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 Feb 24, 1:45 PM CST, 7 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 145 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001 MAIN PROBLEMS WITH ZONES WILL BE TIMING ENDING OF PRECIP TONIGHT/ WIND SPEEDS/POSSIBLE FLOODING THEN SKY/TEMPS ON SUNDAY. MAIN SQUALL LINE JUST ENTERING WEST ARK AT 19Z. MODELS NOW VERY CLOSE ON ALL FEATURES. WILL USE BLEND OVERALL...TWEAKING WITH MESOETA HERE AND THERE. SFC WINDS SHOULD MAX OUT THIS EVENING BEFORE SQUALPA/FROPA. WILL MAINTAIN WINDY WORDING IN ZONES. THINK SPEEDS WILL HOLD IN 20 TO 35 MPH RANGE NEGATING NEED FOR WIND ADVISORY. DRY SLOT SHOULD HAVE PASSED MOST OF THE PAH FA BY 2 AM. PARTIAL CLEARING WILL BE USED SINCE MODELS SHOW SOME 1000-850MB MOISTURE LINGERING BEHIND FRONT. THIS SAME MOISTURE WILL ALSO LOITER INTO SUNDAY AND CU RULES/ SOUNDING PROFILES SUPPORT DIURNAL BUILDUPS...WILL CONTINUE WITH VARIABLE CLOUDINESS WORDING. WILL BE BREEZY INITIALLY ON SUNDAY MORNING MOST ZONES...ESPECIALLY NORTH. MAY CHOOSE TO ADD THIS TO ZONES...THEN TALK ABOUT WINDS DIMINISHING LATE. WILL TAKE BLEND OF FWC AND MAV MINS FOR MOST PART. BASED ON FFG VALUES AND HPC ESTIMATES WILL NOT CONSIDER FFA. SQUALL LINE MAY SPEED UP LATER TODAY AS ENERGY PUNCHES AROUND BOTTOM OF LOW ANYWAY...LIMITING TOTAL QPF. SOME CLEARING SUNDAY NIGHT AS DIURNAL CU BURNS OFF. WITH SOME HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE PARTLY CLOUDY WORDING. NEXT PAC SYSTEM NOW SLAMMING INTO CALIF COAST FORECAST TO CUTOFF. MOISTURE EJECTING OUT OF THIS SYSTEM IN SOUTHERN STREAM WILL BEGIN ARRIVING MONDAY. WILL CHANGE MONDAY SKY WORDING TO INCREASING CLOUDINESS. CHANCE POPS WILL BE INTRODUCED IN WESTERN ZONES MONDAY NIGHT FOR SHOWERS AS ORGANIZED ENERGY PULLS OUT OF SW COMBINED WITH ARCTIC FRONT FROM THE NORTH. PROXIMITY OF ARCTIC AIR SHOULD MAKE MIDWEEK STRETCH INTERESTING. PRECIP SHOULD EXIT AREA WEDNESDAY. COULD END AS SNOW. WILL REFLECT THIS FOR NORTHERN ZONES BUT WILL LEAVE AS RAIN IN SOUTHERN ZONES FOR NOW. MRF BRINGS OCCASIONAL BATCHES OF MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ALL IN ALL PARTLY TO MOSTLY THRU SATURDAY...BUT WILL HOLD OFF ON MENTIONING PRECIP FOR NOW. .PAH...NONE. SDB
MOZ076-086-087-100-107>112-114-250130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 616 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 900 PM... AT 605 PM...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM ELLSINORE TO BRIAR. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY REACH A PERRYVILLE...ADVANCE TO DEXTER MISSOURI LINE BEFORE 730 PM. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.
MOZ087-110-111-250125- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 653 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 900 PMO... AT 650 PM...A THUNDERSTORM NEAR PUXICO WAS MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH...AND WILL LIKELY REACH ADVANCE AT 710 PM AND CAPE GIRARDEAU BY 720 PM. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WINDS BETWEEN 45 TO 55 MPH AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST.
MOZ076-086-087-109>111-114-250200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 725 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 900 PM... AT 720 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM POPLAR BLUFF TO GREENVILLE AND SILVER LAKE MISSOURI. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH...AND WILL LIKELY REACH NEAR JACKSON...VANDUSER AND NEW MADRID BY 800 PM. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HOURLY RAINFALL TOTALS FROM A HALF INCH TO THREE QUARTER OF AN INCH. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...AS WELL AS FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE BRIEF PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AS WELL AS FILL CREEKS AND DITCHES TO BANKFULL.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH, KY
827 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0800 PM MARSTON MO 60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
02/24/01 NEW MADRID POWER LINES DOWN REPORTED
BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0819 PM CHARLESTON MO .75 INBCH HAIL
02/24/01 MISSISSIPPI WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH, KY
841 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0835 PM ARLINGTON KY 65 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
02/24/01 CARLISLE PERSISTED FOR 10 TO 15
MINUTES AT NUMEROUS
LOCATIONS ACROSS COUNTY
...REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0830 PM CAPE GIRARDEAU MO WIND DAMAGE
02/24/01 CAPE GIRARDEAU TREES DOWN ON ROUTE 439
0820 PM ULLIN IL 60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
02/24/01 PULASKIILZ080-084-088-092-MOZ076-086-087-100-107>111-114-250345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 914 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 33 HAS EXPIRED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS HAS EXPIRED. SHOWERS AND A FEW STORMS WILL LINGER UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT...BUT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED THERE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 35 CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS TO THE EAST OF CARBONDALE AND CAIRO. MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN MISSOURI ALSO REMAINS UNDER WATCH 35 UNTIL 100 AM. YORK
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 6 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:26 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Large tree limbs and power lines were down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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