A series of storm systems during the middle to latter part of the month led to minor river flooding. The first 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 series of storm systems during the middle to latter part of the month led to minor river flooding. The first storm system lifted out of the southern Plains on the 9th and moved northeast toward the Mid-Atlantic on the 10th. A series of storm systems later in March produced saturated ground conditions that led to minor flooding. A storm system lifted northeast between the 21st and 22nd, when widespread showers produced between one and two inches of rain. Another storm system moved east across the area on the 25th, touching off showers that produced generally one-half to one and a half inches. A final storm system passing south of the region brought up to another inch of rain on the 27th and 28th.
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 27, 6:37 AM EST, 5 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 637 AM CDT SAT MAR 27 2010 .UPDATE... UPDATED AVIATION SECTION FOR 12Z TAF ISSUANCE. THE DISCUSSION SECTION IS UNCHANGED FROM THE 336 AM PRODUCT ISSUANCE. && .DISCUSSION... CLOUDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE/SOUTHWEST KANSAS. HOWEVER...WITH SOME SUNSHINE AND SOUTHEAST WINDS...TEMPERATURES WILL STILL REACH SEASONAL READINGS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY REACH FAR WESTERN COUNTIES OF THE PAH FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON...BUT TONIGHT SHOWERS AND SOME STORMS WILL QUICKLY SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE FA. WENT WITH LOW CHANCE POPS FOR OUR FAR WEST COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUED 100 PERCENT POPS FOR THE ENTIRE REGION TONIGHT. SHOWER CHANCES WILL DECREASE EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND TAPER OFF ACROSS THE REST OF THE FA SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE LOW REACHES THE MID ATLANTIC COAST. BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY AS THE LOW TRACKS ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FA. GFS AND NAM BOTH CONTINUE TO SHOW LI'S OF 0 TO -2 AND SURFACE CAPE VALUES UP TO 250 J/KG. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE REGION FOR THE WORK WEEK. NORTHERLY WINDS MONDAY WILL GIVE US BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. THE HIGH WILL MOVE OVER US MONDAY NIGHT...AND WITH CLEAR SKIES AND CALM WINDS...TEMPERATURES WILL AT LEAST APPROACH THE FREEZING MARK. AS THE HIGH MOVES EAST...WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK...LEADING TO CLEAR TO MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND TEMPERATURES INCREASING TO UNSEASONABLY WARM READING BY WEDNESDAY. WENT CLOSE TO LATEST MAV/MET AND MEX GUIDANCE AND ONLY MADE MINOR TWEAKS TO GOING FORECAST TEMPERATURES. && .AVIATION... SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND BECOME GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON...AS A VIGOROUS LOW PRESSURE CENTER MOVES EASTWARD TOWARD THE REGION. BANDS OF SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY SOME THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST THROUGH THE REGION FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME PERIOD. MVFR CONDITIONS WILL EVENTUALLY DEVELOP...BUT THE TIMING IS IN DOUBT. LOWER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS...BUT THEY SHOULD BE RATHER BRIEF. CONFIDENCE IN THE TIMING OF THE ONSET OF SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION IS QUITE LOW...AS IS THE DURATION OF THE PRECIPITATION. HOWEVER...THERE IS DECENT CONFIDENCE IN MVFR CEILINGS PREVAILING THROUGHOUT THE REGION BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && RST/DRS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 857 AM CDT SAT MAR 27 2010 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-281400- 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- 857 AM CDT SAT MAR 27 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...A FEW STORMS MAY BE NEAR SEVERE LEVELS THIS EVENING. THE MAIN HAZARDS WOULD BE ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE REGION AS A BAND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS MOVES FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION. MINOR FLOODING WILL PERSIST ON SOME AREA RIVERS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER ON SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING. NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...BUT BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS. MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON SOME AREA RIVERS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG STORMS TONIGHT. MY
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding occurred along the White River at Petersburg. At the Petersburg river gage, where flood stage is 16 feet, the river crested at 18.07 feet on the 30th. Floodwaters covered low-lying fields and woodlands. Flooding affected low oil fields and closed a few local roads.
Minor flooding occurred along the White River at Hazleton. At the Hazleton river gage, where flood stage is 16 feet, the river crested at 18.0 feet on the 31st. Floodwaters covered low-lying fields and woodlands. A few rural roads were flooded, along with some oil wells.
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