A couple more minor flood crests associated with persistent heavy rain in the upper portions of the river basin moved down the Mississippi River.
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A couple more minor flood crests associated with persistent heavy rain in the upper portions of the river basin moved down the Mississippi River.
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 Aug 17, 5:42 AM CST, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 642 AM CDT TUE AUG 17 2010 .UPDATE... REVISED AVIATION DISCUSSION FOR 12Z TAFS. && .DISCUSSION... MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS ARE POPS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. NO 00Z ECMWF MADE IT IN THIS MORNING...SO WILL BE RELYING SOLELY ON NCEP MODELS THIS MORNING. DRY AIR CURRENTLY IN PLACE ACROSS THE QUAD STATE...BUT SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER MOISTURE LURKS NOT FAR PAST NASHVILLE TENNESSEE...ACCORDING TO METARS AND GOES TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER IMAGERY. WITH EASTERLY FETCH TODAY AND POSSIBLY EVEN EAST SOUTHEAST LOW-LEVEL FLOW TONIGHT...WOULD NOT BE AT ALL SURPRISED TO SEE THE MOISTURE SURGE BACK INTO THE SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE AREA BY LATE TONIGHT. THE 00Z GFS IS MORE AGGRESSIVE IN DOING SO THAN THE NAM...BUT THE 06Z NAM THAT JUST ARRIVED HAS TRENDED WETTER THAN THE 00Z GFS. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL SEEMS TO BE INCREASING IN THE 06Z-18Z WEDNESDAY TIME FRAME...AS MID/UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE MOVES EASTWARD THROUGH THE REGION...AND MOISTURE RETURNS FROM THE SOUTHEAST IN RESPONSE TO IT. IT APPEARS THAT THE CONVECTION WILL PRIMARILY BE ELEVATED...WITH SURFACE TROUGHING REMAINING JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA. MAIN CHANGES WERE TO INDICATE A GREATER POP GRADIENT FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST LATE TONIGHT...AND TO BUMP POPS INTO THE LIKELY CATEGORY IN THE SOUTHEAST WEDNESDAY. THE MID/UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE IS NOT LIKELY TO SIGNIFICANTLY SCOUR OUT THE AREA...SO SMALL POPS WILL REMAIN IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE 00Z GFS CONTINUES ITS TREND IN BRINGING TROPICAL MOISTURE WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER OVER 2 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. THIS SHOULD LEAD TO GOOD COVERAGE OF DIURNAL CONVECTION FRIDAY...AND POSSIBLY A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS OR STORMS THURSDAY NIGHT. THERE SHOULD BE A NOTICEABLE CHANGE IN THE HUMIDITY GOING INTO FRIDAY...WHEN HEAT INDICES OUTSIDE OF CONVECTIVE OUTFLOWS WILL APPROACH 100 AGAIN. IN THE EXTENDED...A FRONT IS STILL FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. POPS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...BUT DRY FORECAST STILL LOOKS GOOD SUNDAY AND MONDAY. && .AVIATION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH UNRESTRICTED VFR CEILINGS/VISIBILITIES AND LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS THE RESULT. AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE WILL TAKE PLACE OVERNIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING SHORTWAVE TROUGH...RESULTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. APPENDED CB QUALIFIER TO CLOUD GROUP AT ALL TAF SITES AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS POTENTIAL. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && PUBLIC.....DRS AVIATION...RJP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 423 AM CDT TUE AUG 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- 423 AM CDT TUE AUG 17 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...MAINLY OVER WEST KENTUCKY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST FOR AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE QUAD STATE EACH PERIOD FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THE BEST CHANCES WILL BE OVER WEST KENTUCKY WEDNESDAY...THROUGHOUT THE AREA ON FRIDAY....AND NEAR A COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA SATURDAY OR SATURDAY NIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. DRS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding occurred along the Mississippi River. Fields and boat ramps along the river were partially submerged.
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