A warm front returned north across the region, causing thunderstorms with torrential downpours.
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A warm front returned north across the region, causing thunderstorms with torrential downpours.
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 Jul 28, 3:18 AM CST, 7 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 418 AM CDT TUE JUL 28 2009 .DISCUSSION... ONGOING TRAINING PCPN ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THE PURCHASE AND WESTERN KENTUCKY PARKWAYS CONTINUED TO FIRE ALONG A WARM FRONT OVERNIGHT...RESULTING IN A POSSIBLE MINOR FLOOD HAZARD IN THAT AREA. THIS BOUNDARY SHOULD MOVE NORTH TODAY AND EVENTUALLY DISSIPATE AS THE SPLIT MID/UPPER FLOW COMES TOGETHER...AND A COLD FRONT APPROACHES. WITH ALL THE FORCING AND MOISTURE AVAILABLE...IT APPEARS THAT THE CHANCES OF PCPN OCCURRING WILL BE PRETTY GOOD ACROSS THE PAH FCST REGION TODAY AND ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. THIS FRONT IS FORECAST TO BE IN THE GENERAL VICINITY FOR SEVERAL DAYS AS SHRTWV ENERGY MOVES THROUGH A BROAD MID LEVEL TROF OVER THE CONUS. THERE COULD BE A LULL ON WED BETWEEN SHRTWVS...BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE LONG BEFORE ANOTHER SHRTWV DIVES TOWARD THE REGION. MORE SHWR/TSTM ACTIVITY LOOKS LIKELY FOR MUCH OF THE REGION ON THU. MED RANGE MODELS ARE SUGGESTING NOW THAT THE AFOREMENTIONED SHRTWV AND COLD FRONT MAY BE STRONG AND DEFINED ENOUGH TO USHER IN DRIER AIR AND CUT OFF THE PCPN FOR ALMOST ALL THE REGION BY FRI...LEAVING FRI/FRI NIGHT MOSTLY DRY. SPC DOES MAINTAIN SOME SVR POTENTIAL FOR PARTS OF THE REGION...JUST BELOW SLIGHT RISK ATTM THROUGH THU /DAY3/. RETURN FLOW ARRIVES AGAIN FOR THE WEEKEND...AND PCPN SHOULD SPREAD NWD EVENTUALLY COVERING THE ENTIRE REGION DURING AT LEAST PART OF THE WEEKEND. NO CHANGES WERE MADE AFTER DAY 5 /SAT NIGHT/. && .AVIATION... A WEAK WARM FRONT ACROSS THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SOME FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS MORNING BUT THIS WILL LIKELY REMAIN LIMITED TO TO THE PAH AND OWB SITE. AFTER SOME MVFR VSBYS AT KCGI AND AT KPAH...WHERE HEAVY RAIN OCCURRED OVERNIGHT...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL TODAY WITH A A RETURNING CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A WEAKENING COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE DURATION OF ANY SUCH ACTIVITY IS LIKELY TOO SMALL TO WARRANT CIG AND VSBY RESTRICTIONS IN THE TAFS AT THIS TIME. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && PUBLIC...DB AVIATION...RLS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 458 AM CDT TUE JUL 28 2009 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-291000- 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- 458 AM CDT TUE JUL 28 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT IN ADDITION TO ACTIVITY THIS MORNING IN FAR EASTERN MISSOURI AND PARTS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY GENERALLY FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. TONIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NUMEROUS OVER MOST OF THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE MAY BE LIMITED ON WEDNESDAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT...THEN IT IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN ON THURSDAY AHEAD OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT. THURSDAY NIGHT...MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD BE IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...ENDING EARLY FRIDAY. AFTER A SHORT REPRIEVE...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN OVER THE REGION FOR THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE UPPER FLOW PATTERN REMAINS ACTIVE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 31 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:22 UTC.
1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
A driveway was washed out. Extensive flooding of low-lying areas was reported.
Standing water was on many streets in the community. Ditches were overflowing. A spotter measured 2.72 inches of rain in just one hour.
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