Heavy rainfall in the northern part of the Ohio Valley caused points along the Lower Ohio River to rise above flood stage.
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Heavy rainfall in the northern part of the Ohio Valley caused points along the Lower Ohio River to rise above flood stage.
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 19, 1:10 AM CST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 210 AM CDT THU APR 19 2007 .DISCUSSION... CONSIDERING THE TIME OF YEAR...FORECAST CONCERNS ARE FAIRLY BENIGN OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. THE SHORT TERM WILL BE ESPECIALLY QUIET AS A STRONG DEEP LAYER RIDGE SLOWLY CROSSES THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL WILL INCREASE EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A SURFACE COLD FRONT DRIFTS SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI. IN THE NEAR TERM...A CLOSED MID LEVEL LOW OVER INDIANA WILL MOVE SOUTH AND THEN SOUTHEAST TODAY. DESPITE THE RATHER TIGHT CIRCULATION WITH THIS FEATURE...SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGERY SHOW UNUSUALLY LOW COVERAGE OF CLOUDS/PRECIPITATION. BASED ON LAST MINUTE RADAR OBS...FORECAST MAY INCLUDE A MENTION OF SPRINKLES IN THE EVV AREA TODAY. OTHERWISE...MAINLY CLEAR SKIES ARE EXPECTED TODAY OVER SE MISSOURI AND NEARBY COUNTIES. STRONG LATE APRIL SUN WILL PARTIALLY OFFSET THE MODERATELY STRONG COLD ADVECTION WITH THE APPROACHING RIDGE AXIS. GFS MOS GUIDANCE WAS A FEW DEGREES TOO COOL WITH ABUNDANT SUNSHINE WEDNESDAY. THEREFORE...FORECAST HIGHS TODAY WILL BE A DEGREE OR TWO WARMER THAN GFS MOS. THIS YIELDS ANYWHERE FROM LOWER 60S AT EVV TO LOWER 70S POF AREA. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION WILL BECOME MUCH MORE UNIFORM ON FRIDAY AS THE COLD POOL ASSOCIATED WITH THE MID LEVEL LOW MOVES WELL TO OUR EAST. HIGHS WILL BE NOTICEABLY WARMER IN EVV AREA...BUT ABOUT THE SAME AS TODAY IN SE MISSOURI. VERY LITTLE CLOUDINESS IS EXPECTED. AS THE MID LEVEL RIDGE AXIS PASSES OVERHEAD AND SOUTHERLY FLOW DEVELOPS ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE RIDGE...TEMPS WILL WARM WELL UP INTO THE 70S ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. GFS MOS INDICATES MID TO UPPER 70S...AND EVEN THESE HIGHS MAY BE A LITTLE CONSERVATIVE WITH FULL SUN. PRECIP CHANCES WILL INCREASE A LITTLE STARTING LATE SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A STRONG 500 MB SHORTWAVE WILL PASS NORTHEAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION MONDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL BE SHUNTED SOUTH AND EAST TOWARD THE FORECAST AREA. BEST PRECIP CHANCES WILL REMAIN TO OUR NORTH...CLOSER TO THE UPPER FORCING AND SURFACE LOW. BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK...00Z GFS ENSEMBLE MEANS INDICATE A STRONGER 500 MB CLOSED LOW ENTERING THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...GFS ENSEMBLES SHOW MID LEVEL RIDGING OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. IF GFS ENSEMBLES VERIFY...THIS RIDGING WOULD LIMIT CONVECTION TO MAINLY DIURNAL STORMS NEAR THE WEAKENING SURFACE COLD FRONT. POPS WILL BE MAINTAINED FROM 20 TO 30 PERCENT FOR DAYS 4 THROUGH 7 /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && MY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 459 AM CDT THU APR 19 2007 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-201000- 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- 459 AM CDT THU APR 19 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MINOR FLOODING WILL BEGIN ALONG PARTS OF THE OHIO RIVER TODAY. A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NEWBURGH DAM. REFER TO THE FLOOD WARNING FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A LOW CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE OHIO RIVER WILL RISE STEADILY AT ALL POINTS. THE RIVER WILL REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AT NEWBURGH...AND COME CLOSE TO FLOOD STAGE AT OTHER POINTS. DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN RIVER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MY
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
At Newburgh, minor flooding of the Ohio River caused some low-lying fields and woods to go under water. The river crested at Newburgh at 39.77 feet on April 21. This crest was less than two feet above the 38-foot flood stage.
At Mt. Vernon, minor flooding of the Ohio River caused some low-lying fields and woods to go under water. The river crested at Mt. Vernon at 36.0 feet on April 22. This crest was exactly one foot above the 35-foot flood stage.
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