1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 4, 2:30 AM CST, 7 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 330 AM CDT WED JUL 4 2001 PRESENT 88D RADAR SHOWED ONGOING DEEP CONVECTION OVER SE MO AND S IL ASSOCIATED WITH PVA AND INSTABILITY GRADIENT. SFC BASED LI'S LESS THAN -5 NOTED ACROSS S THIRD OF FORECAST AREA...AND CAPES...WHILE DECREASING...WERE STILL MORE THAN 2500 J/KG ACROSS THE SAME AREA ACCORDING TO RUC. THE TSRA'S WERE SHOWING AT LEAST TEMPORARY SIGNS OF DIMINISHING THIS MORNING. THE CENTER OF THE 500-700H VORT IS PROGGED TO SWEEP ACROSS S IL BY 12Z. MODELS INDICATE A DRY SLOT MAY DEVELOP AHEAD OF A PREFONTAL SFC TROF TODAY. THERE ARE SOME DIFF IN MOISTURE FIELDS AND THUS INSTABILITY BUT NEAR THE FRONT ITSELF SFC LI'S OF AT LEAST -6 ARE SHOWN. SWODY1 PROPERLY HINTS AT SVR POSSIBILITY TODAY WITH COMBINATION OF MOISTURE ADVECTION...WIND SHEAR AND HEATING OF DAY. NGM IS STILL THE FASTEST WITH FROPA AND DRIEST. THINKING IS THAT FRONT'S DEWPOINT GRADIENT WILL MAKE IT THRU THE FA BY 06Z THU. PLAN TO MAINTAIN GOING PRECIP TRENDS IN FORECAST...WITH POSSIBLE TWEAKS IN THE POP NUMBERS IN PERIODS 1-2. ANOTHER MINOR PERTUBATION IN THE UPPER FLOW MAY KICK OFF SOME CONVECTION FOR THE SW SECTOR OF THE FA THU (PERIOD 3). SOME DIFF IN GUIDANCE TEMPS IN NEAR TERM...MAY TWEAK WHILE KEEPING IN MIND THE CONVECTION POSSIBILITIES. IN THE EXTENDED....MODELS HAVE EXPANDED THE RIDGE OVER THE W CONUS AND THEREFORE DEPICT LONGWAVE TROF IN THE E CONUS TO BE FARTHER E AND HOLD THE FA IN A TRANSITION AREA (THREAT OF CLOUDS AND PRECIP). DON'T EXPECT TO MAKE MAJOR CHANGES ATTM. .PAH...NONE. DB
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a tree, causing it to fall on power lines and start a fire.
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
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5257211.