Minor flooding of the Ohio River occurred near Uniontown. The flooding was the result of a series of low pressure systems during the early and middle part of the month.
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Minor flooding of the Ohio River occurred near Uniontown. The flooding was the result of a series of low pressure systems during the early and middle part of the month. The heaviest rain occurred on the 15th.
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 Dec 17, 4:15 AM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 415 AM CST MON DEC 17 2007 .DISCUSSION... 11-3.9U SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS BLANKET OF STRATUS INTO FAR NERN PTNS FA AS WELL AS PATCHES OF RESTRICTED VSBYS IN FZFG...NONE OF WHICH IS MODELLED. CAN ONLY ASCERTAIN THAT THIS WILL HOLD MUTED TEMPS THRU AM ESP OVER FAR NRN PTNS WHERE A LITTLE LIGHT SNOW COVER STILL EXISTED AS OF A LATE SUNDAY VISIBLE IMAGE CONFIRMATION. BY/AFTER 18Z LIGHT SLYS SHOULD BE DEVELOPING AS SURFACE HIGH SHIFTS EAST AND THIS SHOULD MIX OUT AND ALLOW TEMPS TO REACH TO NEAR GUIDANCE...BUT WILL STAY BLO IN FAR NRN PTNS AGAIN 1 MORE DAY. WAA/ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE KICKS IN MORESO ON TUE...AHEAD OF DEVELOPING SYSTEM THAT WILL BRING OUR NEXT CHC PCPN BY WED NIGHT. TIME/HEIGHT CROSS SECTIONS SUPPORT HOLDING OFF PCPN CHANCES UNTIL MOISTURE CAN DEEPEN IN THE COLUMN...MAINLY AFT 00Z THU...EVEN THOUGH GFS PAINTS LIGHT QPF BEFORE THEN. COLLAB PIC DOES SEEM TO SUPPORT HOLD OFF PER GOING PACKAGE AND WITH 06Z NAM SUPPORTIVE WELL KEEP RAIN OUT TIL WED NIGHT. BY THEN ALL BETS OFF AS ELEVATED STABILITY PARAMETERS ALL REACH MARGINALLY SUPPORTIVE NUMBERS FOR THUNDER INCLUSION OR AT LEAST SLGT CHC MENTION. THINK NAM/GFS ACTUALLY SUPPORT SMALL UPWARD ADJUSTMENT IN POPS WITH AT LEAST HIGH CHC/LOW LIKELY POP EVENT SUGGESTED. BEYOND DAY 4 LTL IN WAY OF ADJUSTMENTS MADE. EXCEPT FOR COOLER THAN MOS START (ESP NORTH) PRETTY MUCH BLENDED MOS INTO COLLAB PIC THRU REMAINDER OF SHORT TO MEDIUM RANGE OF FORECAST. && .AVIATION... A STRIP OF DENSE FOG/STRATUS CLOUDS FORMED FROM MOUNT VERNON IL TO HENDERSON KY OVERNIGHT. MOISTURE FROM THE SNOW PACK IN THAT AREA WAS BEING PICKED UP BY THE WRLY LOW LEVEL FLOW. THIS FEATURE COULD AFFECT TERMINALS AS FAR EAST AS OWENSBORO KY THROUGH AT LEAST SUNRISE. OTHERWISE...LIGHT WRLY WINDS WILL EVENTUALLY GIVE WAY TO SRLY IN THE NEXT 24 HRS ACROSS THE QUAD STATE REGION AS COLD HIGH SFC PRESSURE MOVES OFF TOWARD THE EAST. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 418 AM CST MON DEC 17 2007 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-181100- 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- 418 AM CST MON DEC 17 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. POINTS ALONG THE GREEN AND OHIO RIVERS ARE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. THE PRIMARY WEATHER THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAIN. SEVERAL POINTS ALONG THE GREEN AND OHIO RIVERS WILL REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 821 AM CST MON DEC 17 2007 ILZ075>078-080>083-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ018-019-171630- JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER-HENDERSON- DAVIESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION... MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO... CARMI...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE...EVANSVILLE... BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO 821 AM CST MON DEC 17 2007 ...PATCHY DENSE FREEZING FOG WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID MORNING... A BAND OF PATCHY DENSE FREEZING FOG WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST KENTUCKY THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS. THE PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITIES AND POSSIBLY ICING ON ROAD SURFACES...BOTH OF WHICH MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE FOG SHOULD DIMINISH BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding of bottomland woods and fields occurred. At J.T. Myers Lock and Dam, the Ohio River crested at 39.94 feet on the 21st. Flood stage there is 37 feet.
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