Between the 19th and 21st, a storm system stalled over the Mid-Mississippi River Valley before pushing east on the 22nd. Numerous showers and even a few thunderstorms helped to produce average rain amounts around one inch.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
Between the 19th and 21st, a storm system stalled over the Mid-Mississippi River Valley before pushing east on the 22nd. Numerous showers and even a few thunderstorms helped to produce average rain amounts around one inch. A few locations received up to two inches. This rainfall pushed the Green River above flood stage.
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 Jan 22, 5:43 AM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 543 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2010 .UPDATE... UPDATED FOR 12Z AVIATION DISCUSSION. && .DISCUSSION... CLOUDS WILL HANG TOUGH THRU AM HOURS AND TEMPS IN THE EAST WILL DROP LIKE THE REST OF THE AREA AS THE STORM BOUNDARY SHIFTS EAST AND AWAY FROM THE FA. WITH START OF DAY TEMPS THEN IN THE 30S...AND FOG/AM AND AM/PM CLOUDS...TEMPS SHOULDN'T RECOVER TOO MUCH EVEN GIVEN BUILDING RIDGE AND RETURN TO DRY WX FORECAST TODAY. NAM MET MODELLING DOING BETTER WITH THIS SCENARIO AND WILL GO FOR ITS NOS IN THE SHORT TERM. THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM COMES IN TOMORROW AND MAINLY IT HITS TOMORROW PM...BOTH THE GFS AND NAM SHOWING A SLOWER APPROACH WITH 01" QPF NOT EVEN REACHING 1/2 WAY INTO SEMO BY 18Z ON THE MORE AGGRESSIVE OF THE 2 MODELS. HAVE THEREFORE TRIMMED BACK AM POPS AND MADE IT MOSTLY A PM EVENT WHICH EXTENDS INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS W/CATEGORICAL POPS LIKE INHERITED. THIS EVENT COULD PRODUCE ANOTHER 1-2 INCHES ONTOP OF THE JUST FALLEN 1-2 INCHES...WHICH MEANS FLOODING COULD BECOME AN ISSUE. HOWEVER COLLABORATIVELY THERE IS NO SPEAK AND GIVEN THE FAIRLY PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF THIS SYSTEM IN GENERAL AND THE FORECAST QPF IS LESS THAN THE FFG AT THIS POINT WE'LL MAINTAIN STATUS QUO AND LAY OFF HEADLINES...ONLY MENTION ON HWO IN CASE LATER SHIFTS DECIDE OTHERWISE. AFTER ITS PASSAGE SUNDAY...BRIEF REPRIEVE BEFORE CYCLONIC FLOW POPS COME IN WITH COOLER AIR. GIVEN DAY 4 AND BEYOND AND NOT MUCH CHANGE TO SYNOPTIC FEATURE MODELLING...PRETTY MUCH LEFT INHERITED GRIDS ALONE (EXTENDED). && .AVIATION... CLOUDS LOOK TO BE HERE TO STAY FOR THE NEXT 24 HRS. CIGS BELOW 1000FT EXPECTED THIS MORNING...ALTHOUGH SOME SITES MAY RISE ABOVE 1000 FT FROM TIME TO TIME. BY LATE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON HRS...LOOKS LIKE CIGS WILL RISE INTO THE MVFR CATEGORY...WHEN MOISTURE BECOMES MORE SHALLOW AS HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD INTO THE AREA. IF MORE MIXING OCCURS THAN FORECAST...WE MIGHT SEE THE CLOUDS ERODE A BIT...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. HOWEVER...CEILINGS WILL LIKELY DROP BACK TO BELOW 1000 FT AFTER SUNSET...AND SOME MVFR FOG MAY ALSO BE A PROBLEM AS WELL. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 438 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2010 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-231100- 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- 438 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT FOG MIGHT BE DENSE ENOUGH IN PATCHES TO RESTRICT VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN 1 MILE IN ISOLATED LOCALES EARLY THIS MORNING. THE FOG SHOULD LIFT AND DISSIPATE BY MID MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE BEST CHANCE IS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WHEN HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. MINOR FLOODING ISSUES COULD ARISE IN HEAVIER RAINS SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding occurred on the Green River. At the river gage at Paradise, the river crested at 383.07 feet on the 25th. Flood stage there is 380 feet. Minor flooding of low-lying woods and fields occurred near the river.
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