000 AWUS83 KPAH 030930 RWSPAH ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-032030- WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 430 AM CDT THU APR 3 2008 AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS MUCH OF THE QUAD STATE LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND EARLY THIS MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS AVERAGED AROUND A QUARTER INCH FROM POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI TO PADUCAH KENTUCKY WITH MUCH LESSER AMOUNTS FARTHER NORTH AND EAST. BY 4 AM...THE RAINS HAD SPREAD OVER ALL OF THE REGION...EXCEPT SOUTHWEST INDIANA. TEMPERATURES WERE FAIRLY UNIFORM IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 40S THROUGHOUT THE QUAD STATE. A STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE QUAD STATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS BOUNDARY WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL...AS MULTIPLE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAINS...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION FOR THE WEEKEND...RESULTING IN MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. ANOTHER SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL BRING CHANCES OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE MILD. $$ AD