The track of thunderstorm complexes became nearly stationary across southwest Indiana from the 9th through the 19th. The heaviest and most widespread rain of the month occurred from the morning of the 9th through the 11th.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
The track of thunderstorm complexes became nearly stationary across southwest Indiana from the 9th through the 19th. The heaviest and most widespread rain of the month occurred from the morning of the 9th through the 11th. General rainfall amounts were from 1 to 3 inches. River levels remained high as an additional 1 to 4 inches fell from the 12th through the 19th.
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 20, 11:35 PM EST, 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1135 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009 .UPDATE... UPDATED THE AVIATION SECTION BELOW FOR THE LATEST TAF ISSUANCE. && .DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 114 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009/ MAIN NEAR TERM FORECAST CONCERN OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION IS HEAT. MODELS SHOW MID 90S HIGHS W/LOW-MID 70S TDS CONTINUING NEXT 2 DAYS...RESULTING IN APPARENT TEMPS 100-105...WILL THEREFORE CONTINUE/EXTEND OUR WEEKEND HEADLINING INTO MONDAY TO COVER AS WELL AS HIGHLIGHT VIA HWO. SPOTTY CONVECTIVE CHANCES ARE HARD TO PINPOINT BUT SHOULD BE GENERALLY TIED TO WASHED OUT BOUNDARY AS ENERGY SPILLS OVERTOP UPPER RIDGE NUDGING INTO MID MS VALLEY FROM THE SW. THE NEW GFS SUGGESTS THIS COULD CONTINUE OFF AND ON THROUGH THE NEXT WEEK...BUT FOR NOW WE ARE GOING TO STICK W/ PERSISTENCE AND ATTAIN TO FIT THE COLLAB PIC INSOFAR AS POPS (DAILY) ARE CONCERNED. MOS TEMPS ARE BLENDED WITH INHERITED NOS AND COLLAB PIC AS WELL. MOS TDS/HUMIDITIES GENERALLY ACCEPTED NEAR-MEDIUM RANGE W/LONGER RANGE NOS BLENDED FOR COLLAB PIC. && .AVIATION... LIGHT WINDS WILL PREVAIL OVERNIGHT WITH A FEW HIGH CLOUDS AT TIMES. DRIER AIR WILL WORK ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY AND SHOULD RESULT IN LESS CLOUD COVER...OTHER THAN MAYBE A FEW CU. BY LATE IN THE TAF PERIOD...FOR KEVV...AND KOWB...MODEL DATA SUGGESTS CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL IN THE VICINITY. DUE TO UNCERTAINTY...MERELY INCREASED CLOUDS. ..NOLES.. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 150 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-211000- 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- 150 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009 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 CONTINUES. ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION...WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WIND WOULD BE THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH A STRONGER STORM. HEAT INDICES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL HOVER IN THE 100 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE. MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES AND IS FORECAST FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. REFER TO THE WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN THE FORECAST THROUGH MONDAY. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE CHANCES ARE NOT EXPECTED...AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WIND WOULD BE THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH A STRONGER STORM IF ONE WERE TO OCCUR. THE HEAT INDEX WILL TOP OUT IN THE 100 TO 105 RANGE AGAIN BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY AFTERNOON. MINOR FLOODING ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WILL CONTINUE. REFER TO THE WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
659 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0655 PM TSTM WND GST HENDERSON 37.84N 87.58W
06/20/2009 M62 MPH HENDERSON KY AWOS
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NOLESPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
735 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0655 PM TSTM WND GST 6 WSW HENDERSON 37.81N 87.68W
06/20/2009 M62.00 MPH HENDERSON KY AWOS
&&
NOLESSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 811 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009 ILZ076>078-083-INZ081-210215- WHITE-WABASH-EDWARDS-WAYNE-GIBSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBION...FORT BRANCH...MOUNT CARMEL AND PRINCETON 811 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... AT 809 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS FROM 40 TO 45 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOUNT ERIE ILLINOIS TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF GOLDEN GATE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. A WIND GUST TO ABOUT 40 MPH WAS MEASURED AT THE FAIRFIELD AIRPORT WHEN THIS LINE OF STORMS PASSED THROUGH. A SPOTTER REPORTED SMALL LIMBS WERE BLOWN DOWN IN FAIRFIELD. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL CROSS THE WABASH RIVER...REACHING PRINCETON INDIANA BY 915 PM. MOVE INDOORS TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. STRONG WINDS MAY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND DEBRIS AND OTHER OUTDOOR OBJECTS.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
818 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0655 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 WSW HENDERSON 37.81N 87.68W
06/20/2009 HENDERSON KY EMERGENCY MNGR
DOOR RIPPED OFF ONE OF THE HANGARS AT THE HENDERSON
COUNTY AIRPORT.
&&
NOLESSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 855 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009 INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ018-210345- GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER-HENDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE... EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HENDERSON 855 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST INDIANA THIS EVENING. EXPECT WIND GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN AS THE STORMS ROLL THROUGH. THE STORMS WILL BE IN THE VICINITY OF EVANSVILLE PROPER BETWEEN 930 PM AND 1000 PM THIS EVENING...ALTHOUGH WINDS OUT AHEAD OF THE STORMS COULD REACH THE EDGE OF THE CITY BY 915 PM. PRINCETON INDIANA CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS WELL. THE STORMS WILL EVENTUALLY AFFECT PIKE...WARRICK AND SPENCER COUNTIES...PRIMARILY BETWEEN 945 PM AND 1045 PM THIS EVENING. MOUNT VERNON INDIANA WILL BE ON THE EDGE OF THE SYSTEM...AS THE BULK OF THE ACTIVITY WILL PASS NEAR OR JUST NORTH OF TOWN.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 933 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009 INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ018-019-210345- GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER-HENDERSON-DAVIESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE... EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO 933 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... AT 930 PM...DOPPLER RADARS DETECTED A BAND OF STRONG STORMS CAPABLE OF STRONG WINDS 35 TO 50 MPH...WITH THE LEADING EDGE ALONG A LINE FROM PETERSBURG...TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE EVANSVILLE METRO AREA...TO NEAR MOUNT VERNON INDIANA. THE LEADING EDGE OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS PRECEDES THIS LINE OF STORMS BY ABOUT 5 TO 15 MINUTES...AS THE ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS AS WELL. THE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE EVANSVILLE AREA THROUGH 1000 PM...AND MOVE ACROSS PIKE...WARRICK AND SPENCER COUNTIES THROUGH 1000 PM TO 1030 PM. SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS INCLUDE BOONVILLE...WINSLOW AND CHRISNEY. THE STORMS MAY ALSO AFFECT THE HENDERSON AND OWENSBORO AREAS THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS. ISOLATED STORMS WERE ALREADY IN THE VICINITY...SOUTH OF THE MAIN LINE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding of the White River occurred. At the Petersburg gage, the river crested at 16.40 feet around 6 P.M. on the 21st. Flood stage there is 16 feet. Minor flooding of bottomland fields occurred.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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