A couple rounds of heavy rain fell in western and central Kentucky late in the month, causing minor flooding along the Green River.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
A couple rounds of heavy rain fell in western and central Kentucky late in the month, causing minor flooding along the Green 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 Apr 29, 3:18 AM CST, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
418 AM CDT MON APR 29 2013
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 238 AM CDT MON APR 29 2013
THE NEAREST SHORT TERM ISSUE IS THE CLEARING SKY/STILL MOIST
BOUNDARY LAYER IN NEAR CALM WIND ENVIRO RESULTING IN PATCHY FOG
LOCALLY DENSE AT TIMES EARLY THIS A.M. CLOUDS WERE STILL WORKING
ON CLEARING IN THE EAST. WE'LL MONITOR THRU THE TOP OF THE HOUR
OBS AND DECIDE ON ADVISORY OR CONTINUATION OF CURRENT SPECIAL
WEATHER STATEMENT.
FOG SHOULD BURN OFF EARLY TODAY AS SUNSHINE MAKES ITS RETURN AND
HIGH PRESSURE TAKES OVER FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. AS THE HIGH SHIFTS
EAST...TEMPERATURES WILL BE MODERATING...THROUGH THE 70S TODAY AND
INTO THE 80S FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. POPS SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL
AFTER THE SHORT TERM AS THE HIGH MAINTAINS ITS GRIP BUT STARTS TO
LOOSEN BY WEDNESDAY.
.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 416 AM CDT MON APR 29 2013
THE 12Z ECMWF AND THE 00Z GFS DETERMINISTIC MODELS WERE IN DECENT
AGREEMENT WITH THE EVOLUTION OF AN AMPLIFIED LONGWAVE MID/UPPER
LEVEL PATTERN OVER THE CONUS. AS A MID LEVEL TROF AND SFC COLD
FRONT APPROACHES THE PAH FORECAST AREA THU/THU NIGHT...A LOW IS
FORECAST TO FORM WITHIN THE TROF AND CUT OFF SOMEWHERE TO OUR WEST
OR NORTHWEST. THIS SHOULD FINALLY OVERCOME THE EFFECTS OF MID
LEVEL RIDGING OVER OUR REGION AND INDUCE A SFC TROF OR CLOSED LOW
JUST TO THE EAST OF IT...AND IN OUR GENERAL VICINITY. HOWEVER...
THE 00Z ECMWF BEGAN TO SHOW SIGNIFICANT DETAIL DIFFERENCES BY
FRI...MAINLY WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE RIDGE AND THEREFORE THE PATH
OF THE CUT OFF LOW.
BY SAT...THE 00Z ECMWF HAD THE CUT OFF LOW OVER THE DAKOTAS WHILE
THE 00Z GFS HAD IT OVER MO. THE UKMET SEEMED TO GENERALLY SUPPORT
THE ECMWF SCENARIO. FOR NOW...WE DECIDED TO NOT INTEGRATE THIS
DIFFERING SOLUTION INTO THE INITIALIZATION BLEND. STILL...THE PCPN
PATTERN FOR THE PAH FORECAST AREA WAS NOT ALL THAT DIFFERENT
BETWEEN THE TWO MODELS. FRI NIGHT AND SAT...SOME DRIER AIR SHOULD
WRAP AROUND THE ERN/SERN SIDE OF THE LOW AS THE SYSTEM BECOMES
MORE AND MORE STACKED /THIS IS SHOWN MORE BY THE GFS/.
BEST POPS APPEAR TO BE THU NIGHT/FRI...WITH ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR
TSTMS. LATE FRI...SHOWERS SHOULD PREVAIL WITH LOWER POPS INTO THE
WEEKEND. THERE WILL BE A COOLDOWN DURING THE EXTENDED PERIOD...WITH
PERHAPS A LIMITED REBOUND LATE IN THE WEEKEND.
&&
.AVIATION...
ISSUED AT 238 AM CDT MON APR 29 2013
WITH CLEARING SKIES AND A MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER...THERE CONTINUES
THE POTENTIAL FOR LIFR CIGS AND VSBYS THROUGH AROUND SUNRISE.
LOW CLOUDS AND FOG WILL BURN OFF EARLY THIS MORNING AT ALL
SITES...BUT THERE WILL BE ENOUGH LINGERING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FOR
SCATTERED CUMULUS IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL PICK UP FROM THE
SOUTH DIURNALLY BETWEEN 5 AND 10 KNOTS.
&&
.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IL...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR ILZ075>078-
080>094.
MO...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR MOZ076-086-
087-100-107>112-114.
IN...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR INZ081-082-
085>088.
KY...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR KYZ001>022.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 319 AM CDT MON APR 29 2013 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-301000- 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- 319 AM CDT MON APR 29 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT EARLY TODAY FOR PATCHES OF DENSE FOG THAT MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. REFER TO THE ADVISORY FOR DETAILS. FLOODING ON AREA RIVERS CONTINUES. REFER TO THE WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ENTERS THE FORECAST THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN SHOULD BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. FLOODING ON AREA RIVERS WILL CONTINUE. REFER TO THE WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. .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 along the Green River at Paradise. Some low-lying fields and woodlands were underwater. The river continued rising into early May.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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