Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Paducah, KY

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
201 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013

.SHORT TERM...(THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 1139 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

CONVECTIVE LINE IN TWO PARTS. THE NORTHERN PART ACCELERATED A
LITTLE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE...REACHING ACROSS THE WABASH THIS MORNING
BUT STAYING NORTH OF US. NOW THE LINE IS CLOSER TO ORIGINAL TRACK
SINCE UPPER SPEED CORE IS DIGGING TROF A LITTLE TO THE SOUTH AND
WEST. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE LIFTING ACROSS MO AND 2ND PART OF LINE
IS MOVING INTO SEMO WITH IT. THIS IS THE MAIN THRUST AREA FOR SVR
CONVECTION FOR NOW. FURTHER EAST...BREAKS IN CLOUDS ARE ALLOWING
THE FARTHEST EASTERN PTNS OF THE FA TO HEAT UP CLOSE TO THE FREE
AMBIENT/CONVECTIVE TEMP. CURRENT WATCH EXTENDS TO ABOUT THIS
AREA...AND POINTS EAST MAY BE INCLUDED IN A NEW WATCH LATER. WILL
CONTINUE TO MONITOR CLOSELY.

12Z MODELS ARE IN SYNC..WITH FRONT/CONVECTION STILL POISED TO
MAKE WAY THRU FA BY MID EVENING...AND HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS BEHIND
FRONT CONTINUING THRU NIGHT BUT ENDING BY/BEFORE 12Z FRIDAY.
COOLER AIR WILL BE USHERED IN ITS DEPARTING WAKE TOMORROW.

STRONG WINDS/GUSTS IN TIGHT GRADIENT OF WARM SECTOR WILL CONTINUE
WITH WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THRU MIDNIGHT...THIS WILL COVER THE
STILL TIGHT GRADIENT FIRST FEW HOURS AFTER FROPA AS WELL.

.LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 200 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT...AND GUIDANCE
HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY INDICATING LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S FOR
THE ENTIRE PAH FORECAST AREA FOR SEVERAL DAYS.  WILL CONTINUE TO
KEEP FROST MENTIONED FOR LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH A FROST ADVISORY
POSSIBLY ISSUED TONIGHT OR TOMORROW.

QUIET WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.  SUNSHINE ON
SATURDAY WILL HELP HIGH TEMPERATURES BE 5 TO 8 DEGREES WARMER THAN
FRIDAY.  EVEN A BIT WARMER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY WITH
WINDS TAKING ON A MORE SOUTHERLY COMPONENT AS THE HIGH MOVES EAST.
HIGHS WILL REACH NEAR NORMAL READINGS IN THE UPPER 60S TO AROUND 70
DEGREES ON MONDAY AS WINDS INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH.

ECMWF AND GFS ARE STILL IN TIMING DISAGREEMENT WITH OUR WEATHER
SYSTEM EARLY/MID NEXT WEEK.  GFS TAKES A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE FA
ON TUESDAY...WHILE ECMWF IS ABOUT 12 HOURS SLOWER AND TAKES THE
FRONT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.  WENT WITH SLIGHT TO LOW CHANCES POPS
MONDAY NIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE
OHIO RIVER.  WENT WITH HIGH CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS TUESDAY INTO
TUESDAY NIGHT...WHEN BOTH MODELS SHOW THE HIGHEST QPF AMOUNTS.
BEHIND THIS SYSTEM...ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT COOL DOWN IS EXPECTED FOR
WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...WITH TEMPERATURES 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL.

&&

.AVIATION...
ISSUED AT 1139 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

VFR DECKS WILL PREVAIL TIL THE CONVECTIVE LINE MAKES ITS PUSH
ACROSS THE FLIGHT TERMINALS. WHILE WE CANNOT RULE OUT DEVELOPMENT
AHEAD OF THE LINE...AT THIS WRITING...IT APPEARS THE INTRO OF MVFR
CIGS WILL COME WITH THE LINE ITSELF...LATE THIS PM. IFR VSBYS MAY
ACCOMPANY THE LINE IN THE HEAVIEST STORM PERIOD FOR A COUPLE OF
HOURS AS THE FRONT MAKES PASSAGE...FOLLOWED BY CONTINUED MVFR
CIGS/VSBYS IN THE POST FRONTAL RAIN SHOWERS THAT WILL LAST 1 TO 3
HOURS AS WELL. STRONG GRADIENT WINDS AHEAD OF THE INCOMING SYSTEM
WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE GUSTS INTO THE 40S KTS AND A CONVECTIVELY
AIDED BURST COULD GO HIGHER.

&&

.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IL...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR ILZ075>078-080>094.

MO...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR MOZ076-086-087-100-
     107>112-114.

IN...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR INZ081-082-085>088.

KY...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR KYZ001>022.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
517 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-191000-
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-
517 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH
COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS OR AT LEAST PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS. LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY
STRONGER STORMS.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE UNTIL
MIDNIGHT. REFER TO THE ADVISORY FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

AFTER THIS STORM SYSTEM PASSES...MUCH COOLER AIR WILL INFILTRATE
THE REGION FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL LEAD TO THE
POTENTIAL FOR FROST FORMATION LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING AS LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S ARE
FORECAST WITH CLEARING SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...AND THERE
IS A SMALL POTENTIAL OF ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS. DUE TO LIMITED
MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY...SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL WITH THIS
SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO BE LOWER THAN TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND ANY WEATHER
FROM STORMS.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
224 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013

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

0224 PM     HAIL             BENTON                  38.01N 88.92W
04/18/2013  E0.25 INCH       FRANKLIN           IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

K. SMITH

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
231 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013

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

0231 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     ORIENT                  37.92N 88.98W
04/18/2013                   FRANKLIN           IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LAW ENFORCEMENT RELAYED REPORT OF ROTATING WALL CLOUD
            NEAR ORIENT...NORTHWEST OF WEST FRANKFORT.

&&

K. SMITH

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
540 PM CDT THU APR 18 2013

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

0220 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GAGE                    36.99N 88.89W
04/17/2013                   BALLARD            KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            CORRECTION....IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THIS WAS NOT A
            WEATHER EVENT.... EVENT CAUSED BY VEHICLE ACCIDENT. FOUR
            POWER POLES SNAPPED.

&&

SMITTY