The Mississippi River crept back above flood stage at the end of the month due to renewed heavy rainfall in upper portions of the basin.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
The Mississippi River crept back above flood stage at the end of the month due to renewed heavy rainfall in upper portions of the basin.
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 May 31, 2:13 AM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 313 AM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 200 AM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO STAY WELL OFF TO OUR WEST TODAY AND TONIGHT...LEAVING US UNDER A WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE SOUTHERLY FLOW. WITH THE LACK OF A LOW LEVEL FOCUS FROM THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT TO OUR WEST...IT APPEARS THAT THE SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL BE STRONGLY DEPENDENT ON THE INTERACTION BETWEEN ANY LEFT OVER SFC OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM MORNING CONVECTION...AND WEAK MID LVL SHORT WAVES EJECTING NE FROM THE MAIN TROF AXIS OUT OVER THE PLAINS. IN ADDITION...WE WILL LIKELY SEE A PERIOD OF TWO OF SUNSHINE BETWEEN MORNING STORMS AND REDEVELOPMENT LATER TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. THIS WILL AID IN THE INCREASING SFC BASED INSTABILITY. COUPLED WITH FAIRLY STRONG SHEAR VALUES...THIS COULD LEAD TO SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS...WITH QUASI LINEAR SEGMENTS AND POSSIBLY EVEN A FEW SUPER CELLS. ON SAT...THE OVERALL PATTERN SHOULD BECOME A BIT MORE PROGRESSIVE...WITH THE H50 LOW AND ASSOCIATED SFC FRONT FINALLY MOVING EAST INTO THE FORECAST AREA. SAT AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT MAY ACTUALLY OFFER THE HIGHEST CHANCE OF ORGANIZED SEVERE CONVECTION...AS MORE IN THE WAY OF LARGE SCALE LIFT WILL INTERACT WITH THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER OUR REGION. SOME UNCERTAINTY DOES EXIST AS TO THE AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER THAT MAY HANG AROUND FROM POSSIBLY MORNING STORMS SAT. ONCE AGAIN...THINKING IS THAT THERE WILL LIKELY BE A PERIOD OR TWO OF SUNSHINE SOMETIME DURING THE DAY. WITH SFC DEW POINTS RUNNING CLOSE TO 70 DEGREES...IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH DIABATIC HEATING TO SIGNIFICANTLY DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE. LOOKING AT FORECAST WIND PROFILES...IT SEEMS THAT ALL TYPES OF SEVERE HAZARDS WOULD BE POSSIBLE... INCLUDING ISOLATED TORNADOES. COLD FRONT SHOULD CLEAR THE REGION BY AROUND SUNRISE ON SUNDAY...LEAVING MOST OF THE DAY DRIER AND COOLER. SHOULD BE A QUITE PLEASANT END TO THE WEEKEND. .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 313 AM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 THE NEW WEEK WILL START OFF DRY WITH HIGH PRESSURE SPRAWLED FROM CANADA SOUTHWARD INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THE HIGH WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA EARLY IN THE WEEK...WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR A SLOW WARMING TREND THROUGH THE PERIOD. HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL WARM BACK INTO THE 80S BY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...AS LOWS MODERATE FROM THE 50S INTO THE 60S. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AT THE START OF THE WEEK WILL MIGRATE EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST BY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. INCREASINGLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THIS APPROACHING LOW WILL RESULT IN THE RETURN OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. MODELS INDICATE A RATHER DISORGANIZED SURFACE PATTERN DURING THIS TIME...SO CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL IS LIKELY TO BE QUITE SPORADIC. WILL KEEP RAIN CHANCES BELOW 30 PERCENT ON WEDNESDAY...THEN NO GREATER THAN 40 PERCENT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THURSDAY. && .AVIATION... ISSUED AT 824 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013 SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED AT TIMES THROUGH 12Z WITH MVFR CONDITIONS LIKELY. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE 50 KT GUSTS OR HIGHER AND UP TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL. AWAY FROM STORMS...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH SOUTH WINDS AT 5 TO 15 KTS WITH GUSTS AROUND 20 KTS OR HIGHER. A LULL IN STORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 12Z AND 18Z...WITH ADDITIONAL STORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER 18Z. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...NONE. MO...NONE. IN...NONE. KY...NONE. && SHORT TERM...MEFFERT LONG TERM...RJP AVIATION...RST
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 420 AM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-011000- 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- 420 AM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS OUTLOOKED MOST AREAS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE OHIO RIVER WITH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY FOR LATER TODAY AND AND TONIGHT. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS APPEAR TO BE THE PRIMARY THREAT...BUT SOME HAIL AND EVEN AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. IN ADDITION... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. MANY AREAS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TODAY AND SATURDAY. PLEASE REFER TO OUR FLOOD PRODUCTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THIS NEW WAVE OF RIVER FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST THROUGHOUT THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT. SOME SEVERE STORMS APPEAR LIKELY...AHEAD OF AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND A FEW TORNADOES WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AT TIMES TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 204 AM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 MOZ100-107-109-310745- BUTLER MO-CARTER MO-WAYNE MO- 204 AM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WAYNE...CENTRAL CARTER AND NORTHWESTERN BUTLER COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 245 AM CDT... AT 202 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR VAN BUREN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM....ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED INCLUDE... GREENVILLE...LAKE WAPPAPELLO STATE PARK...HUNTER...ELLSINORE... BRUSH ARBOR...WILLIAMSVILLE...HENDRICKSON...SHOOK AND MILL SPRING. MEFFERT
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding began along the Mississippi River once again. Some low-lying bottomland fields were underwater. The flooding persisted into June.
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