The Mississippi River remained above flood stage well into July as a result of record-setting rainfall in the upper and middle parts of the Mississippi Valley in June.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
The Mississippi River remained above flood stage well into July as a result of record-setting rainfall in the upper and middle parts of the Mississippi Valley in June.
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 30, 1:55 PM CST, 10 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 255 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2008 .DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERN FOR THIS FORECAST IS THE CONVECTIVE FORECAST FOR LATE WEEK AND THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. IN THE NEAR TERM...ONE LAST IMPULSE WILL RIDE DOWN THE BACK SIDE OF THE FINALLY DEPARTING MID/UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MIDDAY UPDATE DISCUSSED THE REASONING BEHIND INTRODUCING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND TO THE EASTERN THIRD THIS EVENING...AS THIS IMPULSE RIDES THROUGH THE AREA. OTHER CONCERN FOR TONIGHT IS DEGREE OF RADIATIONAL COOLING WITH DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE AND MODEL AGREEMENT IN SURFACE HIGH SETTLING OVER THE QUAD STATE. FOLLOWED THE MORE REALISTICALLY DRY MAV DEWPOINTS AND SUBSEQUENTLY LEANED TOWARD THE COOLER MAV LOW TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE...WHICH WILL LEAVE US JUST A FEW DEGREES FROM RECORD LEVELS. THE 12Z NAM AND GFS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SURFACE HIGH WILL SLOWLY PUSH EAST TUESDAY...ALLOWING FOR A LIGHT SOUTHWEST WIND TO DEVELOP OVER MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY. HEIGHTS WILL BE RISING ALOFT...SO A WARMING TREND SHOULD BE IN STORE. HOWEVER...THE MODELS...ESPECIALLY THE GFS TRAP A GOOD BIT OF MOISTURE BELOW THE DEVELOPING CAP...SO AN EXTENSIVE CU FIELD MAY LIMIT WARMING A BIT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. GENERALLY STAYED NEAR CONSENSUS OF TIGHTLY PACKED GUIDANCE FOR TUESDAY HIGHS. WINDS SHOULD BE ON THE INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AND ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY. THE GFS INDICATES THAT THERE MAY BE SOME MID-CLOUDS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY IN WARM...MOIST ADVECTION PATTERN AROUND 700MB. MILDER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT...GENERALLY STAYED NEAR COOL SIDE OF GUIDANCE. HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY WILL ONCE AGAIN BE NEAR CONSENSUS OF GUIDANCE WHICH IS BACK UP JUST A BIT ABOVE NORMAL AROUND 90. THE MODEL OF CHOICE HEADING INTO THE LATTER HALF OF THE FORECAST IS THE 00Z ECMWF...WHICH HOLDS CONVECTION AND WEAK FRONT TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA UNTIL LATE THURSDAY. HOWEVER...THE 12Z NAM AND GFS EACH HINT AT CONVECTION CLOSE TO NORTHERN ZONES WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SO HELD ONTO THE SLIGHT POP WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN THE NORTH. GENERALLY FOLLOWED HPC GUIDANCE WHICH FAVORS 00Z ECMWF MODEL SCENARIO...WHICH UNFORTUNATELY ADVERTISES A PERIOD OF WET WEATHER FOR THE QUAD STATE FROM LATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. WILL KEEP POPS IN THE CHANCE CATEGORY...WITH THE BEST POPS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. THE 06Z GFS INDICATED A MORE PROGRESSIVE SCENARIO WITH PRECIPITATION/FRONT PASSING MORE QUICKLY THROUGH THE AREA...BUT THE 12Z GFS IS LESS AMPLIFIED ALOFT AND KEEPS THE FRONT OVER THE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY NIGHT. FOR SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...THE ECMWF RE-ESTABLISHES THE MAIN BOUNDARY WELL NORTH OF THE AREA...SO MORE OF DIURNAL CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL WILL BE ADVERTISED THEN. && .AVIATION... KEVV AND KOWB TAF SITES WILL HAVE A LAYER OF SCT-BKN CLOUDS IN THE MVFR RANGE THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING AS WELL AS A FEW SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS IN RESPONSE TO A WEAK 500MB SHORT WAVE MOVING S ACROSS THE AREA. EXPECT NO MORE THAN SCT CU AT KCGI AND KPAH THRU TAF PERIODS. TIME HEIGHT RH CROSS SECTIONS INDICATE A VERY DRY COLUMN BETWEEN ABOUT 700MB AND 300MB WHILE BELOW 700MB VALUES REMAIN HIGH ENOUGH TO SUPPORT DIURNAL CUMULUS...ESPECIALY AT KEVV/KOWB WHERE VALUES ARE HIGHER. NORTHERLY WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON WILL GO CALM TONIGHT AND THEN BECOME SW 5 TO 10 KNOTS ON TUESDAY. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && SHORT TERM...DRS LONG TERM....DRS AVIATION...RLS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1149 AM CDT MON JUN 30 2008 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-011000- 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- 1149 AM CDT MON JUN 30 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE EVANSVILLE TRI STATE AREA...AND FOR THIS EVENING OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE QUAD STATE. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS OF FLOODING ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI AND BIG MUDDY RIVERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLS OUT OVER THE AREA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS OF FLOODING ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI AND BIG MUDDY RIVERS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. DRS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Moderate flooding of the Mississippi River occurred. At Thebes, the river crested at 40.95 feet on the 3rd. Flood stage there is 33 feet. Extensive flooding of lowland fields occurred.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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