Minor flooding occurred along the Wabash River. Significant rains did not fall in central and southern Indiana until the 10th and 11th.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
Minor flooding occurred along the Wabash River. Significant rains did not fall in central and southern Indiana until the 10th and 11th. Rains of 1 to slightly more than 2 inches caused lowland river flooding in the Wabash Valley about mid-month.
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 14, 11:48 AM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Paducah KY 1248 PM CDT THU APR 14 2016 .UPDATE... Issued at 1248 PM CDT Thu Apr 14 2016 The AVIATION section has been updated for the 18Z TAF issuance. && .SHORT TERM...(Today through Saturday night) Issued at 327 AM CDT Thu Apr 14 2016 Wvapor showed the upper low center over scntrl MO. Some light returns on radar south of a KPOF-KCEY line. The hi res data suggests the best chance of light showers will continue in this area through mid morning. For the rest of the day, PoPs for convection will expand northward somewhat. Best chance PoPs will be across west KY. Both the GFS and NAM show some instability developing into the afternoon. Thus will carry slight chance TSRA mention just in case. This is supported by the SPC day 1 general thunder area as well. Shower chances will continue tonight into Friday morning as the upper low center passes just to our south. It will weaken and drift SE Friday afternoon through Saturday. Will go with a dry forecast Friday night through Saturday night. Temperatures today will be driven mostly by MOS and hi res data. Coolest readings will be near the TN/MO state lines where more clouds will be present along with the best chance of precip. After that used a MOS, persistence blend. .LONG TERM...(Sunday through Wednesday) Issued at 327 AM CDT Thu Apr 14 2016 In the extended forecast period, the Omega blocking pattern is maintained across the WFO PAH forecast area through Sunday, when the ridge breaks down and a Rex block sets up just to the west of the area by Tuesday. Most of the energy from the attendant Rex Block low is funneled into confluent flow over most of the WFO PAH forecast area, with the exception of mainly Southeast Missouri through Wednesday. By Thursday, the flow across the nation is becoming more zonal, shifting precipitation chances to the east. The ECMWF has been surprisingly consistent with the erosion of the Omega block in favor of a western U.S. Rex block since late last week. The GFS guidance has been picking up on this shift and both show some similarity in the patten enough to follow them through the extended forecast period for PoP and Weather. && .AVIATION... Issued at 1248 PM CDT Thu Apr 14 2016 A significant increase in low-level moisture is currently pushing to the north and west and will impact KPAH and KCGI through the period. Scattered showers may impact KPAH along with a periodic MVFR ceiling this afternoon, but guidance is in agreement that ceilings will return to VFR levels early this evening and stay that way through the end of the forecast. This is a bit counterintuitive looking at latest observational trends over west TN. The impact at KCGI is only expected to be in the form of prevailing MVFR, if not, IFR ceilings from late this afternoon through the end of the forecast. VFR conditions are expected at KOWB and KEVV. && .PAH Watches/Warnings/Advisories... IL...None. MO...None. IN...None. KY...None. && UPDATE...DRS AVIATION...DRS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 333 AM CDT THU APR 14 2016 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-151000- JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION-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- 333 AM CDT THU APR 14 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...MAINLY ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY AND PERHAPS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND THE SOUTHERN TIP OF ILLINOIS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding occurred along the Wabash River. All oil field production ceased with the exception of pumping units on substructures. Access to these was by boat only. Bottomland woods and fields were underwater.
Minor flooding occurred along the Wabash River. Low-lying fields and woodlands near the river were inundated.
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