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 6, 12:28 PM CST, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 128 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2001 PRIMARY PROBLEM FOR THIS FORECAST CONTINUES TO BE POPS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A VIGOROUS UPPER-LEVEL LOW WILL RACE EASTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL HELP PUSH THE UPPER-LEVEL HIGH EAST OF THE AREA...AND ALLOW SOUTHWEST FLOW TO DEVELOP IN ITS PLACE. THIS WILL ALSO CAUSE A WEAK UPPER LOW OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TO EJECT NORTHEAST WHICH WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED COVECTION ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FRIDAY NIGHT A SECOND TROUGH DIVES SOUTH OUT OF CANADA AND CARVES OUT A RATHER LARGE TROUGH IN THE CENTRAL U.S. MEANWHILE THE ORIGINAL LOW WILL ROTATE NORTHEAST AROUND THE DEVELOPING TROUGH AND PUSH A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA SATURDAY. WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW DEVELOPING ALOFT AND SOUTHERLY FLOW INCREASING AT THE SURFACE...MOISTURE WILL BE ON THE INCREASE...WITH MODELS SHOWING PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. WITH THE MAIN SFC/UPPER LOWS PASSING WELL TO OUR NORTH AND WEST...THERE WILL BE LITTLE IN THE WAY OF LIFT OR INSTABILITY UNTIL THE FRONT ARRIVES SATURDAY. THE ONLY LIFT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH MINOR DISTURBANCES IN THE STRENGTHENING SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. STRONG COLD FRONT WILL RACE ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY...AND WITH GOOD UPPER-LEVEL SUPPORT...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY. BEHIND THE FRONT MODELS SHOW MOISTURE LINGERING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THIS COMBINED WITH THE UPPER TROF PASSAGE AND ASSOC POSITIVE VORTICITY ADVECTION COULD PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS...SO WILL LEAVE THE MENTION OF MORNING SHOWERS ON SUNDAY. BEYOND SUNDAY HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND INCREASED RIDGING ALOFT WILL SERVE TO PRECLUDE THE PRODUCTION OF PRECIPITATION FROM MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. FWC/MAV MOS NUMBERS VERY CLOSE SO WILL FOLLOW CLOSELY FOR LOWS AND GO SLIGHTLY ABOVE GUIDANCE FOR HIGHS. .PAH...NONE. JAP
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-061800- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1102 AM CDT THU SEP 6 2001 THIS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. IT IS VALID UNTIL 600 AM FRIDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE ENTIRE AREA IN A VERY WARM AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS. THE PROBABILITY FOR THUNDERSTORMS INCREASES FROM EAST TO WEST ACROSS OUR COUNTY WARNING AREA. A COUPLE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED ALONG A WEAK WARM FRONT OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THIS FEATURE WILL LIFT NORTHEAST TODAY WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE FOCUS FOR MORE CONVECTION. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL DEVELOP IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY. ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS ARE WEAK AND INSTABILITY IS MARGINAL...SO ORGANIZED SEVERE ACTIVITY IS NOT EXPECTED. THE ATMOSPHERE IS HEAVILY MOISTURE LADEN...SO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. NO MAJOR FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED HOWEVER...AS STORMS WILL NOT BE SLOW MOVING OR STATIONARY. STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. JAP
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were downed across 11 county roads in the Lynn Grove area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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