Damaging Wind in Kentucky, September 23, 2001

Name: Damaging Wind in Kentucky, September 23, 2001
Start: 2001-09-23T16:15
End: 2001-09-23T16:15
Location: Kentucky

September 23, 2001 · NWS PAH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

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 Sep 23, 11:50 AM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 23, 11:50 AM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes before

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 23, 10:30 AM CST, 5 hours 45 minutes before

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

Local storm report, Sep 23, 2:07 PM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes before

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.

Local storm report, Sep 23, 2:48 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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.

Local storm report, Sep 23, 3:06 PM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
406 PM CDT SUN SEP 23 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0400 PM    PADUCAH                   KY   1.00 INCH HAIL
09/23/01   MCCRACKEN                      QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT
                                          NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
                                          OFFICE IN PADUCAH

Local storm report, Sep 23, 3:16 PM CST, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
416 PM CDT SUN SEP 23 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0410 PM    LONE OAK                  KY   0.75 INCH HAIL
09/23/01   MCCRACKEN                      DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY OFF DUTY NWS
                                          EMPLOYEE.

Local storm report, Sep 23, 3:24 PM CST, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
424 PM CDT SUN SEP 23 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0420 PM    PADUCAH                   KY   0.88 INCH HAIL
09/23/01   MCCRACKEN                      NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY HAM RADIO OPERATOR
                                          NEAR THE COLE LUMBER
                                          COMPANY IN PADUCAH.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Livingston

When: September 23, 4:15 PM CST
Where: Livingston County, Countywide
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 37.217, -88.333

Several trees were blown down.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Kentucky in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Kentucky, September 2001

Sources

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: 5265121.