Moderate to heavy rainfall in the middle and upper portions of the Ohio River Valley caused increased river flows. The Ohio River rose above flood stage along parts of the southwest Indiana shore, where minor flooding occurred.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
Moderate to heavy rainfall in the middle and upper portions of the Ohio River Valley caused increased river flows. The Ohio River rose above flood stage along parts of the southwest Indiana shore, where minor flooding occurred.
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 21, 2:14 AM CST, 6 hours 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 314 AM CDT WED MAR 21 2007 .DISCUSSION... MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS ARE PRECIP CHANCES THROUGH THE FORECAST. LATEST MOSAIC RADAR SHOWS A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOME SHOWERS AND STORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTHEAST MISSOURI INTO CENTRAL IOWA. NAM SEEMS TO HAVE THE BEST HANDLE ON THE ONGOING PRECIP...SO LEANED TOWARD ITS SOLUTION FOR TODAY. DROPPED POPS FOR THIS MORNING AND WENT WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHWEST THIRD OF THE PAH FORECAST AREA. EXPECT DRY CONDITIONS TONIGHT...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS RETURNS FOR NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FA ON THURSDAY AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES OUR REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST. NAM IS MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH THE FRONT...EXTENDING IT FROM CENTRAL INDIANA INTO SOUTHWEST MISSOURI BY 18Z THU...WITH THE GFS KEEPING IT A LITTLE FARTHER NORTHWEST AND KEEPING ANY SIGNIFICANT QPF OUT OF OUR AREA. LEANED MORE HEAVILY TOWARD THE NAM SOLUTION FOR NOW...FOCUSING POPS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE FA...WITH BEST POPS IN FAR NORTHERN COUNTIES CLOSER TO THE FRONT FOR BOTH THURSDAY AND INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. BY 12Z FRIDAY...NAM AND GFS ARE A LITTLE MORE IN SYNC WITH THE FRONTAL POSITION...BUT GFS HAS MORE SIGNIFICANT QPF ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FA FOR FRIDAY AND INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. PREFERRING GFS...INCREASED POPS ACROSS THE ENTIRE FA FOR FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH HIGHEST CHANCES ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF. KEPT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS SOUTH TO CHANCE POPS NORTH FOR FRIDAY NIGHT...AND CONTINUED THIS TREND INTO SATURDAY. BOTH GFS AND ECMWF SHOW AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDING INTO THE REGION LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY...SO EXPECTING A BREAK IN SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...GFS SHOWS A COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY FROM THE WEST. ECMWF IS MUCH SLOWER WITH THIS FEATURE...SO FOR NOW JUST INCLUDED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR THE WEST HALF OF THE PAH FA...WHICH BLENDED WELL WITH THE GOING SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER EXPECTED THE REST OF THE WEEK AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. USED A MAV/MET COMPROMISE FOR THE NEAR TERM TEMPS...WHICH ONLY REQUIRED MINOR CHANGES THROUGH THURSDAY...THEN WARMED UP LOWS AND HIGHS JUST A LITTLE FRIDAY MORNING AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IN THE EXTENDED...BASED ON LATEST MEX TWEAKED DOWN LOWS AND HIGHS ON SUNDAY JUST A LITTLE...OTHERWISE MADE LITTLE IF ANY CHANGES. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && RST
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 453 AM CDT WED MAR 21 2007 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-221000- 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- 453 AM CDT WED MAR 21 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE QUAD STATE THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT...THEN ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. THE PROBABILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS A POSSIBILITY ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND ESPECIALLY INDIANA...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. RST
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding of fields and woodlands occurred once again along the Ohio River. At Newburgh Lock and Dam, where flood stage is 38 feet, the river crested at 39.23 feet on the 23rd.
Minor flooding of fields and woodlands occurred near the Ohio River. At Mount Vernon, where flood stage is 35 feet, the river crested at 36.2 feet on the 24th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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