Numerous thunderstorms on the 5th accompanied a strong storm system that tracked northeast across southeast Missouri and southern Illinois. Heavy rainfall on ground that was already moist from January storms caused flooding of the Ohio River.
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Numerous thunderstorms on the 5th accompanied a strong storm system that tracked northeast across southeast Missouri and southern Illinois. Heavy rainfall on ground that was already moist from January storms caused flooding of the Ohio River.
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 Feb 7, 2:36 AM CST, 11 hours 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 236 AM CST THU FEB 7 2008 .DISCUSSION... STRATO-CU CONTINUED TO COVER THE FA EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH SNOW FLURRIES NOTED ACROSS THE KEVV TRI-STATE. THE RUC SHOWS THE BACK EDGE OF THE LOW CLOUDS MAKING IT INTO SE MISSOURI. HOWEVER THE FLOW AT 925 MB IS FORECAST TO BACK TO SW AND WEAKEN SLIGHTLY THROUGH 18Z. THEN THE MODELS PICK UP THE H9 FLOW AFT 18Z TO 10-20KTS. SO AM NOT SURE HOW FAR EAST THE BACK EDGE WILL PROGRESS. MEANWHILE...A LARGE AREA OF MID AND UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE WAS SEEN ON FOG IMAGERY AND WVAPOR IN ASSOC WITH A SHARP UPPER LEVEL TROF MOVG ESE FROM THE CENTRAL ROCKIES INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS. THE AXIS OF THE TROF WILL MOVE RAPIDLY ESE TODAY. IT SHOULD BE OVER LOWER AND MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGIONS BY 00Z. SO WHILE WE MAY HAVE A WINDOW OF TIME WHERE THERE IS REDUCED CLOUD COVER...THINK MOST OF THE DAY WILL SEE CLOUDS. HARD TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TRACE PRECIP WILL END UP. BETTER DYNAMIC FORCING WILL PASS SOUTH OF THE FA LATE TODAY AND THIS EVENING...WHERE NUMERICAL POPS ARE SLIGHTLY HIGHER. HOWEVER THE MODELS CARRY BETTER MOISTURE TO THE NORTH ACROSS INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND INDIANA. THEREFORE...DO NOT PLAN ON ALTERING OUR LOW PROB FOR SPRINKLES AT THIS TIME THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DAY SHIFT CAN ADJUST AS NECESSARY. ANOTHER WAVE SEEN APPROACHING THE PACIFIC NW WILL MOVE RAPIDLY SE AND EVENTUALLY REACH THE MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO VALLEY REGIONS BY LATE FRIDAY...IN A SIMILAR FASHION TO WAVE NUMBER 1 LATE TODAY. AVAILABLE MOISTURE AGAIN A QUESTION MARK. GFS SHOWS MORE ROBUST COLUMNAR MOISTURE THAN THE NAM WITH THIS SYSTEM. WHAT WE HAVE NOW LOOKS FINE AND WILL NOT CHANGE. WILL KEEP THE SLIGHT CHC POP GOING ACROSS THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING (MAYBE A MIX...BUT SHOULD BE LIGHT / MINIMAL NONE THE LESS). NO MODIFICATIONS WERE MADE BEYOND FRIDAY NIGHT TO THE POP / WX ELEMENTS. GUIDANCE AND SURROUNDING OFFICES WERE RUNNING WARMER FOR MAX TEMPS SATURDAY. GUIDANCE WAS NOT QUITE AS COLD SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AS WELL. THEREFORE WE MADE SOME MINOR MODIFICATIONS TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. && .AVIATION... BACK EDGE OF LOW CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST ABOUT 15 KT ACROSS MISSOURI EARLY THIS MORNING. AT THIS RATE...CLEARING LINE SHOULD APPROACH THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AROUND 18Z. KEVV/KOWB SITES FORECAST TO DECREASE THE LOWER CLOUDS AROUND 00Z. EXTENSIVE MID CLOUDS WILL FOLLOW...WITH CIGS AROUND 10K FEET OR HIGHER. WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS MORNING...THEN TURN LIGHT SOUTHERLY. NO VSBY ISSUES FORESEEN AT THIS TIME. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 419 AM CST THU FEB 7 2008 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-081100- 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- 419 AM CST THU FEB 7 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding of the Ohio River occurred. At Newburgh, where flood stage is 38 feet, the river crested at 43.50 feet on the 12th. This resulted in minor flooding of low-lying fields and bottomlands.
Minor flooding of the Ohio River occurred. At Mount Vernon, where flood stage is 35 feet, the river crested at 41.30 feet on the 15th. This resulted in minor flooding of low-lying fields and bottomlands. Farm land and some main roads were flooded in places west and southwest of Mount Vernon.
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