A series of light to moderate rainfall events brought the Green River above flood stage at the Paradise Fossil Plant.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
A series of light to moderate rainfall events brought the Green River above flood stage at the Paradise Fossil Plant.
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 Jan 8, 3:32 AM CST, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 332 AM CST MON JAN 8 2007 .DISCUSSION... QUIET WEATHER DAY TODAY. WEAK SURFACE RIDGE TO OUR EAST AND AN APPROACHING CLIPPER SYSTEM TO OUR NORTHWEST SHOULD KEEP A DECENT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE FA...AND RESULT IN BREEZY CONDITIONS. ONLY CLOUDS TO SPEAK OF...ARE SCATTERED MID CLOUDS MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS TOWARD OUR AREA. THE CLIPPER SYSTEM IS STILL FORECAST TO PASS JUST NORTH OF THE FA TONIGHT...WHILE USHERING IN A REINFORCING SHOT OF COOLER AIR TO THE AREA. THE GFS IS MOST AGGRESSIVE PAINTING MINIMAL QPF ACROSS THE EVANSVILLE TRI-STATE. MANUAL PROGS ARE NOT AS AGGRESSIVE. HPC KEEPS THE BULK OF THE ACTIVITY NORTH OF OUR AREA. FOR NOW...WILL KEEP WITH JUST LOW CHANCE POPS FOR LIGHT RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW. THIS SYSTEM WILL QUICKLY DEPART EARLY ON TUESDAY...WITH BREEZY AND SEASONAL CONDITIONS EXPECTED. TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT STILL LOOK DRY WITH HIGH PRESSURE FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. NO CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE FORECAST BEYOND WEDNESDAY. NOTHING HAS CHANGED WITH RESPECT TO THE LONG RANGE MODEL SOLUTIONS. THEY STILL ADVERTISE UPPER LEVEL TROUGHING OVER THE WESTERN U.S. LATE IN THE WEEK...AND AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE MODELS CONTINUE TO BRING A FRONT INTO THE REGION LATE IN THE WORK WEEK... THEN PARK IT ACROSS THE FA INTO THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEKEND. A LONG DURATION HEAVY RAIN EVENT STILL APPEARS TO BE A POSSIBILITY. THE MODELS MOVE SEVERAL WAVES AND THEIR ASSOCIATED MOISTURE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION BEGINNING LATE THURSDAY...AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY. STILL TOO EARLY TO HONE IN ON ANY SPECIFICS REGARDING RAINFALL TOTALS...FRONTAL POSITIONING...AND TIMING OF UPPER LEVEL FEATURES. BUT...WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AS THE WET WEATHER PATTERN SIGNAL IS STILL IN PLACE. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 430 AM CST MON JAN 8 2007 ILZ075>077-080>082-084>086-088>094-INZ086>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076- 086-087-100-107>112-114-091100- JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-JACKSON- WILLIAMSON-SALINE-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI- MASSAC-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- 430 AM CST MON JAN 8 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. SHOULD A LONG DURATION HEAVY RAIN EVENT TAKE PLACE...FLOODING COULD OCCUR IN SOME AREAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. SPOTTERS AND COUNTY OFFICIALS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION REGARDING THE HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK. ILZ078-083-087-INZ081-082-085-091100- WABASH-WHITE-GALLATIN-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY- 430 AM CST MON JAN 8 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LOW LAND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE WHITE AND LOWER WABASH RIVERS. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. SHOULD A LONG DURATION HEAVY RAIN EVENT TAKE PLACE...FLOODING COULD OCCUR IN SOME AREAS. LOW LAND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE WHITE AND LOWER WABASH RIVERS. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. SPOTTERS AND COUNTY OFFICIALS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION REGARDING THE HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
At the Paradise Fossil Plant, where flood stage is 380 feet, the Green River crested at 381.79 feet on the 10th. This resulted in minor flooding of bottomland fields and woodlands.
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