Heavy rainfall in late April caused rises on the Green River into early May. The Green River rose slightly above flood stage at Paradise.
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Heavy rainfall in late April caused rises on the Green River into early May. The Green River rose slightly above flood stage at Paradise.
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 30, 10:54 PM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1154 PM CDT Wed Apr 30 2014 .SHORT TERM...(Tonight through Friday night) Issued at 244 PM CDT WED APR 30 2014 A surface low over the Great Lakes region will continue to circulate some moisture south into the PAH forecast area. Clouds will decrease tonight, but increase again on Thursday primarily due to heating. GFS and ECMWF both bring the hundredth line into northern portions of our area Thursday, while NAM and GEM keep it dry, so just went with a small chance of sprinkles for southwest Indiana and a small portion of southern Illinois in the afternoon. Unseasonably cool conditions will persist with west to northwest winds, with lows tonight into the lower 40s, and highs Thursday in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Clouds will again decrease/retreat northward Thursday night as the low moves slowly north. Diurnal heating will again bring an increase in clouds on Friday, but probably a little less then Thursday. ECMWF again brings the hundredth line into our northern counties, but the rest of the models keep us dry, so went with a dry forecast. Temperatures Thursday night will again drop into the lower 40s. On Friday, with a bit more sunshine and winds becoming west-southwest, temperatures will reach the lower to middle 60s, with lows Friday night in the middle 40s. .LONG TERM...(Saturday through Wednesday) Issued at 244 PM CDT WED APR 30 2014 Dry extended period with gradually warming temperatures. We will start off the period with northwest flow aloft but upper heights will be rising as an upper level ridge slowly builds over the region. Meanwhile, at the sfc, a weak frontal boundary will make its way south into the region. The front should be entering the northern counties by 12Z Sunday...but then stall out somewhere over the CWA. There is not enough moisture to really work with to warrant inclusion of any pops. However, if any rain were to form, the best chances would be across northern parts of southern IL and southwest IN...mainly on Sunday into Sunday night. Models differ on timing of when to lift this front back north as a warm front. While no precipitation is expected, there will be challenges as far as wind direction and temperatures. But looking at the newest guidance, there is not too much difference in temperature to worry about. We should see a steady increase in temperatures as we slowly get deeper and deeper into the warm sector. Highs in the upper 70s to lower 80s seems reasonable by the end of the weekend and definitely into early next week. && .AVIATION... Issued at 1152 PM CDT WED APR 30 2014 With the exception of slightly more dynamic bands of mixing of cloud parcels around the upper low, most of the diurnal cold air stratocumulus has dissipated across the region this evening. For the WFO PAH TAF sites, also reduced coverage of VFR clouds and ceilings with time and kept the TEMPO group for most locations to account for significant midday mixing. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...NONE. MO...NONE. IN...NONE. KY...NONE. && SHORT TERM...RST LONG TERM...CW AVIATION...Smith
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 306 AM CDT WED APR 30 2014 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- 306 AM CDT WED APR 30 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. DRS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding occurred on the Green River. Some low-lying woods and fields near the river were inundated.
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