During the first week of the month, two storm systems moved out of the southern Plains. 5 inches.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
During the first week of the month, two storm systems moved out of the southern Plains. Scattered showers and thunderstorms brought around an inch of rain on average, while a few locations received up to 2.5 inches. Rises on the Mississippi River were sufficient for some minor flooding in a few areas.
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 May 7, 6:00 PM CST, 0 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Paducah KY 700 PM CDT Sat May 7 2022 .UPDATE... Issued at 700 PM CDT Sat May 7 2022 Updated aviation discussion. && .SHORT TERM...(Tonight through Monday night) Issued at 251 PM CDT Sat May 7 2022 "Big Bubble, No Trouble!" is what we sometimes like to say in the weather world. Looking for a rather tranquil short term period as an upper level ridge of high pressure gradually shifts east into the region, then becomes nearly stationary. By Sunday afternoon, this ridge is expected to stretch all the way from the central Gulf Coast northward through the lower Ohio River Valley and up into southeast Canada. The associated surface high will end up farther east toward the East Coast. Winds on the back side of this high will become more southerly with time as this occurs, leading to an extensive warming trend. Temperatures in the lower to mid 70s Sunday afternoon will be replaced by mid 80s at most locations on Monday. Humidity levels should also remain comfortable too through Monday. .LONG TERM...(Tuesday through Saturday) Issued at 251 PM CDT Sat May 7 2022 The extended forecast period starts in the third day of a narrow blocking ridge axis centered directly over the WFO PAH forecast area. The ridge maximizes over the area Tuesday and Wednesday, slowly weakening in depth (by just 20-30 decameters) by Friday. Although the NBM initialization has been a little more responsive with max/min temperatures recently, still utilized a blend of the NBM and ECMWF for high temperatures in the extended forecast period. For most locations, this will still be 5 to 7 degrees above normal. The main uncertainty will be how much boundary layer moistening will be realized under the subsidence layer with the ridge. Kept the NBM initialization for dewpoints in place for now, but this may restrict temperatures from getting well into the lower 90s across the WFO PAH forecast area. For now, kept Tuesday as the warmest day, gradually in the upper 80s to near 90 for the remainder of the week. Downplayed the NBM initialization for the PoPs going into Friday until there is more continuity on the location of the broad trough in the northwest quarter of the WFO PAH forecast area and the forecast retrograding of the closed low that has departed the WFO PAH forecast area this Saturday. Will see how this blocking ridge pattern persists this upcoming week. && .AVIATION... Issued at 700 PM CDT Sat May 7 2022 As ridging aloft continues to build in tonight, the loss of the sun's energy will help to dissipate VFR cigs in the eastern third of the region over the next few hours. Winds overnight are forecast to go generally light and variable, but mostly out of the east. Winds will veer further during the day Sun to the southeast, with speeds in the afternoon above 12 knots over southern IL and southeastern MO, and less elsewhere. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...None. MO...None. IN...None. KY...None. && SHORT TERM...GM LONG TERM...Smith AVIATION...DB
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Paducah KY 232 PM CDT Sat May 7 2022 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-081945- 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- 232 PM CDT Sat May 7 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, western Kentucky, and southeast Missouri. .DAY ONE...Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding occurred on the Mississippi River. Some low-lying fields near the river were flooded.
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