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 22, 4:17 PM EST, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 317 PM CST Sat Feb 22 2014 .SHORT TERM...(Tonight through Monday night) ISSUED AT 312 PM CST SAT FEB 22 2014 Not much to discuss in the short term. A frontal boundary is forecast to sag slowly southeast across our CWA tonight and be well to our south and east by midday Sunday. Behind it high pressure will begin to overspread the region on Sunday. Latest model runs now hinting at a light precipitation event Sunday afternoon. There is broad cyclonic flow aloft, but with so much downward motion in the lower levels, or so you would expect with the high building in, one would think the chance for precipitation would be virtually non-existant, but maybe not so. After digging a little deeper into what the models could possibly be keying on, there will apparently be decent isentropic upglide on the I295 surface coincident with just enough moisture to perhaps squeeze out a drop or two. Therefore, added sprinkles to the northwest half of the CWA between 18-21Z (noon-3 PM) and over the southeast half between 21-00Z (3-6 PM). Beyond that the aforementioned surface high pressure combined with the lack of moisture and upper level disturbances/perturbations should keep the region dry through the rest of the short term period. In the wake of the frontal passage, temperatures will drop back to below normal through the remainder of the period. .LONG TERM...(Tuesday through Saturday) ISSUED AT 312 PM CST SAT FEB 22 2014 Overall pattern will be a continuation of the eastern trough/western ridge that has prevailed most of the winter. This translates into unseasonably cold and dry conditions for our area. As far as the daily details... Cloudiness will increase Tuesday ahead of a fast moving 500 mb shortwave in the northwest flow aloft. There may be a few showers in the afternoon...but overall it should be dry. Any leftover showers in the evening will change to snow showers Tuesday night. On Wednesday...a very cold and dry Arctic air mass will be in place. This air mass will be associated with a 1035 mb surface high over the Plains states. Despite 850 mb temps around minus 15C in the morning...highs should be close to 30 degrees due to full sunshine and bare ground. On Wednesday night and Thursday...cold and dry conditions will continue as a surface ridge passes across the Lower Ohio Valley. Lows Wed night will depend on the strength and positioning of the surface ridge. There is about a 10 degree difference between the 00z ecmwf and 12z gfs mos lows for PAH. Will shade temps a little lower than the multi model blend...which is a compromise between the two mos values. On Friday...the 12z ecmwf/gfs agree that a southern stream 500 mb shortwave will move east from the southern Plains across the Lower Mississippi Valley. The associated surface low will move along the Gulf coast. Both models and the gfs ensemble mean indicate the northern fringe of the qpf will brush the southern border of Missouri and Kentucky. Will not introduce any pops at this time. There will be plenty of time to watch model trends as this system is six days out. Model variability is very high for Saturday. Will forecast dry conditions with temps remaining below normal. && .AVIATION... ISSUED AT 312 PM CST SAT FEB 22 2014 VFR conditions expected at all sites through most of the period. As a front settles in over the area overnight, cigs may decrease to MVFR starting around 14-15Z. South southwest winds aob 10 knots will swing around to the north to northeast after 08Z. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...NONE. MO...NONE. IN...NONE. KY...NONE. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION...JP LONG TERM/FIRE WX...MY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 309 AM CST SAT FEB 22 2014 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-231100- 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- 309 AM CST SAT FEB 22 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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT...BUT MINIMAL IMPACT IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding occurred along the White River. Bottomland woods and fields were underwater. Several county roads were flooded. The flooding continued into March.
Minor flooding occurred along the White River. Many low-lying woods and fields were underwater. Some river cabins were affected. A couple of Hazleton city streets were flooded, along with at least one rural county road. Low-lying oil fields were inundated. Flood gates were installed at Hazleton. Floodwaters covered the Hazleton softball field. The flooding continued into March.
Minor flooding occurred along the Ohio River. Low-lying fields and woodlands near the river were inundated. The flooding continued into March.
Minor flooding occurred along the Ohio River. Low-lying fields and woodlands near the river were inundated. The flooding continued into March.
Minor flooding occurred along the Wabash River. Flood waters began to affect residents of East Mt. Carmel, Indiana. Several local river roads were 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. Low-lying fields and woodlands near the river were flooded. The flooding continued into March.
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