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 Feb 24, 1:45 PM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 145 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001 MAIN PROBLEMS WITH ZONES WILL BE TIMING ENDING OF PRECIP TONIGHT/ WIND SPEEDS/POSSIBLE FLOODING THEN SKY/TEMPS ON SUNDAY. MAIN SQUALL LINE JUST ENTERING WEST ARK AT 19Z. MODELS NOW VERY CLOSE ON ALL FEATURES. WILL USE BLEND OVERALL...TWEAKING WITH MESOETA HERE AND THERE. SFC WINDS SHOULD MAX OUT THIS EVENING BEFORE SQUALPA/FROPA. WILL MAINTAIN WINDY WORDING IN ZONES. THINK SPEEDS WILL HOLD IN 20 TO 35 MPH RANGE NEGATING NEED FOR WIND ADVISORY. DRY SLOT SHOULD HAVE PASSED MOST OF THE PAH FA BY 2 AM. PARTIAL CLEARING WILL BE USED SINCE MODELS SHOW SOME 1000-850MB MOISTURE LINGERING BEHIND FRONT. THIS SAME MOISTURE WILL ALSO LOITER INTO SUNDAY AND CU RULES/ SOUNDING PROFILES SUPPORT DIURNAL BUILDUPS...WILL CONTINUE WITH VARIABLE CLOUDINESS WORDING. WILL BE BREEZY INITIALLY ON SUNDAY MORNING MOST ZONES...ESPECIALLY NORTH. MAY CHOOSE TO ADD THIS TO ZONES...THEN TALK ABOUT WINDS DIMINISHING LATE. WILL TAKE BLEND OF FWC AND MAV MINS FOR MOST PART. BASED ON FFG VALUES AND HPC ESTIMATES WILL NOT CONSIDER FFA. SQUALL LINE MAY SPEED UP LATER TODAY AS ENERGY PUNCHES AROUND BOTTOM OF LOW ANYWAY...LIMITING TOTAL QPF. SOME CLEARING SUNDAY NIGHT AS DIURNAL CU BURNS OFF. WITH SOME HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE PARTLY CLOUDY WORDING. NEXT PAC SYSTEM NOW SLAMMING INTO CALIF COAST FORECAST TO CUTOFF. MOISTURE EJECTING OUT OF THIS SYSTEM IN SOUTHERN STREAM WILL BEGIN ARRIVING MONDAY. WILL CHANGE MONDAY SKY WORDING TO INCREASING CLOUDINESS. CHANCE POPS WILL BE INTRODUCED IN WESTERN ZONES MONDAY NIGHT FOR SHOWERS AS ORGANIZED ENERGY PULLS OUT OF SW COMBINED WITH ARCTIC FRONT FROM THE NORTH. PROXIMITY OF ARCTIC AIR SHOULD MAKE MIDWEEK STRETCH INTERESTING. PRECIP SHOULD EXIT AREA WEDNESDAY. COULD END AS SNOW. WILL REFLECT THIS FOR NORTHERN ZONES BUT WILL LEAVE AS RAIN IN SOUTHERN ZONES FOR NOW. MRF BRINGS OCCASIONAL BATCHES OF MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ALL IN ALL PARTLY TO MOSTLY THRU SATURDAY...BUT WILL HOLD OFF ON MENTIONING PRECIP FOR NOW. .PAH...NONE. SDB
MOZ100-107>109-242330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 357 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 900 PM... A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE AS THEY MOVE EAST AROUND 35 MPH. THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE STORMS SHOULD APPROACH CARTER AND RIPLEY COUNTIES AROUND 600 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH A VAN BUREN TO DONIPHAN LINE BETWEEN 615 PM TO 645 PM. RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI SHOULD BE WATCHFUL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND PLAN TO SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM TH)REATENS YOUR AREA.
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 191 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:03 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Utility company personnel reported some tree and power line damage across the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, February 2001
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