A combination of snowmelt in upper portions of the Ohio Valley and a storm system about mid-month eventually led to minor flooding of the Ohio River. The storm system lifted out of the southern Plains on the 9th and moved northeast toward the Mid Atlantic on the 10th.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
A combination of snowmelt in upper portions of the Ohio Valley and a storm system about mid-month eventually led to minor flooding of the Ohio River. The storm system lifted out of the southern Plains on the 9th and moved northeast toward the Mid Atlantic on the 10th.
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 Mar 17, 2:42 AM CST, 5 hours 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 342 AM CDT WED MAR 17 2010 .DISCUSSION... PESKY CLOUD COVER IS EXPECTED TO STAY PUT OVER MOST OF THE PAH FCST AREA THROUGH SUNRISE BEFORE BEGINNING TO MIX OUT A BIT FROM THE NORTH. A PAIR OF MID LEVEL LOWS...ONE IN WRN MO AND ONE NEAR THE GULF COAST...WILL EVENTUALLY COMBINE INTO ONE SYSTEM OVER THE EASTERN SEABOARD. THE SWRD MOVING LOW IN MO MIGHT HELP TO PRODUCE MEASURABLE RAINFALL IN THE MO OZARK FOOTHILLS REGION TODAY. MID LEVEL ENERGY ON THE FRINGES OF THE ERN MOVING GULF LOW WILL TEND TO PRODUCE ENOUGH LIFT TO MAINTAIN CLOUDINESS OVER MAINLY THE PENNYRILE REGION THROUGH AT LEAST SUNSET. A LITTLE MORE LEAN TOWARD THE NAM WAS USED IN THE SHORT TERM BECAUSE THE GFS APPEARED A TAD PESSIMISTIC WITH CLOUDS FOR EXAMPLE. TONIGHT...A MID LEVEL RIDGE BUILDING IN AND HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE WILL TEND TO ASSURE CLEAR SKIES AND WARMER TEMPS FOR OUR AREA...ESPECIALLY FRI WHEN A SRLY LOW LEVEL FLOW GETS ESTABLISHED. THE MED RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO SLOW THE PROGRESSION OF THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT RAINMAKER...A LONGWAVE TROF AND FRONTAL SYSTEM. ATTM...THE FCST REFLECTS THE ONSET OF RAINSHOWERS AND ISOLD TSTMS ON MAINLY SAT NIGHT AS THE SYSTEM DEEPENS INTO A CLOSED STACKED LOW OVER THE LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY. SVR WX DOES NOT APPEAR LIKELY AT THIS POINT. AFTER 12Z MON...DRY NWRLY FLOW WILL DOMINATE. && .AVIATION... CLOUDS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GRADUALLY FILL IN ACROSS THE AREA WHICH HAS CLEARED OUT...MOST OF IL/IN/SE MO. SOME MVFR CIGS HAVE CREPT SW FROM THE OZARK FOOTHILLS BUT WE DO NOT EXPECT THIS TO MAKE ANY MORE PROGRESS. INSTEAD...GUIDANCE IS HINTING THAT AREAS NEAR THE OHIO RIVER AND EASTWARD WILL BE BKN/OVC WEDNESDAY AS MOISTURE TENDS TO PUSH BACK IN FROM THE EAST. WILL ALSO BE CUMULUS DEVELOPING IN ADJACENT AREAS NORTH AND WEST. JUST LOW VFR CIGS THOUGH...WITH WIDESPREAD CLEARING STILL EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && PUBLIC...DB AVIATION...JAP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 442 AM CDT WED MAR 17 2010 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-181000- 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- 442 AM CDT WED MAR 17 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. WATER LEVELS ON SOME AREA RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE...FORCING SOME POINTS NEAR OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. REFER TO THE FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY AS A FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS LOW AT THIS TIME. WATER LEVELS ON SOME AREA RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGH THE WEEK...FORCING SOME POINTS NEAR OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. REFER TO THE FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
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. At the Newburgh river gage, where flood stage is 38 feet, the river crested at 41.20 feet on the 20th. Minor flooding of low-lying fields and woodlands occurred.
Minor flooding of the Ohio River occurred at Mount Vernon. At the Mount Vernon river gage, where flood stage is 35 feet, the river crested at 37.90 feet on the 20th. Minor flooding of low-lying fields and woodlands occurred.
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