1 tornado, 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 Aug 7, 1:10 PM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 210 PM CDT TUE AUG 7 2001 INITIAL CONCERN FOR THIS FORECAST IS THE TRACK OF TROPICAL REMNANTS AND THEN FOCUS TURNS TO TIMING OF RATHER VIGOROUS COLD FRONT FOR LATE IN THE WEEK. SCATTERED SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED IN SOUTHWESTERN ZONES EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ACTIVITY IS ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE CIRCULATION ABOUT BARRY...WHICH IS CENTERED JUST NORTH OF KMEM. MAY SEE DIURNAL SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST AREA...WITH BEST CONCENTRATION OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. EXPECT MOST OF THE ACTIVITY TO DIE BY SUNSET...BUT SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHWEST ZONES...THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THE 12Z RUNS OF THE ETA AND AVN ARE ONCE AGAIN IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT...BUT ARE SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT FROM YESTERDAYS 12Z RUNS. IN GENERAL...LOOK FOR THE CENTER OF THE CIRCULATION TO DRIFT SLOWLY NORTHWARD INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSOURI BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. AFTER LINGERING THERE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THE MODELS BOTH MOVE THE CIRCULATION EASTWARD THROUGH MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY...AND OUT OF THE AREA BY THURSDAY NIGHT. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT AREAS NEAR THE CENTER OF THE CIRCULATION CAN EXPECT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM EACH AFTERNOON ...WITH LESS COVERAGE EXPECTED FURTHER FROM THE CENTER. SHOULD SEE ONLY SCATTERED SHOWERS CONCENTRATED NEAR THE CENTER OF THE CIRCULATION AT NIGHT...IF IT BEHAVES SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR SUCH SYSTEMS TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT AT NIGHT...BUT THIS SYSTEM DID NOT DO IT LAST NIGHT. SO WILL NOT FORECAST IT TO HAPPEN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF NIGHTS. NORTHEASTERN ZONES MAY NOT SEE MUCH PRECIPITATION FROM THE SYSTEM... BUT THE BEST CHANCE WILL BE ON THURSDAY AS THE SYSTEM MOVES EAST. GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES LOOK REASONABLE THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH MOST OF THE AREA GENERALLY IN A RANGE OF 70 TO 75 FOR LOWS AND 85 TO 90 FOR HIGHS. IN THE EXTENDED...THE MRF CONTINUES TO VIGOROUSLY CARVE OUT A RATHER STRONG TROUGH OVER THE NORTHEAST STATES THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. AN INITIAL COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA SOMETIME FRIDAY OR FRIDAY NIGHT...USHERING A DRIER AND COOLER AIRMASS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA FOR SATURDAY. AT LEAST SCATTERED CONVECTION CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT ON FRIDAY. DRY AND VERY PLEASANT WEATHER WILL BE THE RULE BEGINNING SATURDAY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST. .PAH...NONE. DRS
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-071900- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1150 AM CDT TUE AUG 7 2001 THIS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK IS VALID FOR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...WESTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA...UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF THE QUAD STATE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM BARRY WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT OUR REGION AS THE NORTHERN SHIELD OF BARRYS MOISTURE ROTATES THROUGH AT LEAST THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WIND FIELDS REMAIN RELATIVELY WEAK AND DIRECTIONALLY UNFAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 90 DEGREES TODAY SHOULD PRODUCE ADEQUATE INSTABILITY FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...ALTHOUGH SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ARE MINIMAL. STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE WESTWARD AROUND 20 MPH. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. SHANKLIN
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:21 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A funnel cloud persisted over southwestern Scott County for several minutes. The funnel cloud was not associated with well-developed thunderstorms. Law enforcement personnel reported there was a brief touchdown in open fields, with no known damage.
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