Another round of heavy rain in the upper Mississippi River Valley caused the Mississippi River to rise above flood stage by the end of the month.
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Another round of heavy rain in the upper Mississippi River Valley caused the Mississippi River to rise above flood stage by the end of the month.
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 Apr 28, 5:35 AM CST, 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 635 AM CDT WED APR 28 2010 .UPDATE... UPDATED FOR 12Z AVIATION FORECAST DISCUSSION. && .DISCUSSION... 00Z MODELS CONFIRM WE STILL LOOK GOOD FOR DRY/WARMING WEATHER UNTIL FRI. MODELS MOVE PCPN INTO WRN ZONES EARLY FRI AND THEN SPREAD IT EASTWARD IN WAA FLOW DURING THE DAY. ELEVATED INSTABILITY WILL SUPPORT THUNDER FOR ALL/EVEN THE FAR EAST...SO WENT AHEAD AND UPPED POPS EAST TO LOW CHC...WITH HIGH CHC WEST (FRI). CHANCES SPIKE FRI NIGHT IN THE LIKELY CATEGORY WITH CONTINUED THUNDER CHANCES AS UPPER TROF DRAGS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE AREA. THIS WILL YIELD BEST CHC YET OF HEAVY RAINS WHICH BECOMES THE ACTIVE PATTERN SETUP FOR THE WEEKEND. AFTER THE BOUNDARY PASSES FRI NIGHT...IT STALLS JUST TO OUR SE SAT AND THEN RETURNS NWARD SAT NIGHT AS SURFACE LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS ALONG ITS TAIL AND LIFTS NE ACROSS OUR AREA. THIS TOO WILL OFFER LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CHANCES/CALL IT ROUND TWO...WITH A REINVIGORATED FRONTAL BOUNDARY HAVING PASSED JUST TO OUR EAST BY SUN AM EARLY. THIS BOUNDARY MOVES OFF TO THE EAST...FURTHER THAN THE PREVIOUS...BUT SIMILARLY STALLS AND AS THE NEXT WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE COMES IN FRONT THE PLAINS...ANOTHER CHC PCPN IS REINTRODUCED TO THE FORECAST BY MID WEEK. THIS WOULD SUGGEST A MON-TUE LULL IN ACTIVITY AND OUR INHERITED POPS TO SHOW THIS TRENDING...SOMETHING TO MONITOR IN FUTURE RUNS...WON'T MAKE ANY CHANGES TO DAYS 6-7 ON THIS PACKAGE. MOS GUIDANCE CLOSE TO OBSERVED AND INHERITED/INCLUDING COLLAB PIC...MINOR TWEEKS ONLY...CONTINUE TO LIKE GFS MAV MOS. && .AVIATION... PATCHY FOG EARLY THIS MORNING IS DROPPING VSBYS TO 1/4 AM IN SOME LOCATIONS. FOG SHOULD BURN OFF BY MID AM...MAY HAVE A DIURNAL CU DECK AROUND 5K FEET SCT AT BEST. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS TODAY AS WE ARE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF HIGH PRESSURE. THE HIGH MOVES OFF TO THE EAST TONIGHT...CAUSING WINDS TO SHIFT TO THE SOUTH/SOUTHEAST. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 356 AM CDT WED APR 28 2010 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-291000- 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- 356 AM CDT WED APR 28 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR PERIODS OF SEVERE WEATHER DURING THIS TIME FRAME...BUT THE MAIN IMPACT MAY COME FROM MULTIPLE EPISODES OF HEAVY RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MINOR FLOODING ON AREA RIVERS COULD OCCUR BY LATE WEEKEND OR EARLY NEXT WEEK. PLEASE REFER TO THE HYDRO LOGIC OUTLOOK FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE IN THE FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY TIME PERIOD.
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 near Cape Girardeau. Some low-lying fields and river access points were under water.
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