Heavy rainfall on the 24th sent the lower Wabash and White Rivers just above flood stage late in the month. The rainfall was caused by a large storm system that developed over the central Plains on the 24th and moved northeast toward the Great Lakes.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
Heavy rainfall on the 24th sent the lower Wabash and White Rivers just above flood stage late in the month. The rainfall was caused by a large storm system that developed over the central Plains on the 24th and moved northeast toward the Great Lakes. Widespread amounts of 1 to 2 inches were common.
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 Feb 25, 3:57 AM EST, 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 257 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 .DISCUSSION... VERTICALLY STACKED LOW OVER THE MO/IA BORDER WILL HEAD NE TO THE GREAT LAKES REGION TODAY...THEN STALL THERE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. SOME WRAP AROUND LIGHT SHOWERS OR SPRINKLES CANNOT BE RULED OUT TODAY. HOWEVER...WILL KEEP POPS VERY LOW AS THE BULK OF THE ACTION SHOULD BE NORTH OF THE FA. MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT MOVING A DISTURBANCE ESE FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS MONDAY...TO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY REGION MONDAY NIGHT. THE SYSTEM IS SUPPORTED BY AN UPPER LEVEL JET STREAK OVER 100 KTS...AND MODEST SFC REFLECTION...WITH A SFC WAVE FORECAST TO TRACK JUST SOUTH OF THE FA. AS A RESULT BOTH THE GFS AND NAM PAINT MINIMAL QPF ACROSS THE FA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FOR NOW...WILL MENTION A CHANCE OF SPRINKLES...AND LET LATER SHIFTS DECIDE IF POPS NEED TO BE ADDED. MAIN REASON FOR HOLDING OFF...IS TSCTS AND SKEW-T/S SHOW MOISTURE IS MAINLY MID LEVEL...WITH DRY AIR IN THE LOW TROP TRYING TO HANG ON. NO CHANGES TO THE LONG RANGE PORTION OF THE FORECAST. THE LONG RANGE PROGS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY CHANCE OF CONVECTION. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 441 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-251100- 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- 441 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT ACROSS THE FOUR STATE AREA. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT...PRIMARILY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND FAR SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY. STRONG WINDS APPEAR TO BE THE MOST LIKELY HAZARD. OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...GUSTY SOUTHEAST SURFACE WINDS FROM 15 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 40 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. AT THIS TIME...IT IS UNCLEAR WHETHER CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION COULD BE REQUESTED TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND FAR SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding began at Petersburg on the White River early on the 25th. The flooding was confined mainly to bottomland fields and wooded areas. The river continued to rise into early March.
Minor flooding began at Hazleton on the White River on the 25th. Minor flooding began on the lower Wabash River near East Mount Carmel on the 28th. In both cases, the inundation of bottomland fields and woods was the primary effect. Both rivers continued to rise into early March.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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