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 Sep 23, 11:50 AM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1250 PM CDT SUN SEP 23 2001 PRIMARY CONCERNS IN THE SHORT TERM ARE POPS/SEVERE WEATHER CHANCES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH FOCUS TURNING TO WRAPAROUND MOISTURE AND HOW LONG IT WILL LINGER ACROSS THE AREA. UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH MOVING EAST OUT OF IOWA INTO NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AT MIDDAY WILL PUSH A PREFRONTAL TROUGH ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WITH THE TRUE COLD FRONT ARRIVING LATER TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THE PREFRONTAL TROUGH...NO CU FIELD NOTED ON SATELLITE...INDICATIVE OF THE LACK OF SIGNIFICANT LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA...WHILE TEMPERATURES WARMED INTO THE LOW TO MID 80S. THE AVN INDICATES A LITTLE MORE INSTABILITY THAN THE MESOETA TODAY...WITH VALUES AS LOW AS -6 ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE PREFRONTAL TROUGH APPEARS TO BE RATHER DIFFUSE OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AT THIS TIME...AS IT HAS NOT FOCUSED SIGNIFICANT CU DEVELOPMENT. BOTTOM-LINE IS THAT WITH DECENT INSTABILITY AND CONSIDERABLE MID AND UPPER-LEVEL DYNAMICS AND STRENGTHENING WIND FIELDS AT ALL LEVELS...SEVERE WEATHER IS A STRONG POSSIBILITY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE AREAL COVERAGE IS IN DOUBT THOUGH AS MOS POPS CAN ONLY BARELY EEK OUT LIKELY LEVELS THIS EVENING IN THE EAST...AS THE SURFACE SYSTEM TAKES BETTER SHAPE. WILL CONTINUE WITH LIKELY POPS WITH A SEVERE MENTION FOR THIS EVENING IN MOST LOCATIONS...BUT MAIN ACTION MAY BE INTO CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA BY 00Z. WILL MAKE FINAL DECISION ON FIRST PERIOD POPS SHORTLY BEFORE ISSUANCE. NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD PICK UP LATER TONIGHT FROM WEST TO EAST AS CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD INTO THE AREA. THE AVN AND MESOETA TO A LESSER EXTENT HOLD ON TO HIGH 850MB MOISTURE THROUGH THE NIGHT IN MOST ZONES AND THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT IN THE NORTHEAST. WILL RE-INTRODUCE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF WRAPAROUND SHOWERS WITHIN THIS MOISTURE TOMORROW AFTERNOON...AS SUPPORTED BY ALL AVAILABLE GUIDANCE FOR EVV. HOWEVER...WOULDNT BE TOO SURPRISED IF IT ONLY AMOUNTS TO SPRINKLES. THE ENTIRE AREA SHOULD SEE MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES FROM TUESDAY THROUGH AT LEAST THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEKEND...WITH COOL BUT MODERATING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. LOWS MAY FLIRT WITH THE UPPER 30S IN THE NORTHERN ZONES...BUT THE FWC MOS FOR 00Z KEEPS SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW TO MID 40S...SO WILL KEEP LOWS AT OR ABOVE 40 IN ALL ZONES FOR NOW. THE MRF AND ECMWF BOTH SHOW A CLOSED UPPER-LOW DESCENDING TOWARD THE AREA WITH THE MRF BEING QUICKER...BRINGING IT INTO THE AREA BY SUNDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE LITTLE OR NO SURFACE REFLECTION AND MOISTURE WILL BE NON-EXISTENT. THEREFORE WILL INDICATE A FEW MORE CLOUDS FOR SUNDAY...BUT WILL KEEP IT DRY. WILL SIDE WITH THE MAV TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE THROUGH TONIGHT AND MONDAY...AND THEN WITH THE WARMER FWC FOR MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. .PAH...NONE. DRS
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-231830- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1130 AM CDT SUN SEP 23 2001 THIS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. IT IS VALID UNTIL 600 AM MONDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE QUAD STATE REGION. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP SOUTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AROUND MID AFTERNOON...THEN THROUGH SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ALOFT WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT. IN ADDITION...SOLAR HEATING WILL DESTABILIZE THE AIR ACROSS THE REGION. FORECAST WIND PATTERNS ALOFT SUGGEST THE MAIN STORM THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. HOWEVER...SCATTERED STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE HAIL THE SIZE OF DIMES OR GREATER. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. THE SEVERE STORM THREAT WILL END WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE STRONG COLD FRONT EARLY TONIGHT. SOME OF THE COOLEST AIR SINCE LAST SPRING WILL SPREAD OVER THE REGION MONDAY AND TUESDAY. GM/RSU
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
307 PM CDT SUN SEP 23 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0300 PM MOREHOUSE MO 0.75 INCH HAIL
09/23/01 NEW MADRID DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY MOREHOUSE PD.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
348 PM CDT SUN SEP 23 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0336 PM RAGLAND KY 0.88 INCH HAIL
09/23/01 MCCRACKEN NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY SPOTTER.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew about 30 trees down across the county. Some of the trees fell across power lines and roads.
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