Subj : MESO: Nws Weather Prediction Center College Park Md To : wx-storm@lists.illinois.edu From : COD Weather Processor Date : Thu Feb 06 2025 21:59:44 AWUS01 KWNH 062159 FFGMPD VAZ000-WVZ000-TNZ000-KYZ000-INZ000-070357- Mesoscale Precipitation Discussion 0024 NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 458 PM EST Thu Feb 06 2025 Areas affected...portions of KY and southwest VA Concerning...Heavy rainfall...Flash flooding possible Valid 062157Z - 070357Z Summary...Showers and thunderstorms within a saturated atmospheric column over saturated soils are expected to lead to hourly rain totals to 1.5" and local amounts to 3". This could lead to flash flooding over saturated soils and urban areas. Discussion...Recent radar imagery shows quick-moving but scattered showers and thunderstorms forming and moving through western KY at the present time. They are elevated in nature and forming on the back side of a frontal zone with a few surface waves on the south side of a broad shortwave trough in the Great Lakes, utilizing 500-1000 J/kg of MU CAPE. Other activity to the southeast is much closer to the surface front. At the moment, the flat wave in western TN is closest to the back edge of the convection.=20 Precipitable water values of 0.75-1.25" lie across the region within a cool air mass, leading to almost complete saturation.=20 Effective bulk shear is ~50 kts, which is enough for both linear convective organization and mesocyclone formation. Flash flood guidance values are fairly low, roughly 1" in three hours -- within the past 24 hours, 1-3" of rain fell in this area. With the expectation of 0.5"+ an hour totals, possibly as high as 1.5" in an hour, expected over the next several hours as the storms propagate generally east-southeast parallel to thickness lines, flash flood guidance exceedance could occur in scattered spots where cells can train/two or more mesocyclones can align.=20 The progressive frontal boundary and quick cell movement should keep rain amounts from getting exceptionally high. Hourly totals to 1.5" with local amounts to 3" are the expectation, which could lead to flash flooding in urban areas and over saturated soils and hilly topography. Roth ....Please see https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov__;!!= DZ3fjg!4hjqNsAz6I_CgvsCe2AdIOO_gfHq22emXLJFkkxZcrzBwWbHk8xyOFB25QZTRoWSnQ43= PyYx9RdN4MljM43fwdPmtzI$ for graphic product... ATTN...WFO...JKL...LMK...MRX...OHX...PAH...RLX...RNK... ATTN...RFC...LMRFC...OHRFC...NWC... LAT...LON 38228453 37108114 36598259 36368416 36528789=20 38218643=20 =3D =3D =3D To unsubscribe from WX-STORM and you already have a login, go to https://lists.illinois.edu and use the "Unsubscribe" link. Otherwise email Chris Novy at cnovy@cox.net and ask to be removed from WX-STORM. --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105) .