Heavy rainfall in mid-March caused the Mississippi River to rise above flood stage. The river crested by the end of March, then fell below flood stage in mid-April.
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Heavy rainfall in mid-March caused the Mississippi River to rise above flood stage. The river crested by the end of March, then fell below flood stage in mid-April.
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 31, 5:27 PM CST, 6 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 627 PM CDT WED MAR 31 2010 .UPDATE... UPDATED FOR 00Z AVIATION FORECAST DISCUSSION. && .DISCUSSION... BIGGEST CHALLENGES IN THE SHORT TERM CONTINUE TO BE WINDS...TEMPS... AND HUMIDITY...THEN PRECIP/THUNDER CHANCES FRIDAY NIGHT AND BEYOND. A MID TO UPPER LEVEL RIGE OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP IT DRY WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO BE FRIDAY NIGHT. LATEST NAM MODEL RUN IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH THE MOST AGGRESSIVE GFS WITH THE ECMWF TAGGING SLIGHTLY BEHIND. CONSEQUENTLY AM BRING POPS INTO OUR AREA A SLIGHT BIT SOONER. BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP WILL BE DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. SATURDAY EVENING INTO THE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING HOURS PRECIP CHANCES WILL BE ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST. CONSEQUENTLY ANY WEATHER THREATS TO EARLY MORNING EASTER SERVICES SEEM LITTLE TO NONE AT THIS TIME. SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY LATEST MODEL RUNS TRYING TO SPIT OUT A FEW SHOWERS IN THE WARM AIR ADVECTION REGIME THAT SETS UP. MODEL SOLUTIONS ON THIS SCENARIO SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT SO WILL HOLD OFF FOR NOW. BEYOND THAT THE NEXT CHANCE FOR PRECIP APPEARS TO BE ON TUESDAY...BUT LONG RANGE MODELS ARE SHOWING DIFFERENT SCENARIOS AS TO WHAT IS PRODUCING HE PRECIP. AT 18Z TUESDAY THE GFS SHOWS A SURFACE LOW OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THAT IS FORECAST TO DRAG A COLD FRONT ACROSS OUR REGION TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY EVENING. AT THE SAME TIME THE ECMWF SHOWS THE SURFACE LOW OVER NORTHEAST NEBRASKA WITH A WARM FRONTAL EXTENDING WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF OUR CWA. SINCE BOTH OF THESE SOLUTIONS APPEAR FEASIBLE AT THIS TIME...WILL JUST SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE AND GO WITH CHC POPS TUESDAY...TUESDAY NIGHT...AND WEDNESDAY. && .AVIATION... GUSTS TO 15 TO 20 KTS MAY PERSIST FOR A FEW HRS EARLY THIS EVENING...BUT BY 02Z THURSDAY...ALL GUSTS SHOULD HAVE SUBSIDED. WINDS WILL THEN BE 7-10 MPH THE REST OF THE NIGHT. WINDS WONT BE AS STRONG THURSDAY BUT 20KT GUSTS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON...WHILE VFR CONDITIONS PERSIST. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 313 PM CDT WED MAR 31 2010 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-012015- 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- 313 PM CDT WED MAR 31 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON SEVERAL AREA RIVERS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY FIRE DANGER WILL BE ELEVATED THROUGHOUT THE REGION THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST PRODUCTS FOR DETAILS. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST OVER THE ENTIRE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...AND THEN OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS SATURDAY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE OVER THE ENTIRE REGION TUESDAY...TUESDAY NIGHT...AND WEDNESDAY. AT THIS TIME...NONE OF THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON SEVERAL AREA RIVERS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. JAP
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding of the Mississippi River occurred around Cape Girardeau. Some low-lying fields and river access facilities were under water.
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