• Heavy Rain/Flood TN to IN

    From Mike Powell@618:250/1 to All on Fri Apr 4 18:29:00 2025
    AWUS01 KWNH 042113
    FFGMPD
    TNZ000-KYZ000-INZ000-ILZ000-MSZ000-MOZ000-ARZ000-050210-

    Mesoscale Precipitation Discussion 0122
    NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
    512 PM EDT Fri Apr 04 2025

    Areas affected...western TN into KY and far southern IN

    Concerning...Heavy rainfall...Flash flooding possible

    Valid 042108Z - 050210Z

    SUMMARY...Brief training of scattered thunderstorms will pose a
    possible risk of isolated to widely scattered areas of renewed
    flash flooding across saturated soils of western TN into KY and
    the OH Valley through 02Z. While storm coverage is a bit
    uncertain, rainfall rates of 1-2 in/hr will be possible if/where
    cells are able to repeat/train.

    DISCUSSION...Visible satellite and radar imagery across the OH
    Valley at 21Z showed scattered thunderstorms, some organized
    supercells, from western TN into portions of southern KY. The
    cells were located along or south of a slow moving warm front
    which was analyzed WSW to ENE from the MO Bootheel into southern
    KY. While better forcing and thunderstorm coverage was located
    well to the west of this region (northeastern TX into southern
    MO), sufficient instability, daytime heating, frontal convergence
    and subtle/weak remnant boundaries from prior convection were
    helping to develop storms south of the front.

    Storm motions for most cells should be from the SW to WSW between
    30-40 kt, not a major concern for flash flooding and expectations
    are for cell coverage to remain scattered through the evening.
    However, there is some low-end potential for additional cell
    development on the heels of existing cells to set up a window for
    short term training from SW to NE. Given the highly sensitive,
    saturated soils from 4 to as much as an estimated 10 inches of
    rain over the past 48 hours, the potential for another quick 1-2
    inches could result in isolated to widely scattered flash flooding
    into the evening hours.

    Otto

    ATTN...WFO...ILN...JKL...LMK...MEG...MRX...OHX...PAH...

    ATTN...RFC...LMRFC...OHRFC...NWC...

    LAT...LON 38498606 38478456 37968313 37658271 37178297
    36518443 36098633 34958869 35098962 35728981
    36828929 37808796

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