CHANCE OF STORMS WILL BE FROM MIDDAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. ISOLATED STRONG STORMS CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT THAT IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT. THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY. IT APPEARS THERE IS AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WITH A COLD FRONT FORECAST TO MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST OUTLOOKS AND FORECASTS. SHORT NOTICE ACTIVATION COULD BE REQUESTED IF IT APPEARS CONDITIONS WILL BECOME FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding of fields and woodlands occurred along the shore of the Lower Wabash River. A few local river roads were closed. Most oil field production stopped except for pumps mounted on substructures. At Mount Carmel, where flood stage is 19 feet, the river crested at 22.67 feet on the 2nd of April.
Minor flooding of lowland fields and woodlands occurred near the Wabash River. At New Harmony, Indiana, the river rose above flood stage on the last day of the month.
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