Heavy rainfall across the upper Midwest caused major rises along the Mississippi River. Record or near record flooding occurred in parts of Iowa and northern Missouri.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
Heavy rainfall across the upper Midwest caused major rises along the Mississippi River. Record or near record flooding occurred in parts of Iowa and northern Missouri. The flood crest along the Mississippi River gradually flattened out as it moved south, but flooding still reached the moderate category at Cape Girardeau.
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 8, 2:37 AM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 337 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008 .DISCUSSION... ONCE AGAIN THIS MORNING THE TEMPS WERE SLOW TO FALL THROUGH THE 70S UNDER CLEAR SKIES. THE PAH FCST AREA REMAINED UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SFC AND ALOFT THAT WAS CENTERED NEAR THE CAROLINAS. THIS RAIN FREE AND STABLE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MON EVE. BY THEN...A WRN CONUS MID LEVEL SHRTWV TROF WILL SHARPEN AND DIG EWD INTO THE MIDWEST. THIS FEATURE WILL DEVELOP A SFC LOW AND COLD FRONT THAT IS EXPECTED TO SWEEP THROUGH MOST OF THE FCST AREA FROM NW TO SE BY 12 TUE OR SO. THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH MOISTURE...LOW LEVEL FORCING...AND UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS FOR A LIKELY TO HIGH CHC SHWR/TSTM EVENT FOR MOST OF THE FOUR STATE REGION. HPC SUGGESTS THAT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SVR STORMS WEST OF THE MS RIVER AND NORTH OF THE OH RIVER MON NIGHT. SEE SWODY2 PRODUCT FOR DETAILS. ON TUE...LINGERING CONVECTION WILL MOVE EWD QUICKLY... ENDING EVERYWHERE BY THE EVE. AFTN TEMPS SHOULD COOL ON TUE BUT QUICKLY REBOUND INTO THE LOWER 90S BY WED AS MORE WARM HUMID RETURN FLOW RETURNS TO THE REGION. FURTHER ON IN THE WEEK...SOME MODELS SUCH AS THE 00Z GFS SUGGEST THAT THE PENNYRILE REGION OF KY MAY GET SOME ISOLATED TSTMS IN A SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE BUT THE FCST WAS KEPT DRY UNTIL AFTER 12 FRI. BY THEN...LOWERING HEIGHTS TO THE NW MAY REDUCE THE CAP ENOUGH FOR SOME TSTMS TO ERUPT. THIS LOW CHC OF PCPN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. THERE WAS MORE UNCERTAINTY IN THE MODELS BY THE END OF THE PERIOD OF COURSE. && .AVIATION... EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS TAF PERIOD...WITH ONLY A FEW TO SCT 4000 TO 5000 FT CU EXPECTED. GUSTY SSW WINDS WILL PICK UP ONCE AGAIN DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS...WITH NUMEROUS GUSTS FROM 20 TO 25 KTS EXPECTED. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && PUBLIC...DB AVIATION...GM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 459 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-091000- 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- 459 AM CDT SUN JUN 8 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH THE UPPER 90S THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...WIND GUSTS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL NORTH OF THE REGION...SOME POINTS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER ARE ABOVE OR FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. PLEASE REFER TO THE APPROPRIATE RIVER FLOOD PRODUCTS FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON MONDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LEVELS IN THAT AREA. THE ENTIRE REGION SHOULD EXPERIENCE SOME THUNDERSTORMS BY TUE AS A COLD FRONT MOVES EASTWARD THROUGH THE REGION. ALSO...FROM EARLY FRIDAY ON INTO NEXT WEEKEND...THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION. WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH THE MIDDLE 90S MONDAY AFTERNOON AND COULD REACH THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 90S IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK. DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL NORTH OF THE REGION...SOME POINTS ALONG THE OHIO AND WABASH RIVERS ARE FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. PLEASE REFER TO THE APPROPRIATE RIVER FLOOD PRODUCTS FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED MONDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
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 40.12 feet on the 25th. Flood stage there is 33 feet. Extensive flooding of lowland fields occurred. The river began to climb again before the end of the month, reaching a higher crest in July.
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