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NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 21, 1:42 AM CST, 9 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 242 AM CDT THU JUN 21 2001 THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE WILL HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL TODAY. AT 0530Z...KPAH 88-D SHOWING SCATTERED TS/SHRA MOVING NORTHEAST ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF A KPOF-KPAH-KEVV LINE. THE POSITION OF THIS PRECIPITATION WAS COINCIDENT TO A STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS THE CWFA. WV AND LTG DISPLAY INDICATED A MORE DEFINED AREA OF CONVECTION FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI. UPSTREAM OF THIS FEATURE WAS YET ANOTHER VORT CENTER CENTERED OVER NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. COMPARISON OF THE VARIOUS 21/00Z MODEL OUTPUT FOR THE PROGRESSION OF 5H VORT MOTION WITH THE WV SAT PIX THROUGH 21/06Z REVEALS THE NGM DOING A SLIGHTLY BETTER JOB OVER THE ETA...WITH THE AVN THE LEAST ON TRACK. GIVEN THIS WILL FAVOR THE NGM SOLUTION THE GREATEST FOR THE TIMING/PATH OF UPPER LEVEL FEATURES. TS/SHRA CONTINUE TO LOOK PROMISING FOR TODAY WITH THE CONTINUED PLACEMENT OF THE SURFACE FRONT OVER THE AREA AND TWO UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGHS TAKING AIM ON THE REGION. THE WEAKER OF THE TWO IS SCHEDULED FOR AN EARLY MORNING ARRIVAL PASSING PRIMARILY OVER NORTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA. THE SECOND LOOKS TO HAVE A LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING ARRIVAL TIME. THIS STRONGER FEATURE WILL HELP PUSH THE SURFACE FRONT SOUTHEAST AS A COLD FRONT AND INVITE ORGANIZED CONVECTION POSSIBLY IN THE FORM OF A SQUALL LINE ACROSS PRIMARILY THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CWFA. LATEST FFG FOR THE CWFA SUGGESTS NORTHERN PARTS OF THE CWFA...IN PARTICULAR MY INDIANA COUNTIES AND THOSE OF KY AND IL WHICH BORDER THE OHIO AND WABASH RIVERS RESPECTIVELY...HAVE THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING WITH 1 HR VALUES AS LOW AS 0.6 IN/HR WITH 1.2 IN/HR AS A MEAN. 6 HR FFG VALUES RANGE FROM ROUGHLY 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES...AGAIN SOME OF THE LOWEST IN MY CWFA. HEADING SOUTH AND WEST OF THIS LOCATION...BOTH 1 AND 6 HR VALUES INCREASE. WITH POTENTIALLY TWO SIGNIFICANT BOUTS OF PRECIP POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA TODAY...CONSIDERING A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HERE. TONIGHT CONVECTION LOOKS TO CLEAR THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST WITH A DECREASE IN CLOUD COVER AS WELL. FOR FRIDAY...BOTH THE AVN AND NGM SUGGEST A WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL SPIRAL SOUTH AROUND THE BACK SIDE OF THE UPPER LOW AND TRACK ACROSS IL/IN/KY BY THE LATE AFTERNOON BRINGING THE CHANCE OF SMALL POPS OVER THE NORTHEAST AND EASTERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA. FOR NOW...WILL NOT GO WILD OVER THIS POSSIBILITY...AND ONLY INTRODUCE VERY SMALL CHANCE POPS FOR SHOWERS. FOR TEMPERATURES...TODAY WARMEST READINGS SHOULD BE SOUTHEAST WHERE PRECIP CHANCES WILL BE LEAST AND SUN CHANCES GREATEST. COOLEST READINGS SHOULD BE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE FRONT WHERE CLOUDS AND PRECIP WILL BE MOST LIKELY. TONIGHT...CURRENT AIRMASS /DEW PTS MID-UPPER 50S/ OVER IOWA AND EASTERN NEBRASKA SHOULD ADVECT INTO AT LEAST WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWFA. THIS REGION WILL GO WITH LOWS IN THE 55 TO 60 DEGREE RANGE WITH AROUND 60 ELSEWHERE. FRIDAY WARMEST READINGS SHOULD BE IN THE WEST WHERE SUNSHINE WILL BE MOST ABUNDANT. WITH MODEL CONSENSUS 85H TEMPS AROUND 11C ACROSS THE CWFA...HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S SEEM REASONABLE. WITH MORE CLOUDS AND SMALL POPS POSSIBLE NORTHEAST AND EAST...WILL GO WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS IN THIS LOCALE. WILL MAKE NO CHANGES TO EXTENDED PACKAGE GIVEN LIMITED NEW DATA 3 AVAILABLE ON MID-SHIFT. .PAH...FFA TODAY ILZ077-078-083-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ018-019. SLEIGHTER
ILZ085>087-089>091-093-094-KYZ001>009-211730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1128 AM CDT THU JUN 21 2001 ...WIND GUSTS 45 TO 55 MPH POSSIBLE WITH LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS 45 TO 55 MPH...STRETCHED FROM SIMPSON AND METROPOLIS ILLINOIS...PADUCAH TO CLINTON KENTUCKY. ALONG WITH THESE STORMS...LOOK FOR HEAVY RAIN...PRODUCING UP TO AN INCH IN ONE HOUR...AS WELL AS FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. THIS LINE SHOULD REACH NEAR MURRAY AND MARION KENTUCKY...TO NEAR SHAWNEETOWN ILLINOIS BY 1230 PM.
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-211900- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1200 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2001 THIS OUTLOOK IS VALID FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND WESTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 600 AM FRIDAY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN THE EVANSVILLE TRI STATE AREA...WHERE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS PROGRESSING EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND FAR WESTERN KENTUCKY LATE THIS MORNING. SCATTERED STRONG STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG A LINE ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE LARGER AREA OF PRECIPITATION. AHEAD OF THE LINE OF STORMS...THE ATMOSPHERE WAS BECOMING VERY UNSTABLE...WHICH WILL ALLOW A FEW OF THE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS...BUT THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SOME LARGE HAIL AS WELL. SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THIS LINE OF STORMS AT ANY TIME THIS AFTERNOON. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS EXPECTED TO END AFTER THE LEADING LINE OF STORMS PASSES. INDIVIDUAL STORMS WILL BE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...WHILE THE LINE MOVES TO THE EAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH. SPOT)TER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. DRS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Six large trees were blown down at the intersection of Highways 303 and 339.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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