The Ohio River rose a little over flood stage about mid-month. There were no heavy rain events that caused a sudden rise.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
The Ohio River rose a little over flood stage about mid-month. There were no heavy rain events that caused a sudden rise. Instead, the river rose slowly due to a combination of rainfall and snowmelt.
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 9, 11:59 AM CST, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1159 AM CST Sun Feb 9 2014 .UPDATE... Updated aviation discussion only. && .SHORT TERM...(Today through Tuesday night) ISSUED AT 222 AM CST SUN FEB 9 2014 Mid level wave across the region helping sustain the flurries and light drizzle/freezing drizzle. This activity should head on to the east along with the mid level s/wv. Clouds will remain through the day. The focus this afternoon will be on a zone of increasing frontogenetical forcing at h8/h7, and isentropic lift (290/295K) across the northern 1/2 of the CWFA. Raised PoPs to likely for this afternoon and into the evening across southern IL, into southwest IN, and northwest KY. Could see 1" accumulations, maybe slightly higher in some spots. QPF is not too impressive. Features aloft are subtle at best. May handle the minor event with a SPS. Models hang on to moisture and subtle lift even late tonight across the SSW 1/2 of the CWFA. Will keep small chance PoPs going in this area for light snow. NAM seems to be the most aggressive with this notion. Drier air works in from the north Monday. Only have slight chance PoPs for light snow far SSW counties near the TN/AR state lines. Dry Monday night through Tuesday night. Other noteworthy item in the forecast is the return of arctic air...again Monday through Tuesday night. This should be the last of the arctic air, at least through this forecast cycle. Details in the long term section. .LONG TERM...(Wednesday through Saturday) ISSUED AT 222 AM CST SUN FEB 9 2014 A gradual warmup is expected during the long term period as the upper level flow pattern becomes less amplified. A couple of mid level shortwaves will bring slight chances of light rain or snow... but the timing and intensity of the shortwaves varies among the models. As far as the daily details... On Wednesday...the last of the arctic surface highs will gradually weaken and move east. Temps will moderate slowly...but still struggle to reach freezing over snow cover. A 500 mb shortwave in the west/northwest flow aloft is expected to bring some cloudiness...which could further slow the warming trend. The 00z ecmwf sharpens the shortwave trough much more quickly than other models...and even brings some light precip across western KY. This is an outlier among the models. Forecast will be kept dry at this time. On Wednesday night and Thursday...increasing southwest low level flow will bring milder temps. There is some concern that milder southwest winds over snow and ice will lead to low stratus/fog/drizzle or freezing drizzle...similar to what is occurring early this morning. If this occurs...it would result in milder overnight lows and colder daytime highs than currently forecast. Probability of low stratus and freezing drizzle or drizzle is too low to include in the forecast 5 days out. Friday through Saturday...a 500 mb shortwave will likely bring a cold front into our region. Ahead of the front...there will be a chance of some light rain or snow. The air mass behind the front will be of Pacific origin...with post frontal temps about the same as pre frontal temps. && .AVIATION... ISSUED AT 1159 AM CST SUN FEB 9 2014 Winds will be out of the north or nw through the 18z TAF period below 12 kts. Cigs are forecast to be MVFR most of the time, with likely IFR cigs in the nrn half of the PAH forecast area (including KEVV/KOWB terminals) in the evening. Light snow is likely in parts of the nrn half of the region by late afternoon, with widespread vsby restrictions no lower than MVFR expected. Later in the evening, light snow is possible farther south, but its extent and timing are still in question for the KCGI/KPAH terminals. Updates will be forthcoming. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...NONE. MO...NONE. IN...NONE. KY...NONE. && AVIATION...DB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 323 AM CST SUN FEB 9 2014 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-101100- 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- 323 AM CST SUN FEB 9 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. REFER TO THE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AND DEPTH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding occurred along the Ohio River. Some low-lying fields and woodlands were inundated, along with a boat ramp.
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