Showers and thunderstorms ahead of an impressive cold front on the 9th produced locally heavy rain. Isolated rainfall totals were up to two inches.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
Showers and thunderstorms ahead of an impressive cold front on the 9th produced locally heavy rain. Isolated rainfall totals were up to two inches. Another cold front on the 13th caused isolated thunderstorms that dropped between one and two inches. The runoff from these storms, combined with backwater from the flooded Mississippi River, sent the Ohio River above flood stage at Cairo.
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 10, 12:31 PM CST, 8 hours 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 131 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008 .DISCUSSION... THE BIGGEST FORECAST CHALLENGE IS DAY 4-5 (FRI-SAT). THAT IS WHEN THE NEXT FRONT ENTERS THE FORECAST PICTURE...WITH IT LOOKING TO STAY (MAINLY) DRY BEFORE FRIDAY. ON FRIDAY...ALL THE MODELS DEVELOP AND APPROACH A COLD FRONT TO THE DOORSTEP OF THE FA BY FRIDAY PM. THEREFORE A DRY START TO THE DAY SHOULD LEAD TO A GRADUAL INCREASE IN POPS FROM THE WEST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE PEAK HEATING HOURS OF THE AFTERNOON/EVENING OFFER THE BEST INSTABILITY ALONG WITH THE FORCING/CONVERGENCE OF THE FRONT AND SO MAY OFFER THE BEST CHANCE FOR STRONGER STORMS. HOWEVER THE BEST POP DOES LOOK TO BE FRIDAY NIGHT WITH THE BOUNDARY PASSAGE...AS THE GFS...THE NAM...AND THE DGEX HAVE SUGGESTED AND CONTINUE TO SUGGEST. THE OUTLIER HAS BEEN THE ECMWF...WHICH IN PREVIOUS RUNS WANTED TO HANG THE BOUNDARY AND HAVE A WET WEEKEND. BUT THE LATEST (00Z) RUN OF THE ECMWF DOES BRING IT THRU FRI NIGHT-SAT AND YIELDS A DRY SUNDAY. SO OUR FORECAST COMPROMISE APPROACH THUS FAR (OF A CONTINUED SMALL POP INTO SAT WITH DRY WX SUN) LOOKS TO BE A GOOD BET. WE HAVE CHOSEN TO SUITE THE MODELS AND WEIGHT THEM ACCORDINGLY AND SO FEEL SOME CONFIDENCE IN THE CONTINUED DRY SUNDAY FORECAST AND PLAN ON DRAWING DOWN THE SAT POP AS WELL IF NOT ENTIRELY. WE WILL LET THE COLLAB PICTURE DETERMINE ULTIMATELY IF WE MAINTAIN A 20 PERCENT BRIDGE OFF PEAK POPS (HIGH CHC) FRIDAY NIGHT THRU SAT TO THE DRY SAT NIGHT FORECAST. AND AFTER A DRY SUN- MON FORECAST WE WILL LET THE COLLAB PIC DICTATE IF A RETURN SMALL POP TUE IS NECESSARY OR IF IT CAN HOLD OFF TIL WED. OTHER MINOR FORECAST CHALLENGES IN THE NEAR TERM INCLUDE THE POSSIBILITY OF FOG TONIGHT. LAST NIGHTS RAINS (MORE ROBUST NORTH AND WEST) HAVING MOISTENED THE BLAYER AND TONIGHTS TEMPS COOLING INTO MORE SPRING-LIKE L60S MAY YIELD SOME PATCHY FOG FORMATION ESP IN THE VALLEYS AND MORE FOG PRONE AREAS DESPITE NO MOS INDICATIONS FOR IT. BUT SOUNDINGS SUGGEST IT WONT BE PARTICULARLY DEEP/LENGTHY SO WELL REFRAIN FROM ANY STRONG WORDING IF AT ALL. CONVERSELY THE MODELS HINT AT ALMOST ELY WAVE TYPE OF MOISTURE FLUX INTO THE SRN PENNYRILE ON WED THAT MIGHT FLIRT WITH DEVELOPING A DIURNALLY DRIVEN TSM. HOWEVER BELIEVE CHANCES ARE LESS THAN 20 AND SO WILL LEAVE OUT MENTION FOR NOW. BLENDED MOS INTO EXISTING PACKAGE/COLLAB PIC FOR TEMP FORECAST. && .AVIATION... SCATTERED TO BROKEN CUMULUS DECK WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST OF THE TAF SITES THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT. SOME FOG POTENTIAL EXISTS VERY LATE TONIGHT...BUT IT SHOULD BE QUITE SHALLOW AND PATCHY. ENOUGH LOW LEVEL SOUTHEAST WIND IS EXPECTED OFF THE SURFACE TO PREVENT ANY WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT FOG FORMATION. IN ADDITION...RAINFALL IN THE PAST 24 HOURS WAS GENERALLY LIGHT AT THE TAF SITES. SOIL MOISTURE SHOULD NOT BE PARTICULARLY HIGH AFTER STRONG SUNSHINE TODAY. AFTER 12Z...A FEW CU MAY FORM AS ANY FOG BURNS OFF. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && HUMPHREY/YORK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 507 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-111100- 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- 507 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008 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. DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL NORTH OF THE REGION...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE OR DEVELOP AT SOME POINTS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI...OHIO AND WABASH RIVERS. PLEASE REFER TO THE APPROPRIATE RIVER FLOOD PRODUCTS FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY MORNING. ISOLATED STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LEVELS. DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL NORTH OF THE REGION...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE OR DEVELOP AT SOME POINTS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI...OHIO AND WABASH RIVERS. PLEASE REFER TO THE APPROPRIATE RIVER FLOOD PRODUCTS FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding of the Ohio River occurred near Cairo. The river crested there at 41.51 feet on the 20th. Flood stage is 40 feet. Some bottomland fields were underwater.
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