Minor river flooding occurred in response to a combination of snowmelt and heavy rain. A warm front lifted north, helping temperatures reach near 70 degrees by the 20th.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
Minor river flooding occurred in response to a combination of snowmelt and heavy rain. A warm front lifted north, helping temperatures reach near 70 degrees by the 20th. Ice and snowmelt ran off into the rivers. This runoff, combined with heavy showers and thunderstorms ahead of a cold front, caused rises in the rivers.
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 Feb 24, 10:58 AM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1058 AM CST Mon Feb 24 2014 .SHORT TERM...(Today through Wednesday) ISSUED AT 208 AM CST MON FEB 24 2014 A cold short term forecast will be primarily a dry one, with one exception. A reinforcing shot of cold air comes Tuesday night, and with it, a chance of pcpn. Layered thicknesses support all snow, and a few hundredths of an inch qpf means measurable pops and possibly a dusting. Will make these adjustments to the grids accordingly. Otherwise anticipate a continuation of our cold 'winter' with 40s and teens/20s the rule thru the period. .LONG TERM...(Wednesday Night through Monday Night) ISSUED AT 340 AM CST MON FEB 24 2014 As this week's forecast has evolved and moved through the extended forecast period, the challenge has been trying to threat the needle between the northern and southern wind streams that bisect the nation. The seemingly semi-permanent cyclonic vortex northeast of the Great Lakes and the California coastal ridge axis have oriented a west-northwest flow across the WFO PAH forecast area. Run to run numerical model differences with channeled vorticity associated with sheared out shortwaves in the northern stream or minor shortwaves riding over the western U.S. ridge continue to create some timing/spatial differences on potential precipitation scenarios. Despite these variations, two items remain consistent. The first is the impact of the peak cold air advection Monday and Tuesday, leading to the coldest day of the week on Wednesday morning. The second is the more prolonged, but lower PoP events Friday and Friday night, then again next Sunday into Monday. The precipitation events moving into next weekend are impacted by a prominent shortwave moving into the west coast, that temporarily pushes the ridge into the eastern Pacific and generates southwest flow aloft over the WFO PAH forecast area, creating greater baroclinicity in the vicinity of the inverted trough in the Lower Mississippi valley. With cold air still in place, had to consider a rain, snow, rain/snow mix during this time period. && .AVIATION... ISSUED AT 1058 AM CST MON FEB 24 2014 VFR conditions through tonight. Generally NNE winds below 10 kts with occasional mid and high clouds. && .FIRE WEATHER... ISSUED AT 340 AM CST MON FEB 24 2014 It appears that the more significant element this week will be the minimum daytime relative humidity. The expected minimum relative humidity for today (Monday) is somewhat lower than what has been previously forecast, running into the 20-30 percent range now. The more consistent signal for low relative humidity is Wednesday, where minimum daytime relative humidity values are still expected to fall into the 15 to 25 percent range. There was previously lower Relative Humidity values for Thursday and Friday, but RH's have become somewhat inconsistent. Will have to monitor and act accordingly. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...NONE. MO...NONE. IN...NONE. KY...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 302 AM CST MON FEB 24 2014 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-251100- 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- 302 AM CST MON FEB 24 2014 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY LIGHT DUSTINGS OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT...FRIDAY...AND FRIDAY NIGHT AS WEAK WEATHER SYSTEMS CROSS THE AREA WITH REINFORCING SHOTS OF COLD AIR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
907 AM CST MON FEB 24 2014
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0430 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 WSW OAK RIDGE 37.49N 89.76W
02/20/2014 CAPE GIRARDEAU MO EMERGENCY MNGR
CARPORT DESTROYED AT 275 BRADFORD LN, OAK RIDGE MO. THE
CARPORT WAS PULLED OUT OF THE GROUND AND MOVED ABOUT 30
FT WHERE IT STOPPED AGAINST ANOTHER BUILDING.
0510 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 S CARBONDALE 37.70N 89.22W
02/20/2014 JACKSON IL NWS STORM SURVEY
LIMBS DOWN. SCATTERED LIMBS DOWN ACROSS COUNTY
0530 PM TSTM WND DMG CARTERVILLE 37.76N 89.08W
02/20/2014 WILLIAMSON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
LIMBS DOWN ALONG HWY 13. SCATTER LIMBS DOWN ACROSS
COUNTY.
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PSThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding occurred along the Ohio River. Some low-lying fields and woodlands near the river were inundated. The flooding continued into March.
Minor flooding occurred along the Wabash River. A Mt. Carmel city street that parallels the river was closed. A local restaurant along the river also was closed. Several local river roads flooded. All oil field production ceased with the exception of pumping units on substructures. Access to these was by boat only. Many river cabins became inaccessible.The flooding continued into March.
Minor flooding occurred along the Wabash River. Some low-lying woods and fields near the river were underwater. The flooding continued into March.
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