1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 13, 2:04 AM CST, 10 hours 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 304 AM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001 PROSPECT FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...AND ASSOCIATED HEAVY RAINFALL AND SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL...REMAIN THE PRIMARY WEATHER FOCUS. A STRONG SPRING-LIKE STORM SYSTEM IS STILL ON TRACK TO INFLUENCE THE REGION TODAY. AFTER HAVING SWAYED BACK AND FORTH ON TIMING ISSUES... BOTH THE ETA AND AVN MODELS SEEM TO HAVE FINALLY COME TO A MORE VIABLE SOLUTION...THOUGH MINOR DIFFERENCES STILL EXIST. COMPARED WITH THE ETA...AVN IS SLOWER AND DEEPER WITH THE SURFACE LOW... STRONGER WITH THE MID-LEVEL VORT ENERGY (WHICH COULD BE A RESULT OF CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK)...AND MUCH WETTER WITH QPF TOTALS. ALTHOUGH I PREFER THE AVN/S SOMEWHAT SLOWER AND DEEPER SURFACE LOW DEPICTION... EVERYTHING ELSE SEEMS A BIT OVERDONE. NONETHELESS...OVERALL OUTCOME FROM BOTH MODELS IS PLAIN AND SIMPLE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. DOPPLER NETWORK ALREADY INDICATES SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVERSPREADING THE MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION...WITH ISOLATED STORMS AS FAR NORTH AS THE WABASH RIVER VALLEY. LOOKING AT RADAR TRENDS AND FORECASTED THETA-E ADVECTION...CONVECTION SHOULD BECOME EVEN MORE PREVALENT AS THE DAY WEARS ON. MODEL TIME SECTIONS INDICATE DEEP ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE THROUGH THE COURSE OF TODAY. THIS WILL LIKELY INHIBIT ANY PROLONGED PERIODS OF SUNSHINE...THUS KEEPING INSTABILITY IN THE MARGINAL CATEGORY. ANTICIPATE ADDING BREEZY CONDITIONS TO NEARLY ALL ZONES FOR TODAY AS 850 MB JET CORE IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN TO 50 TO 60 KNOTS OVER EASTERN COUNTIES BY AFTERNOON. THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING LOOKS MINIMAL DUE TO LIMITED INSTABILITY. THOUGH DECENT SPEED AND DIRECTIONAL SHEAR COULD HELP TO PRODUCE ISOLATED STRONGER DOWNBURST WINDS...ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE 850 MB JET CORE. PRECIPITATION TOTALS FROM THIS SYSTEM SHOULD AVERAGE IN THE 1 TO 2 INCH RANGE. 6-HOUR FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE VALUES BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OVER MOST OF THE AREA NEGATES THE ISSUANCE OF A FLASH FLOOD WATCH. WILL INSTEAD HIGHLIGHT LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN THE FORECAST. BY TONIGHT...COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA...THUS ENDING THE THREAT FOR PRECIPITATION FROM WEST TO EAST. BEHIND THE SYSTEM... SUNDAY LOOKS PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY...BREEZY...AND MUCH COOLER. AS THE LONGWAVE TROUGH SETTLES OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES...A SMALL SYSTEM IS STILL PROGGED TO DROP DOWN IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW ON MONDAY. WILL MAINTAIN CURRENT THINKING FOR NOW BY INCLUDING ONLY CLOUDS WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE REST OF THE WEEK LOOKS MOSTLY CLEAR AND DRY AS HIGH PRESSURE TAKES HOLD. WILL GENERALLY USE A BLEND OF FWC/MAV MOS GUIDANCE THROUGH THE FORECAST. .PAH...NONE. PRESLEY
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-132000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1245 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001 ...HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA... THREATS... OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE REGION TODAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA ENCOMPASSES THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE REGION...WITH DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. DISCUSSION... A VIGOROUS MID AND UPPER-LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AT THE SURFACE A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH EASTWARD TO NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BY EARLY EVENING AND THROUGH THE REST OF THE QUAD-STATE REGION BY MIDNIGHT. VERY STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE WITHOUT THUNDERSTORMS PRESENT. ANY ADDITIONAL DOWNBURT WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS ENVIRONMENT WILL CREATE THE POSSIBILITY FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION AND ASSOCIATED CLOUD COVER EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE ENTIRE AREA THIS AFTERNOON WILL LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY AND THEREFORE HAIL IS NOT EXPECTED WITH THE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING. THE STRONG SOUTH WINDS HAVE BROUGHT CONSIDERABLE LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE AREA WHICH WILL RESULT IN THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AT LEAST AN INCH ARE EXPECTED...BUT ISOLATED LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 45 MPH. SPOTTER ACTIVATION... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE...PRIMARILY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING OVER THE ENTIRE QUAD-STATE AREA. DRS
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:42 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Along the Jackson County border, several power poles and trees were blown down. The strong winds were caused by showers or thunderstorms enhancing gradient winds of around 30 mph.
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