1 funnel cloud, 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 Jul 29, 1:50 PM CST, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 250 PM CDT SUN JUL 29 2001 MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE IS TEMPERATURES FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. CURRENT SYSTEM IS MAKING A MESSY EXIT AS ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL GOING OVER PARTS OF THE CWA. MODELS DID NOT HANDLE TODAYS SITUATION VERY WELL. MAY HAVE TO GO WITH RADAR TRENDS AND HAVE AN EVENING SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE. LATEST LAPS STREAMLINE ANALYSIS HAS SEVERAL WEAK CONVERGENCE AREAS...BUT NO CLEAR CUT BOUNDARY CAN BE FOUND THERE OR FROM SURFACE OBS. LAPS SOUNDINGS SHOWING DRIER MID AND UPPER LEVEL AIR MOVING IN FROM THE NORTH. WATER VAPOR LOOPS INDICATE THE SAME. THIS SHOULD EFFECTIVELY PUT AN END TO THE ISOLATED CONVECTION THIS EVENING. QUESTION IS TO WHETHER LOWER DEW POINTS WILL MAKE IT INTO THE CWA. BOTH MAV/FWC LOWER DEW POINTS. LIKE THE FWC IN THIS MATTER WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER DEW POINTS. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS SLOW TO BUILD OVER THE AREA...AVN/ETA WAITS UNTIL 18Z TUESDAY TO BUILD THE RIDGE FULLY INTO THE AREA. DEPENDING UPON DEW POINT VALUES...HEAT INDEX WILL LIKELY GO OVER 100...BUT AT THIS TIME...FEEL THEY WILL NOT REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA. WILL HAVE TO KEEP WATCH ON THIS. RIDGE IS FORECAST TO STAY IN PLACE UNTIL LATE THURSDAY OR FRIDAY BEFORE IT RETROGRADES WEST. ECMWF AGREES. AT THIS POINT WILL FOLLOW MEX GUIDANCE AND KEEP A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN FORECAST FOR FRIDAY. LIWKE THE FWC LOWS...OTHERWISE WILL BE CLOSE TO MAV/FWC GUIDANCE FOR HIGHS. .PAH...NONE SPODEN
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-291830- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1126 AM CDT SUN JUL 29 2001 THIS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK IS VALID FOR SOUTHWEST INDIANA... SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...WESTERN KENTUCKY... AND IS VALID UNTIL 600 AM MONDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PERRYVILLE MISSOURI TO OWENSBORO KENTUCKY. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. A WEAK FRONT WAS SITTING OVER THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING. IT WAS ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR CARBONDALE ILLINOIS TO OWENSBORO KENTUCKY. NORTH OF THIS FRONT...THE AIRMASS IS NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT DUE TO WARM AIR ALOFT. SOUTH OF THE FRONT...THE AIRMASS IS STILL UNSTABLE AND VERY MOIST. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER PARTS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI LATE THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA THIS AFTERNOON AS UPPER LEVEL ENERGY EXITS THE REGION. ALTHOUGH THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE SOUTHERN AREAS IS UNSTABLE...UPPER LEVEL WINDS ARE NOT FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE HIGH AMOUNT OF MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE... STRONGER SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. SPODEN
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-291825- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1253 PM CDT SUN JUL 29 2001 THIS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK IS VALID FOR SOUTHWEST INDIANA... SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...WESTERN KENTUCKY... AND IS VALID UNTIL 600 AM MONDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. A WEAK FRONT WAS SITTING OVER THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. IT WAS ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI TO NEAR OWENSBORO KENTUCKY. NORTH OF THIS FRONT...THE AIRMASS IS SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE...SO AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE. SOUTH OF THE FRONT...THE AIRMASS IS MORE UNSTABLE AND VERY MOIST. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA THIS AFTERNOON AS UPPER LEVEL ENERGY EXITS THE REGION. ALTHOUGH THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE AREA IS UNSTABLE... UPPER LEVEL WINDS ARE NOT FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE REGION. STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 T:O 20 MPH. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous reports were received of a funnel cloud. The funnel cloud reportedly showed only slight rotation, and would rapidly form and dissipate in cycles. Meteorological conditions were not favorable for tornadoes, and no severe thunderstorms were in the area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, July 2001
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