Thunderstorms increased during the peak heating of the day. The combination of slow storm movement and high atmospheric moisture content resulted in isolated flash flooding.
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Thunderstorms increased during the peak heating of the day. The combination of slow storm movement and high atmospheric moisture content resulted in isolated flash flooding.
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 Jun 28, 12:00 PM CST, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 100 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2007 .DISCUSSION... TODAYS DIURNAL CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT HAS A LITTLE BETTER ORGANIZATION THAN DAYS PAST GIVEN THE PROXIMITY OF THE SURFACE BOUNDARY NEARBY TO THE NORTH. HIGH INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE HELPED PROMPT SPC OUTLOOK FOR SLGT RISK ALONG/AHEAD OF THIS BOUNDARY...MAINLY THIS PM/EVENING. MODELS STILL DRAG BOUNDARY SOUTH WITH TIME W/PEAK POPS ACCOMPANYING BOUNDARY. WHAT 00Z AND NOW 12Z MODELS TREND IS SLOWER FRONTAL PROGRESS AND HANG UP...AND RESULT IS LINGERING POPS NOW INTO SATURDAY. STILL BY AND LARGE THE HIGHEST POPS WILL BE DURING THE NEXT 18-36 HOURS WITH THE BOUNDARY AND THE OVERALL PACKAGE THEME WILL CONTINUE TO REFLECT THAT. SUNDAY AND BEYOND THE UPPER HEIGHTS RISE AND DRIER AIR SINKS SOUTH ACROSS THE PAH FA. THIS WILL LEAD TO WARMING/DRYING/CAPPING ATMOS WITH QUICK RETURN TO NEAR/TAD ABOVE NORMAL CLIMOS FOR START TO JULY TEMPS. GFS/NAM BLEND NEAR TERM AND INTO MID PORTION OF FORECAST WITH SLOW DRIFT TO FIRMER GFS GRIP OVER TIME. RESULTANT TEMP AND POP FORECAST SKEWS TO GFS IF ANYWHERE...NORMAL COLLABORATIVE TWEEKS INCLUDED OF COURSE. && .AVIATION... APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL ENERGY AND A SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL CREATE THE POSSIBILITY OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON AT KEVV...WITH ISOLATED CONVECTION POSSIBLE AT BOTH KCGI AND KPAH. WEATHER AT OUR TAF SITES SHOULD BE MAINLY DRY TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH ACTIVITY MAY BEGIN TO PICK UP TOWARDS DAYBREAK AT KEVV. BY FRIDAY MORNING...WINDS WILL BE PREDOMINANTLY FROM A NORTHERLY DIRECTION...ALTHOUGH THE OVERNIGHT WIND SHIFT WILL BE UNNOTICED FOR THE MOST PART DUE TO VERY WEAK BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW. DAYTIME HEATING WILL ONCE AGAIN ENHANCE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT FRIDAY. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 132 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2007 ILZ088-092>094-KYZ001>013-016-017-021-022-MOZ086-087-100-107>112- 114-291000- UNION IL-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD- MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON- TRIGG-CALDWELL-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD-BOLLINGER- CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT- MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- 132 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALTHOUGH ISOLATED STRONGER STORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS OR SMALL HAIL...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED BUT ISOLATED STRONGER STORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...OR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. ILZ075>078-080>087-089>091-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ014-015-018>020- MOZ076-291000- JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-JOHNSON-POPE-HARDIN- GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER-UNION KY-WEBSTER- HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-PERRY MO- 132 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A LINGERING CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED BUT ISOLATED STRONGER STORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...OR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 305 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2007 ILZ078-INZ081-282045- GIBSON IN-WABASH IL- 305 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEARING THE WABASH RIVERS... AT 3 PM...RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN BELLMONT AND GRAYVILLE IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL IMPACT WABASH COUNTY ILLINOIS AND GIBSON COUNTY INDIANA THROUGH 345 PM...INCLUDING COMMUNITIES OF ROCHESTER AND OWENSVILLE. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THE STORMS APPROACH. VERY HEAVY RAINS ON THE ORDER OF ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES PER HOUR ARE ALSO LIKELY. RJP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 339 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2007 ILZ084-085-088-MOZ076-086-087-282130- BOLLINGER MO-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-JACKSON IL-PERRY MO-UNION IL- WILLIAMSON IL- 339 PM CDT THU JUN 28 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS... AT 345 PM...RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR MURPHYSBORO ILLINOIS TO JUST SOUTH OF FREDERICKTOWN MISSOURI... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT COMMUNITIES FROM CARBONDALE TO PATTON THROUGH 430 PM. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THE STORMS APPROACH. VERY HEAVY RAINS ON THE ORDER OF ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES PER HOUR ARE ALSO LIKELY...WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. RJP
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Standing water was reported on secondary roads off U.S. 431 between Livermore and Island. A co-operative observer in Livermore measured 1.5 inches within an hour. Total rainfall was estimated by radar from 3 to 6 inches over southern parts of the county.
Up to 6 inches of water was on roads in downtown Madisonville. Water entered at least one business. Sewers and storm drains were backed up.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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