Major Flooding expected along Green River at Paradise.

http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=pah&gage=prdk2&view=1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1

Storm Report Hopkins County.

05/02/2010 0830 am

Madisonville, Hopkins County.

Flash flood, reported by dept of highways.


US 62 closed between mile markers 16 and 18 due to high
water. US 41 closed between mile markers 16 and 17.
Several other seconary roads closed through the County

Flood Update

The heavier rain in West KY is moving out, a half inch to near an inch in SE Christian and Todd is expected. Several road closures across Western Kentucky. Parts of US 45 is closed in Mayfield, 2 feet of water near homes in Princeton. Several road closures in Christian, Calloway, Trigg, Todd, Hopkins, Lyon, Muhlenberg, Mclean, Henderson, and Daviess County. If your not sure roads are open stay at home.

Mayfield Storm Report

05/02/2010 0830 am Mayfield, Graves County. Flash flood, reported by dept of highways. Countywide Road closures. US Hwy 45 closed between mile marker one and two with water over Road. KY 1124 between mile marker zero and one closed due to washed out cross drain.

This is the final some flooding in West with evacuations. Later in the morning I will update everyone on this big time flood event in KY and TN that hit us.

Severe storm confidence level of 2 out of 5, and flooding confidence level of 4 out of 5 for Sunday. In West KY

Tornado Warning for Trigg County, SE Caldwell County, SE Lyon County, Central Christian County. Tornado Reported in Blackhawk. Areas in the path of this storm. Canton, Cadiz, Hopkinsville, Cobb, and Crofton.

http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=pah&wwa=flash%20flood%20warning
Flash Flood Warnings for West KY till 6:15am road closures have been reported to the NWS be careful.

TORNADO WARNING
KYC033-047-107-143-221-020715-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0024.100502T0639Z-100502T0715Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
139 AM CDT SUN MAY 2 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
 CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
 NORTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
 WESTERN HOPKINS COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
 EAST CENTRAL LYON COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
 NORTHEASTERN TRIGG COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 215 AM CDT.

* AT 135 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF PRINCETON...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EDDYVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THIS CIRCULATION WILL PASS OVER I-24 BY 145 AM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED...
 PRINCETON AND COBB BY 145 AM CDT...
 DAWSON SPRINGS AND OLNEY BY 155 AM CDT...
 CROFTON BY 200 AM CDT...
 EARLINGTON BY 210 AM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ABOUT HALF OF TORNADO DEATHS OCCUR IN MOBILE HOMES. IF YOU ARE IN ONE
NOW...MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO A MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER SUCH AS A NEARBY
HOME.

&&

LAT...LON 3742 8754 3704 8746 3688 8796 3704 8808
TIME...MOT...LOC 0638Z 230DEG 48KT 3701 8794

$$
PS

Several new West KY tornado Warnings. Lyon County, NW Trigg, and SE Marshall County Tornado Warning. 8 miles NW of Energy and just north of Land Between the Lakes area. Another Tornado Warning is in effect for the Mayfield/Graves County area.

Well defined rotation just to the west of Fulton. A tornado could well be on the ground with that storm.

Tornado Warning

SE Graves, Calloway, and Marshall Counties.

Tornado Warning for East Lyon, Caldwell Critteneden County KY

http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=KYZ013&warncounty=KYC033&firewxzone=KYZ013&local_place1=3+Miles+SE+Fredonia+KY&product1=Tornado+Warning

Two areas of storms

Two areas of storms appear to threaten to West KY. First is the hailers across Hopkins, Mclean,Muhlenberg County. These storms have produced golf ball sized hail. Those are part of storms that could cause some flooding, and more severe weather as they move from Mid TN into West KY.

Another area is a bow echo approaching the far west ky area. There is a confirmed tornado in the TN side of the storm. That storm may move towards Fulton/Mayfield KY area and will have to be watched.

Update: A Big time event is continuing across West KY and Mid TN. The situation is becoming a little more dire as some of the storms are quite severe, and are moving over flooded areas. One supercell is moving towards the Franklin TN area. Very large hail golfball size or bigger is possible in NW Mid TN and SW and South Central KY.

Tornado Watch 129 for West KY

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0129.html

Two forms areas of severe storms are concerns for tonight into early tomm. Mainly from 11pm-6:30am. One is the cluster of the supercells in East Arkansas will move into SW KY, West Mid TN overnight. Another is a few storms that could rotate may form in a boundary as it moves across West and SW Mid TN. Storms could produce Flooding, Hail, Damaging Winds, and Tornadoes.

http://radar.weather.gov/radar_lite.php?rid=ohx&product=NTP&loop=no

Radar map for Mid TN.

Watch out for 3 to 5 inches of more rain locally 7 for the rest of tonight, and tomorrow to add to the 4 to 13 inches of rain already. This is predicted from a Parsons to Paris TN to Murray KY, and south of Webster and Mclean Counties. Some areas by the time all set is done early Monday in South Central KY and Mid T...N could have 7 to 19 inches of rain from Fri Night to Monday morning.

http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=pah&gage=prdk2&view=1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1

Watch out for rivers to. This is for the Green River in Paradise this river will be in Major Flood Stage for days to come.

Update on Map

Normal Tornadic Storm Index of 3 out of 5. All of West KY is now under a Moderate Risk. With a High Risk back in Arkansas and West Tennessee.

Severe/Flood Outbreak possible

Some storms esp. later on this evening may produce flash flooding, large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes.

Call map

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Tornado Warning for Christian and NW and North Todd Counties. Till 4:30 Pembroke, Hopkinsville, Pilot Rock area are in the path. Still doppler indicated so wind is probably the main threat, with a chance of a brief tornado spinup http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=KYZ022&warncounty=KYC219&firewxzone=KYZ022&local_place1=Allegre+KY&product1=Tornado+Warning

Tornado Warning for SE Trigg, and Central and Souther Christian Counties in KY. Doppler Radar indicated rotation 11 SW of Cadiz or 24 miles SW of Hopkinsville moving Northeast locations in the warning inculde Hopkinsville.

Tornado Warning for Calloway and Trigg

TORNADO WARNING
KYC035-221-010830-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0013.100501T0757Z-100501T0830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
257 AM CDT SAT MAY 1 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
 EASTERN CALLOWAY COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
 SOUTHERN TRIGG COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT.

* AT 255 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 18 MILES
 SOUTHWEST OF CANTON...OR 7 MILES EAST OF MURRAY....MOVING NORTHEAST
 AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED...
 CANTON BY 315 AM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

NOW IS THE TIME TO IMPLEMENT YOUR TORNADO PLAN OF ACTION. SEEK
SHELTER INDOORS IN A BASEMENT...OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A HOME OR BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3669 8825 3687 8786 3668 8774 3664 8786
     3667 8788 3667 8806 3657 8804 3652 8816
TIME...MOT...LOC 0757Z 243DEG 42KT 3662 8817

$$

MDT risk of severe wx and flood event

MDT Risk of Severe Weather along with potential major flash flood threat. This could be a rocky night for anyone who is hosting any local prom or local events.

Tornado Wath 121 for rest of West KY till 7am

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0121.html