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NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 21, 1:42 AM CST, 11 hours 13 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
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH, KY
105 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1140 AM ARLINGTON KY .75 INCH HAIL
06/21/01 CARLISLE REPORTED BY
DES.
1210 PM IRMA KY 60 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
06/21/01 CRITTENDEN
KHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH, KY
111 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1140 AM PADUCAH KY 50 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
06/21/01 MCCRACKEN 200 SQ FT ROOF DAMAGED
WITH SOME DAMAGE TO BEAMS
AT THE HIGDON MCBRIDE
FURNITURE STORE. SPOTTER
WAS PRESENT AND REPORTED
WINDS DID NOT EXCEED 50 MPH
AND NO OTHER DAMAGE
OCCURED.
KHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH, KY
122 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1140 AM CLINTON KY WIND DAMAGE
06/21/01 HICKMAN THUNDERSTORM WINDS DOWNED
NUMEROUS TREES. REPORTED BY
POLICE.
KHKYZ012-016-017-019>022-211932- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 131 PM 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 OF 45 TO 55 MPH AND UP TO 1/2 INCH DIAMETER HAIL...STRETCHED FROM WEST OF HOPKINSVILLE KENTUCKY...NEAR GRACEY...TO NEAR MADISONVILLE...CALHOUN AND OWENSBORO KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE SOUTHERN END OF THE LINE OVER TRIGG COUNTY...INCLUDING THE GRACEY KENTUCKY STORM. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...UP TO AN INCH IN ONE HALF HOUR...AS WELL AS FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL OF AROUND A HALF INCH DIAMETER...ALONG WITH WINDS OF AROUND 50 MPH...IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS FROM GRACEY TO SOUTH OF MADISONVILLE. THE LINE OF STORMS SHOULD REACH FROM OAK GROVE TO CENTRAL CITY BY 230 PM AND TH ELKTON AREA BETWEEN 230 PM AND 3 PM. SHANKLIN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH, KY
138 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0105 PM BENTON KY WIND DAMAGE
06/21/01 MARSHALL NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON OLD
HWY 641 SOUTH.REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT
DDHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH, KY
146 PM CDT THU JUN 21 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0100 PM GILBERTSVILLE KY WIND DAMAGE
06/21/01 MARSHALL THUNDERSTORM WINDS DOWNED
TREES ON RIDGE ROAD AND
ROCKY POINT.REPORTED BY
ROAD DEPARTMENT.
DDHThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were down on Nelson Drive in Hopkinsville. Wires were blown down west of town.
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, June 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: 5248472.