Alert archive / Kentucky / High Wind Warnings in 2009
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this high wind warning at Feb 10, 2009, 12:44 PM CST for 4 states. It took effect at Feb 11, 2009, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 16 hr. 56 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 10, 2009, 12:44 PM CST (18:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 11, 2009, 3:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2009, 7:27 PM CST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
All 58 counties
Alexander County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Gibson County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Ballard County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Perry County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 9:00 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | Calvert City, KY | |
| Feb 11, 9:45 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 47 | Metropolis, IL | |
| Feb 11, 9:59 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 42 | Hopkinsville, KY | |
| Feb 11, 10:24 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 46 | Poplar Bluff, MO | |
| Feb 11, 10:45 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 46 | 7 Se Hopkinsville, KY | REPORTED AT I-24 AT EXIT 73 |
| Feb 11, 11:00 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 10 E Hopkinsville, KY | LATE REPORT...SECTIONS OF TIN ROOF BLOWN OFF OF BARN. |
| Feb 11, 11:00 AM CST | TSTM WND GST 60 | Dawson Springs, KY | |
| Feb 11, 11:00 AM CST | TSTM WND GST 60 | Hopkinsville, KY | |
| Feb 11, 11:05 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 45 | Cairo, IL | |
| Feb 11, 11:07 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | Fort Campbell North, KY | |
| Feb 11, 11:07 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | Fort Campbell North, KY | |
| Feb 11, 11:11 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | Paducah, KY | |
| Feb 11, 11:11 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Lone Oak, KY | |
| Feb 11, 11:12 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 44 | Cape Girardeau, MO | |
| Feb 11, 11:15 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Cape Girardeau, MO | REPORTED BY KFVS 12 |
| Feb 11, 11:25 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 50 | Cairo, IL | |
| Feb 11, 11:31 AM CST | TSTM WND GST 46 | Owensboro, KY | |
| Feb 11, 11:31 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 50 | Murray, KY | LASTED ABOUT 2 MINUTES |
| Feb 11, 11:52 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 50 | Thompsonville, IL | |
| Feb 11, 11:55 AM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | Harrisburg, IL | |
| Feb 11, 12:00 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Paducah, KY | LARGE PINE TREE UPROOTED |
| Feb 11, 12:25 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | Fairfield, IL | |
| Feb 11, 12:25 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | Cairo, IL | |
| Feb 11, 12:48 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | Paducah, KY | MEASURED AT THE PADUCAH ASOS. |
| Feb 11, 1:07 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Cape Girardeau, MO | 58 MPH GUST |
| Feb 11, 1:15 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Paducah, KY | NEW BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION BLOWN DOWN ON HOPE ROAD. BUILDING WAS FRAMED UP. |
| Feb 11, 1:29 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | West Paducah, KY | 63 MPH GUST |
| Feb 11, 1:38 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 3 S Murray, KY | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 641 |
| Feb 11, 1:43 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Murray, KY | POWER POLE BROKE AND FELL ONTO 16TH STREET. |
| Feb 11, 1:48 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Lone Oak, KY | SEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN IN THE COMMUNITY. |
| Feb 11, 1:54 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | Hopkinsville, KY | |
| Feb 11, 1:55 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 4 S Madisonville, KY | RECORDED BY KENTUCKY MESONET. |
| Feb 11, 2:01 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 73 | Owensboro, KY | REPORTED BY AIRPORT WEATHER INSTRUMENTS. |
| Feb 11, 2:05 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Charleston, MO | NUMEROUS ELECTICAL POLES FALLING COUNTYWIDE. |
| Feb 11, 2:05 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Murray, KY | PORTIONS OF MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY ARE BEING DISRUPTED DUE TO SNAPPED POWER POLES. |
| Feb 11, 2:10 PM CST | HAIL 0.25 | Owensboro, KY | REPORTED AT THURSTON AND DURMONT ROAD |
| Feb 11, 2:10 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | Murray, KY | RECORDED ON FINE ARTS BUILDING AT MURRAY STATE, 8 STORIES ABOVE THE GROUND. |
| Feb 11, 2:17 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Madisonville, KY | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN COUNTYWIDE. |
| Feb 11, 2:19 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Madisonville, KY | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY |
| Feb 11, 2:20 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 6 N Hopkinsville, KY | REPORTED BY KENTUCKY MESONET. |
| Feb 11, 2:21 PM CST | HAIL 0.25 | West Salem, IL | |
| Feb 11, 2:24 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | Hopkinsville, KY | |
| Feb 11, 2:25 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Princeton, KY | MOBILE HOME BLOWN OVER |
| Feb 11, 2:25 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Reidland, KY | PORTIONS OF ROOF FROM LARGE GROCERY STORE BLOWN OFF AND LANDED IN TREES ACROSS THE STREET. |
| Feb 11, 2:30 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 6 N Hopkinsville, KY | REPORTED BY KENTUCKY MESONET. |
| Feb 11, 2:43 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Greenville, KY | WIDEPSREAD POWER OUTAGES REPORTED COUNTYWIDE. |
| Feb 11, 2:43 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Morganfield, KY | STRUCTIONAL DAMAGE TO 2 BRICK BUILDINGS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. |
| Feb 11, 2:46 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 47 | Wayne City, IL | |
| Feb 11, 2:46 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | Oakland City, IN | |
| Feb 11, 2:46 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | Owensboro, KY | |
| Feb 11, 2:46 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | Mount Vernon, IN | |
| Feb 11, 3:01 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 45 | Newburgh, IN | |
| Feb 11, 3:29 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Hopkinsville, KY | SECTIONS OF METAL SIDING ON THE PENNYRILE MALL BLOWN OFF. |
| Feb 11, 3:31 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Cadiz, KY | A FEW BUILDINGS HAVE MISSING ROOFS. TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. WIND SPEED ESTIMATED AT 60 MPH. |
| Feb 11, 3:42 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | Newburgh, IN | |
| Feb 11, 4:05 PM CST | NON-TSTM WND GST 57 | 3 N Hopkinsville, KY |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 228 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1584 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 377 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 356 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KPAH 101844 NPWPAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1244 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-110400- /O.UPG.KPAH.HW.A.0001.090211T0900Z-090212T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPAH.HW.W.0001.090211T0900Z-090211T2300Z/ JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL- UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER- RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION... MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO... CARMI...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN... JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO... MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE... EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON... BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON... MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD... DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO... CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL... CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF... BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID 1244 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 5 PM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 5 PM CST WEDNESDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY WEDNESDAY. LATE TONIGHT...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT...WHICH MAY RESULT IN EVEN STRONGER WINDS AT TIMES. A BAND OF STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY MORNING...THUS THE THREAT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE. BEHIND THE SHOWERS AND STORMS...NON THUNDERSTORM GRADIENT WINDS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE AND BECOME SOUTHWEST. SPEEDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THE WINDS SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT...BECAUSE OF THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS THAT MAY RESULT FROM THE EXPECTED STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. THE RECENT ICE STORM THAT AFFECTED WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND PORTIONS OF FAR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI LEFT SOME TREES IN A WEAKENED STATE...WITH MANY LOOSE HANGING LIMBS AND BRANCHES. THE WINDS MAY RESULT IN NEW POWER OUTAGES FOR SOME AREAS...AND RESULT IN MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE AS WELL. BE CAUTIOUS IF YOU MUST TRAVEL LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW. LIMBS OR EVEN WEAKENED TREES COULD COME DOWN ON AREA ROADWAYS. $$
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KPAH 110337 NPWPAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 937 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-111200- /O.CON.KPAH.HW.W.0001.090211T0900Z-090211T2300Z/ JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL- UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER- RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION... MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO... CARMI...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN... JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO... MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE... EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON... BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON... MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD... DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO... CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL... CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF... BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID 937 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 5 PM CST WEDNESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 5 PM CST WEDNESDAY. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE LATE TONIGHT AND BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY WEDNESDAY. LATE TONIGHT...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT...WHICH MAY RESULT IN EVEN STRONGER WINDS AT TIMES. A BAND OF STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY MORNING...THUS THE THREAT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE. BEHIND THE SHOWERS AND STORMS...NON THUNDERSTORM GRADIENT WINDS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE AND BECOME SOUTHWEST. SPEEDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THE WINDS SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT BECAUSE OF THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS...THAT MAY RESULT FROM THE EXPECTED STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. THE RECENT ICE STORM THAT AFFECTED WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND PORTIONS OF FAR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI LEFT SOME TREES IN A WEAKENED STATE...WITH MANY LOOSE HANGING LIMBS AND BRANCHES. IN ADDITION...THE SATURATED GROUND THROUGHOUT THE AREA WILL BRING AN INCREASED POSSIBILITY OF UPROOTED TREES. THE WINDS MAY RESULT IN NEW POWER OUTAGES FOR SOME AREAS...AND RESULT IN MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE AS WELL. BE CAUTIOUS IF YOU MUST TRAVEL LATE TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW. LIMBS OR EVEN WEAKENED TREES COULD COME DOWN ON AREA ROADWAYS. $$ DRS
000 WWUS73 KPAH 111157 NPWPAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 557 AM CST WED FEB 11 2009 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-112000- /O.CON.KPAH.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090211T2300Z/ JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL- UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER- RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION... MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO... CARMI...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN... JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO... MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE... EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON... BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON... MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD... DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO... CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL... CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF... BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID 557 AM CST WED FEB 11 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE AND BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY TODAY. A BAND OF STRONG STORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE REGION TODAY... THUS THE THREAT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE. BEHIND THE SHOWERS AND STORMS...NON THUNDERSTORM GRADIENT WINDS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE AND BECOME SOUTHWEST. SPEEDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THE WINDS SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT BECAUSE OF THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS THAT MAY RESULT FROM THE EXPECTED STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. THE RECENT ICE STORM THAT AFFECTED WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND PORTIONS OF FAR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI LEFT SOME TREES IN A WEAKENED STATE...WITH MANY LOOSE HANGING LIMBS AND BRANCHES. IN ADDITION...THE SATURATED GROUND THROUGHOUT THE AREA WILL BRING AN INCREASED POSSIBILITY OF UPROOTED TREES. THE WINDS MAY RESULT IN NEW POWER OUTAGES FOR SOME AREAS...AND RESULT IN MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE AS WELL. BE CAUTIOUS IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TODAY AS LIMBS OR EVEN WEAKENED TREES COULD COME DOWN ON AREA ROADWAYS. $$ JAP
000 WWUS73 KPAH 111721 NPWPAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1121 AM CST WED FEB 11 2009 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-112300- /O.CON.KPAH.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090211T2300Z/ JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL- UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER- RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION... MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO... CARMI...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN... JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO... MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE... EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON... BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON... MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD... DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO... CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL... CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF... BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID 1121 AM CST WED FEB 11 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA. AS OF LATE MORNING...WINDS HAD INCREASED BEHIND A BAND OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. SUSTAINED WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 TO 60 MPH HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...FAR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND FAR WESTERN KENTUCKY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BE ACROSS THE ENTIRE FOUR STATE AREA BY EARLY AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. WE EXPECT THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT BECAUSE OF THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS THAT WILL LIKELY RESULT FROM THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. THE RECENT ICE STORM THAT AFFECTED WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND PORTIONS OF FAR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI LEFT SOME TREES IN A WEAKENED STATE...WITH MANY LOOSE HANGING LIMBS AND BRANCHES. IN ADDITION...THE SATURATED GROUND THROUGHOUT THE AREA WILL BRING AN INCREASED POSSIBILITY OF UPROOTED TREES. THE WINDS MAY RESULT IN NEW POWER OUTAGES FOR SOME AREAS...AND RESULT IN MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE AS WELL. BE CAUTIOUS IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TODAY AS LIMBS OR EVEN WEAKENED TREES COULD COME DOWN ON AREA ROADWAYS. $$
000 WWUS73 KPAH 112035 NPWPAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 235 PM CST WED FEB 11 2009 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-112300- /O.CON.KPAH.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090211T2300Z/ JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL- UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER- RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION... MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO... CARMI...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN... JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO... MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE... EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON... BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON... MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD... DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO... CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL... CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF... BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID 235 PM CST WED FEB 11 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 4PM. THE WINDS SHOULD DECREASE BETWEEN 4PM AND 5PM...THEN DROP OFF DRAMATICALLY BY EARLY EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE MOST LIKELY OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. AS OF MID AFTERNOON...THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH ACROSS THE QUAD STATE AREA. THIS HAS BROUGHT DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES...AND THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. PEOPLE HEADING HOME FROM SCHOOL AND WORK SHOULD BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL AND WATCH FOR DEBRIS IN THE ROAD AND DOWNED POWER LINES. LOOSE LIMBS AND WEAKENED TREES WILL CONTINUE TO COME DOWN DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. THE WINDS MAY RESULT IN NEW POWER OUTAGES FOR SOME AREAS...AND RESULT IN MORE PROPERTY DAMAGE AS WELL. $$ PS
000 WWUS73 KPAH 112232 NPWPAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 432 PM CST WED FEB 11 2009 ILZ076>078-083-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ018-019-120200- /O.EXT.KPAH.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090212T0200Z/ WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-WHITE-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-HENDERSON-DAVIESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...ALBION...MOUNT CARMEL... CARMI...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE...EVANSVILLE... BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO 432 PM CST WED FEB 11 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. THERE WERE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH ACROSS THE TRI STATE AREA TODAY. WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH REMAIN LIKELY ACROSS THE TRI STATE AREA IN THE EARLY EVENING. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP OFF DRAMATICALLY BY MID EVENING. PEOPLE HEADING HOME FROM SCHOOL AND WORK SHOULD BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL AND WATCH FOR DEBRIS IN THE ROAD AND DOWNED POWER LINES. LOOSE LIMBS AND WEAKENED TREES MAY CONTINUE TO COME DOWN DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. THE WINDS MAY RESULT IN NEW POWER OUTAGES FOR SOME AREAS...AND RESULT IN MORE PROPERTY DAMAGE AS WELL. $$ ILZ075-080>082-084>094-KYZ001>017-020>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-112345- /O.CON.KPAH.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090211T2300Z/ JEFFERSON-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE- GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC- FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-LIVINGSTON- MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-UNION KY-WEBSTER- HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER- CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT- MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...PINCKNEYVILLE... WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG... SHAWNEETOWN...JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN... CAIRO...MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...HICKMAN...CLINTON...BARDWELL... WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...MURRAY... MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...DIXON... MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON... PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL...CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT... VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON... CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID 432 PM CST WED FEB 11 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH 500 PM...THEN DROP OFF DRAMATICALLY BY EARLY EVENING. EARLIER...THERE WERE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH ACROSS THE QUAD STATE AREA. THIS BROUGHT DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES...ALONG WITH REPORTS OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. PEOPLE HEADING HOME FROM SCHOOL AND WORK SHOULD BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL AND WATCH FOR DEBRIS IN THE ROAD AND DOWNED POWER LINES. LOOSE LIMBS AND WEAKENED TREES MAY CONTINUE TO COME DOWN DUE TO STRONG WINDS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE WINDS MAY RESULT IN NEW POWER OUTAGES FOR SOME AREAS...AND RESULT IN MORE PROPERTY DAMAGE AS WELL. $$
000 WWUS73 KPAH 120127 NPWPAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 727 PM CST WED FEB 11 2009 ILZ076>078-083-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ018-019-120230- /O.CAN.KPAH.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090212T0200Z/ WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-WHITE-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-HENDERSON-DAVIESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...ALBION...MOUNT CARMEL... CARMI...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE...EVANSVILLE... BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO 727 PM CST WED FEB 11 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED WELL BELOW WARNING LEVELS OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS...AS THE SUN SET AND THE RESPONSIBLE STORM SYSTEM LIFTED WELL NORTHEAST OF THE AREA. WIND GUSTS 30 TO 35 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 9 PM...BUT FURTHER SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IS NOT EXPECTED THIS EVENING. $$ DRS
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind warning went out at Feb 10, 12:08 PM CST, 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 12:08 PM CST, 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1208 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009
.UPDATE...
AFTN AVN DISCUSSION
&&
.AVIATION...
WAA PCPN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MOST TERMINALS ACROSS THE REGION
TODAY. SFC WINDS WILL CONTINUE OUT OF THE SOUTH AHEAD OF A FAST
MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...BUT SPEEDS WILL BE MODERATE COMPARED TO
WED MRNG AFTER A WIND SHIFT OCCURS. SVR STORMS/WINDS ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT...AND MAY BE CONCENTRATED MAINLY IN A
SQUALL LINE THAT IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP JUST AHEAD OF A WIND SHIFT
AND DRY SLOT LATE IN THE 24 HR PERIOD. GRADIENT WINDS ARE FCST TO
KICK UP TO AT LEAST 25 KTS SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS ABOVE 50 KTS
POSSIBLE WED MRNG.
&&
.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 126 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2009/
DISCUSSION...
SPC CONTINUES SLGT RISK OUTLOOK FOR TUE NIGHT-WED STORMS. CURRENT
BAND OF SHOWERS AFFECT SRN 2/3 OF AREA WILL CONT ITS SLOW/GRADUAL
SE SAG THIS AM...THEN RETURN NORTH LATER TODAY AS A WARM FRONT. AS
IT DOES...IT WILL PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWERS/TSM
CHANCES. GENERALLY BREEZY SOUTH WINDS WILL REALLY GET CRANKING
LATE TONIGHT-WED. HAVE NOT SEEN MOS OUTPUT WINDS SO HIGH...WITH
MODELS VARYING BUT ALL INSISTING ON TIGHT PGF AND REAL CHANCE FOR
WARNING CRITERIA HIGH WIND EVENT. HAVE POSTED HIGH WIND WATCH LATE
TUE NIGHT THRU WED EVENING AS A RESULT. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
CAUSE REAL PROBLEMS CONSIDERING ALL THE RECENT ICE STORM DAMAGED
TREES/POWER LINES SO WELL MAKE SURE TO HAVE MENTION OF THAT IN
OUR PRODUCTS.
CONVECTIVE CHANCES DIMINISH AFT 18Z WED AS PARENT LOW SHOVES
FRONTAL/PRE FRONTAL SQUALL LINE TO THE EAST. STILL STRONG GRADIENT
WINDS AS THEY TURN WLY WILL BEGIN TO RELAX WED NIGHT WITH THE
LOWS LIFT INTO THE GREAT LAKES. DRIER AIR SHOULD WORK INTO THE
COLUMN AFTER THAT.
THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST IS LITTLE CHANGED. GENERALLY WE
LIKED A MAV/MET MOS BLEND OF TEMPS/TDS INTO THE CURRENT
FORECAST/COLLAB PIC.
&&
.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...HIGH WIND WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR
BALLARD-CALDWELL-CALLOWAY-CARLISLE-CHRISTIAN-CRITTENDEN-
DAVIESS-FULTON-GRAVES-HENDERSON-HICKMAN-HOPKINS-LIVINGSTON-
LYON-MARSHALL-MCCRACKEN-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD-TRIGG-UNION
KY-WEBSTER.
MO...HIGH WIND WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR
BOLLINGER-BUTLER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-CARTER-MISSISSIPPI-NEW
MADRID-PERRY MO-RIPLEY-SCOTT-STODDARD-WAYNE MO.
IL...HIGH WIND WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR
ALEXANDER-EDWARDS-FRANKLIN-GALLATIN-HAMILTON-HARDIN-JACKSON-
JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-MASSAC-PERRY IL-POPE-PULASKI-SALINE-UNION
IL-WABASH-WAYNE IL-WHITE-WILLIAMSON.
IN...HIGH WIND WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR
GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-SPENCER-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK.
&&
AVIATION...DBHazardous weather outlook, Feb 10, 4:20 AM CST, 8 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 420 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-111100- JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL- UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER- RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- 420 AM CST TUE FEB 10 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT AS A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM DRAWS NEAR. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE PRIMARY HAZARD DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL ARE ALSO HAZARDS THAT MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT FOR STRONG NON THUNDERSTORM WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH. SOME HIGHER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE TOO. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES...OR AT THE VERY LEAST...DOWN STILL LOOSE HANGING LIMBS FROM RECENT ICE STORM DAMAGE...WHICH MAY FALL ON AND SUBSEQUENTLY DOWN POWER LINES. REFER TO THE WATCH FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL FORECAST ON AVERAGE THROUGH TONIGHT MAY CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING ISSUES DUE TO STORM DRAINS CLOGGING FROM ALL THE RECENT ICE STORM DAMAGE AND RESULTANT LOOSE LIMB DEBRIS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES WEDNESDAY MORNING AS A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. THE PRIMARY HAZARD ASSOCIATED WITH ANY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL ARE ALSO HAZARDS THAT MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS. A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR STRONG NON THUNDERSTORM WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...WHICH MAY INCLUDE HIGHER GUSTS. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES...OR AT THE VERY LEAST...DOWN STILL LOOSE HANGING LIMBS FROM RECENT ICE STORM DAMAGE...WHICH MAY FALL ON AND SUBSEQUENTLY DOWN POWER LINES. REFER TO THE WATCH FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. ADDITIONAL WEDNESDAY MORNING RAINS OF 1/2 TO 3/4 OF AN INCH ON AVERAGE MAY CAUSE OR EXAGGERATE LOCALIZED FLOODING ISSUES DUE TO STORM DRAINS CLOGGING FROM ALL THE RECENT ICE STORM DAMAGE AND RESULTANT LOOSE LIMB DEBRIS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 12:50 AM CST | High Wind Watch | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 12 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.