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Weather service offers course to learn about weather terms

Submitted by ChadSewich on Saturday, May 18th, 9:50 pm

A unique class will soon be offered by the Paducah National Weather Service.

The Severe Weather Product Interpretation Webinar will be held on Tuesday, May 21st from 6:30pm to 7:30pm.

According to the description, the class is designed to teach the public about "severe weather graphical products and indices useful for better understanding SPC and WFO discussions as well as for individual product understanding."

Essentially, if there are terms you hear the National Weather Service talk about, but aren't sure what they mean, this

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Wabash River falling

Submitted by Byron Douglas on Tuesday, May 7th, 10:02 am

Despite torrential rainfall this past weekend, the Wabash River will continue a slow fall. On average, many areas received 2-inches of rain. However, the Wabash River, will drop below flood stage in all locations on Sunday.

Mt. Carmel is at 21. 7 feet and will drop below flood stage(19 feet) by Sunday morning. New Harmony is at 16.7 feet and will drop below flood stage (15 feet) on Sunday.

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Flood warnings continue for area rivers

Submitted by ChadSewich on Tuesday, May 7th, 5:30 am

Steady rains this past weekend dropped 1 to 3 inches in most areas, slowing several rivers from dropping to below flood stage.

The Little Wabash River near Clay City was at 20 feet as of Monday night. Flood stage is 18 feet, resulting in minor flooding in the area. The river is forecast to drlop to below flood stage by early Friday morning.

At Carmi, the Little Wabash was at 29.9 feet on Monday night with a flood stage of 27 feet. The river is expected to fall below flood stage in Carmi by Sunday afternoon.

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Jeff updates expected rainfall; weekend forecast

Submitted by Rich Miller, Web Producer

Friday, May 3rd, 2013, 2:34pm

Jeff updates expected rainfall; weekend forecast

14 News Chief Meteorologist Jeff Lyons says a cold front to our west will bring widespread moderate to heavy rainfall over the weekend. Showers and a few imbedded thunderstorms will move into the Tri-State before midnight and will continue through Saturday and Sunday.

Total rainfall of 2-3" appears likely, and this may cause some localized flooding and also prolong flooding conditions along the Wabash and Little Wabash Rivers.

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April almost a record-setter in Illinois

Submitted by Rich Miller, Web Producer

Thursday, May 2nd, 2013, 3:08pm

April almost a record-setter in Illinois

April was the fourth wettest on record for Illinois with 6.90 inches of rain, according to Illinois State Climatologist Jim Angel at the Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois. That total was 3.13 inches above the long-term average of 3.77 inches for the month.

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River levels dropping

Submitted by ChadSewich on Wednesday, May 1st, 6:31 am

After peaking at 30.24' and creating moderate flooding conditions, the Wabash River in Mount Carmel continues to drop.

As of Wednesday morning, the Mount Carmel river guage is down to 28.7'. That's still considered moderate flooding, but the trend is for water levels to continue to drop through next week.

Mount Carmel will see the Wabash drop to 24.8' by Saturday, which is considered minor flooding. By next Wednesday, May 8th, the river is forecast to be below flood stage at 18.5'.

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