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 22, 2:50 AM CST, 5 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 350 AM CDT SUN APR 22 2007 .DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERNS FOR THIS FORECAST ARE POPS THROUGHOUT THE 7 DAY PERIOD. SOME THINNING HIGH CLOUDS FROM CONVECTION OVER THE PLAINS IS PUSHING EASTWARD ACROSS MISSOURI EARLY THIS MORNING. WOULD EXPECT THE HIGH CLOUD TO EITHER DISSIPATE OR BE THIN ENOUGH TO NOT IMPACT HIGH TEMPERATURES MUCH TODAY. LOOKS LIKE TODAY WILL BE THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE FORECAST...WITH GUIDANCE POINTING TO MUCH OF THE AREA REACHING 80. GEE...ITLL FEEL LIKE IT DID FOR MUCH OF MARCH... THE 00Z NAM AND GFS ARE IN AGREEMENT IN KEEPING ANY AFTERNOON CONVECTION WELL WEST OF THE AREA...SO WILL KEEP THE FORECAST DRY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. BETTER ENJOY TODAY...BECAUSE THE POPS JUST KEEP COMING OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST. MAY SEE A STRAY SHOWER OR TWO IN THE NORTHWEST ZONES TONIGHT...BUT MOST OF THE AREA SHOULD REMAIN DRY. THE GFS SEEMS OVERDONE WITH ITS QPF IN WEST KENTUCKY AFTER MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER...WHEN THE MID-LEVEL TROUGH PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY...THERE SHOULD BE DEWPOINTS PUSHING 60 OVER WEST KENTUCKY...AND WITH THE WEAK BOUNDARY...SOME AT LEAST SCATTERED CONVECTION SEEMS LIKELY OVER THE EAST...ESPECIALLY OVER WEST KENTUCKY. THE POP GRID REPRESENTS CONSENSUS POP GUIDANCE. MONDAY NIGHT MAY BE DRY OVER THE ENTIRE AREA...BUT WITH THE REMNANT BOUNDARY FORECAST TO STALL OUT OVER SOUTHERN ZONES...WILL KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE IN ALL BUT THE NORTHWEST. A MINOR MID-LEVEL IMPULSE...WILL FORCE THE BOUNDARY BACK NORTH OF THE AREA BY THE END OF THE DAY TUESDAY. HOWEVER...WITH EVER-INCREASING LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY...THE COMBINATION OF LIFT...MOISTURE AND A MINOR FOCUS WILL CREATE A GOOD CHANCE OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY. WILL KEEP POPS AT 50 FOR NOW. 00Z GFS INDICATES THAT THE MAIN SW U.S. UPPER SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE AREA FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...HOWEVER...THE TIMING AND DETAILS ARE STILL IN QUESTION...SO WILL SPLATTER 50 POPS ALL OVER THE PLACE OVER THIS 36 HOUR PERIOD. THE LAST OF THE UPPER-LEVEL ENERGY AND THE SURFACE SYSTEM SHOULD PUSH THROUGH THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY...SO WILL HAVE DECREASING POPS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. AFTER A BRIEF RESPITE FROM THE POPS FRIDAY...ANOTHER WEAK CLIPPER-ISH SYSTEM MAY BRING A SMALL CHANCE OF CONVECTION BACK TO THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. MOISTURE LOOKS TO BE LACKING FOR THIS SYSTEM...SO IT MAY END UP DRY. AS FOR SHORT TERM TEMPERATURES...WENT WITH A MAV/MET CONSENSUS FOR HIGHS TODAY...THEN WENT A BIT ABOVE THE CONSENSUS FOR LOWS TONIGHT. MONDAY...FAVORED THE WARMER MET IN ALL BUT THE SOUTHEAST...WHERE THE COOLER MAV NUMBERS ARE BETTER. WITH LIGHT WINDS...SOME CLEARING AND A BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS THE SOUTH...FEEL THAT THE COOLER MAV NUMBERS ARE BETTER MONDAY NIGHT. WENT CLOSE TO CONSENSUS FOR TUESDAY. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && DRS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 438 AM CDT SUN APR 22 2007 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-231000- 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- 438 AM CDT SUN APR 22 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 30 MPH OVER MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY. THE WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE SOME WITH SUNSET. MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE OHIO RIVER. REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST OVER THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE REGION MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY EXISTS IN THE FORECAST...BUT AT THIS TIME THE MOST WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...INCLUDING A FEW SEVERE STORMS...IS FORECAST FROM TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY EVENTUALLY LEAD TO SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS. MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE OHIO RIVER THROUGH MONDAY OR TUESDAY. REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY. DRS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding of low-lying fields and woods occurred along the Ohio River. At J.T. Myers Lock and Dam, the river crested just an inch or two above the 37-foot flood stage on April 22.
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