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 Sep 7, 1:15 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 215 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2001 MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE THIS PACKAGE IS TIMING OF APPROCHING FRONT AND ASSOC POPS. 12Z MODEL RUNS STILL INDICATE A SLOWER TREND WITH THE APPROACHING SYSTEM...BRINGING IT THROUGH SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT INSTEAD OF ON SATURDAY. THE PRIMARY REASON FOR THIS DIFFERENCE IS A CHANGE IN THE UPPER-LEVEL PATTERN. THE UPPER-RIDGE OVER THE EAST COAST HAS PROVED TO BE TOUGHER THAN EXPECTED AND IS FORCING ENERGY ROTATING THROUGH THE DEVELOPING CENTRAL U.S. TROUGH TO TAKE MORE OF A NORTHERLY PATH. THIS PATH WILL GENERALLY TAKE THIS SYSTEM (SFC/UPPER LOWS) TO THE WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. MODELS VERY DIFFERENT IN THEIR TIMING OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. WILL COMPROMISE BETWEEN AVN/ETA SOLUTIONS FOR TIMING OF FROPA AND POPS. AROUND MIDDAY SUNDAY THE FRONT BEGINS ITS SLOW TREK ACROSS OUR CWA CAUSING THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION. IN THE MEANTIME...WITH LACK OF DYNAMICS FEEL THAT ONGOING CONVECTION WILL BE MAINLY DIURNAL IN NATURE SO WILL ONLY MENTION EVENING RW/TRW TONIGHT. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES STILL PUSHING 2 INCHES SO LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS A GOOD BET BUT DECENT MOVEMENT OF STORMS SHOULD PREVENT ANY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS. ON SATURDAY THE AVN ROTATES A SHORT-WAVE TROUGH AND SURFACE LOW PRESSURE CENTER QUICKLY INTO WISCONSIN...WHILE THE WESTERN END OF THE SURFACE TROUGH BEGINS TO SLOW DOWN DUE TO A SECONDARY SHORT WAVE DIGGING SE TOWARD THE BASE OF THE MAIN UPPER TROUGH. AT THE SAME TIME THE UPPER FLOW BECOMES MORE PARALLEL TO THE SURFACE FRONT WHICH ALSO SLOWS DOWN ITS FORWARD PROGRESS. NEITHER MODEL CRANKING OUT MUCH QPF ON SATURDAY DUE TO DISTANCE FROM SFC/UPPER LOWS AND SCATTERED NATURE OF RW/TRW. BEYOND 48 HOURS THE COMBINATION OF COLD AIR ALOFT AND JET DYNAMICS DEEPEN THE UPPER LOW AND CLOSE IT OFF BY 60 HOURS. THIS WILL ONLY SERVE TO DEEPEN THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW AND FURTHER SLOW DOWN THE MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT. GIVEN ALL OF THIS...THE FRONT SHOULD MAKE IT TO OUR WESTERN BORDER AROUND MIDDAY SUNDAY AND CLEAR THE EASTERN SECTIONS AROUND MIDDAY MONDAY. AS A RESULT...WILL KEEP LIKELY POPS ON SUNDAY AND WILL END PRECIP ON MONDAY FROM WEST TO EAST. IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL DOMINATE THROUGH THE END OF NEXT WEEK. HIGHS HAVE BEEN RUNNING A FEW DEGREES ABOVE THE WARMEST GUIDANCE... SO WILL GENERALLY STAY AT OR A BIT ABOVE WARMEST GUIDANCE FOR HIGHS AND LOWS THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST. .PAH...NONE. JAP
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-071900- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1106 AM CDT FRI SEP 7 2001 THIS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. IT IS VALID UNTIL 600 AM SATURDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON IN A VERY WARM AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WITH THE PROBABILITY INCREASING FROM EAST TO WEST ACROSS OUR COUNTY WARNING AREA. WIND SHEAR...LIFT AND INSTABILITY ARE WEAK...SO NO ORGANIZED SEVERE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED. AS USUAL...THE POTENTIAL FOR A STORM OR TWO TO BRIEFLY PULSE TO SEVERE LIMITS IS ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY. THE MAIN THREAT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE REMAINS VERY DEEP...SO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE A POSSIBILITY. NO MAJOR FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED HOWEVER...AS STORMS WILL NOT BE SLOW MOVING OR STATIONARY. STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. JAP
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
114 PM CDT FRI SEP 07 2001
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1215 PM 5S VIENNA IL WIND DAMAGE
09/07/01 JOHNSON A FEW TREES AND
POWERLINES DOWN. REPORTED
BY JOHNSON COUNTY
SHERIFFS OFFICEThe Paducah radar (KPAH), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:17 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees and one outbuilding were damaged.
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