Severe Thunderstorm Warning 263, NWS Paducah, KY

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
332 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011

.DISCUSSION...
GIVEN THE MORE DRAMATIC SHIFT BY THE SHORT RANGE NUMERICAL
GUIDANCE /NAMELY THE 00Z NAM-WRF AND THE 21Z...03Z SREF/ IN THE
EVOLUTION OF THE LOW AMPLITUDE MID-LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE WFO PAH
FORECAST AREA OVER THE WEEKEND...THE CURRENT FORECAST PACKAGE HAS
BEEN ADJUSTED TO REFLECT A WETTER SOLUTION THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY
SUNDAY.

THIS FORECAST IS FURTHER COMPLICATED BY THE MESOSCALE INTERACTIONS
EITHER ONGOING OR ANTICIPATED DURING THE NEXT 24-72 HOURS. TO
ILLUSTRATE THE POINT...THE MCS THAT IMPACTED NERN OK ABOUT 24
HOURS AGO MUTATED INTO A DECENT MCS OVER NERN AR/WRN TN/NRN MS
DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY...MITIGATING/RETARDING THE NEWD FLOW OF
MOISTURE/INSTABILITY/LIFT INTO THE WFO PAH FORECAST AREA UNTIL
NOW. THE CURRENT CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY OVER SERN MO IS CLOSELY TIED
TO A SHARP WARM FRONTAL ZONE/MID-LEVEL VORTICITY AXIS EVIDENT OVER
SOUTH CENTRAL MO ON ALL OF THE 00Z FRIDAY MANDATORY UPPER LEVEL
CHARTS. IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE COLD POOL OVER NERN AR/WRN TN
DISRUPTING THE LOW LEVEL FLOW...MORE CONVECTION WOULD HAVE TAKEN
PLACE FURTHER EAST ACROSS THE WFO PAH FORECAST AREA.

FOR TODAY...MODIFIED POP/WX CHANCES TO REFLECT THE ANTICIPATED
EASTWARD MOVEMENT OF THE WARM FRONT BALANCED BY THE WANING IMPACT
OF THE COLD POOL/CLOUD COVER...ETC DURING THE MORNING
HOURS...PLACING THE HIGHEST POPS EAST OF THE MS RIVER DURING THE
AFTERNOON.

THE DIFFICULTY IN THE POP/WX FORECAST COMES TONIGHT AND EXTENDS
THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY...AS THE DEEPENING LOW OVER THE WESTERN U.S.
GRADUALLY BECOMES MORE ORGANIZED AND BUILDS THE RIDGE FURTHER
NORTH INTO THE WFO PAH FORECAST AREA...PROVIDING SOME CAPPING WITH
WARMER MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES. THERE ARE A SERIES OF MINOR
RIPPLES/ SHORTWAVES/ EMBEDDED AND ROTATING AROUND THE BASE OF THE
WESTERN U.S TROUGH/LOW...AND WILL IMPEDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
RIDGE. GIVEN THE INDUCED BAROCLINICITY ASSOCIATED WITH THESE
WAVES...THERE WILL LIKELY BE RUN TO RUN VARIATIONS IN THE
PLACEMENT OF CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ACROSS THE WFO PAH FORECAST AREA.
FOR NOW...POP CHANCES HAVE BEEN INCREASED AND PUSHED BACK FURTHER
WEST...WITH THE LOWEST CHANCES ALONG THE EDGE OF BUILDING RIDGE
TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEKEND.

FOR MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...THE RIDGE SHOULD DOMINATE AND
MINIMIZE ANY MEASURABLE CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION. BY
WEDNESDAY...THE LEADING INFLUENCE OF THE APPROACHING/EJECTING
WESTERN U.S. LOW SHOULD BEGIN TO IMPACT THE WFO PAH FORECAST AREA.

MAX/MIN TEMPERATURES AND DEWPOINTS WILL BE HARD TO PIN DOWN WITH
THE MESOSCALE INFLUENCES IN PLACED THIS WEEKEND. THEREFORE...IT
WOULD BE WISE TO EXPECT SOME SIGNIFICANT DEVIATIONS FROM FORECAST
TEMPERATURES IN THE VICINITY AND CORE OF MCS TRACKS THIS WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION...
WITH THE WARM FRONT ALREADY THROUGH ALL TAF SITES...WINDS...OUTSIDE
OF THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS...WILL GENERALLY BE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST
THROUGH THE ENTIRE PERIOD. STRONGEST WIND SPEEDS WILL TYPICALLY BE
IN THE AFTERNOON AND NOT MORE THAN 10KTS SUSTAINED. WINDSPEEDS
TONIGHT WILL BE AROUND 5KTS...PLENTY ENOUGH TO PREVENT SIGNIFICANT
FOG DEVELOPMENT.

OTHERWISE...THE ONLY CONCERN TO AVIATION FOR THE 12Z TAFS WILL BE
THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL FLIRT WITH KCGI AND KPAH BY
SUNRISE THIS MORNING...AND THEN GENERALLY SHIFT TOWARD THE NORTHEAST
AND KOWB/KEVV FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THERE IS SOME SIGNAL
FOR A NOCTURNAL CONVECTIVE SYSTEM TO MOVE THROUGH THE ENTIRE AREA
LATE TONIGHT.

&&

.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...NONE.
MO...NONE.
IL...NONE.
IN...NONE.
&&

AVIATION/FIRE WEATHER...DRS
SHORT/LONG TERM PUBLIC...SMITH

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
432 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-181000-
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-
432 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FEW STORMS OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...NEAR THE
BOOT HEEL...AND INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY MAY PRODUCE LARGE
HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS BEFORE DAYBREAK TODAY.

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS POSTED A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM POPLAR BLUFF AND CAPE
GIRARDEAU MISSOURI...ONWARD TO WEST FRANKFORT AND WEST SALEM IN
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS WOULD
BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE TIME PERIODS OF GREATEST
CONCERN WOULD BE FROM LATE MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON TODAY...THEN
AGAIN JUST BEFORE DAYBREAK SATURDAY MORNING.

SECONDARY HAZARDS FOR ANY THUNDERSTORMS TODAY OR TONIGHT WILL BE
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS FORECAST A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
STORMS FOR MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA...WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION
OF THE SOUTHERN BORDER COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST
KENTUCKY...FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THE MAIN HAZARD WILL BE
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS FROM CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH SECONDARY
HAZARDS TIED TO DAMAGING HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

ON SATURDAY...WINDS OUTSIDE ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY GUST AS HIGH
AS 30 MPH DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS PARTS OF WEST KENTUCKY...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND EXTREME
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED.

HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL LIKELY REACH INTO THE 100 TO 105 DEGREE
RANGE ACROSS THE DELTA REGION OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...AND
ADJACENT SECTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY AND ILLINOIS
BETWEEN NOON AND 8 PM ON SATURDAY. IN ADDITION...HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY HOVER
AROUND 100 DEGREES MONDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS MOST OF THE OUTLOOK
AREA...OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST AGAIN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON...AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY.

SMITH

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
719 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0718 AM     HAIL             ROUND KNOB              37.22N 88.73W
06/17/2011  M1.25 INCH       MASSAC             IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JAYSONW

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
735 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011

ILZ090-094-KYZ005-007-008-011-171300-
MASSAC IL-POPE IL-LIVINGSTON KY-MCCRACKEN KY-LYON KY-MARSHALL KY-
735 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN POPE AND
SOUTHEASTERN MASSAC COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND NORTHERN
MARSHALL...SOUTHWESTERN LYON...EASTERN MCCRACKEN AND SOUTHERN
LIVINGSTON COUNTIES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 800 AM CDT...

AT 731 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL...AND VERY
STRONG WINDS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES
NORTHWEST OF CALVERT CITY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED INCLUDE GRAND RIVERS AND KUTTAWA.

FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM
WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AS WELL...WHICH MAY RESULT IN STANDING
WATER ON AREA ROADS. WATER LEVELS IN SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS AND IN
DITCHES MAY RISE QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

SMITH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
747 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011

KYZ006-009-171330-
GRAVES KY-CALLOWAY KY-
747 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CALLOWAY AND EASTERN GRAVES
COUNTIES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 830 AM CDT...

AT 745 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND STRONG WINDS AROUND 40 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
KIRKSEY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED INCLUDE HARRIS GROVE AND MURRAY.

FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM
WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AS WELL...WHICH MAY RESULT IN STANDING
WATER ON AREA ROADS. WATER LEVELS IN SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS AND IN
DITCHES MAY RISE QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

SMITH