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 Sep 2, 1:41 AM CST, 10 hours 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 241 AM CDT SUN SEP 2 2001 MAIN FORECAST CONCERN WILL BE PRECIP CHANCES/LOCATION WITH THE APPROACH OF AN UPPER LEVEL S/W TROUGH APPROACHING TENNESSEE. AT 05Z...A S/W TROUGH PASSING THROUGH EASTERN TEXAS WAS HELPING TO FIRE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE PALESTINE PROFILER. MODEL GUIDANCE IS IN FAIRLY UNIFORM AGREEMENT OF PROGRESSING THIS S/W TROUGH NORTHEAST THROUGH ARKANSAS AND INTO WESTERN TENNESSEE TODAY. THIS SOUTHERN BRANCH WAVE IS PROGGED TO GET HUNG UP TONIGHT SOMEWHERE OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AS ANOTHER S/W TROUGH...CURRENTLY OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS...IS PROGGED TO DIP SOUTH INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...AND ALONG WITH THIS FIRST TEXAS SYSTEM...HELP CARVE OUT A MORE PRONOUNCED TROUGH OVER THE GULF COAST STATES NORTH INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. WITH A STATIONARY FRONT NEAR THE MO/AR AND TN/KY BORDERS...AND PLENTY OF JUICE AVAILABLE JUST SOUTH OF THE FRONT...AS EVIDENT BY 02/00Z RAOB DERIVED PRECIPITABLE WATERS OF 1.99 AND 1.62 AT KLZK AND KOHX RESPECTIVELY...PRECIPITATION FIRING ALONG AND PRIMARILY SOUTH OF THE FRONT LOOKS PROMISING TODAY AND TONIGHT. CURRENT ZONE POPS SUPPORT THIS PATTERN. ALSO...CURRENT ZONE FORECAST SKY CONDITION WORDING ALSO MATCHES THIS PATTERN. TEMPERATURE TODAY AND TONIGHT ALSO LOOK ON TRACK. A SIGNIFICANT CANADIAN LOW WILL PROGRESS INTO THE EASTERN PROVIDENCES BY MID-WEEK AND HELP DROP A COLD FRONT INTO THE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY. THIS FEATURE WILL ALSO HELP EJECT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY LOW EAST OF THE REGION. HOWEVER...BEFORE THIS HAPPENS...ENOUGH RESIDUAL MOISTURE ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE TENNESSEE LOW MAY HELP PROMPT SOME LINGERING SHOWERS IN MY SOUTHEAST COUNTIES FOR LABOR DAY. CURRENT FORECAST ALSO REFLECTS THIS. WITH THE BULK OF THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE PUSHED SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA...THE NEXT QUESTION WILL BE WHETHER THE AREA RECEIVES PRECIP WITH TUESDAY/S FROPA. THE 02/00Z RUN OF THE AVN INDICATES A QPF OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS ACROSS THE AREA ASSOCIATED WITH THE FROPA. THE 02/00Z RUN OF THE CANADIAN MODEL SHOWS A DRY FROPA. CURRENT FORECAST INDICATES A PARTLY CLOUDY SKY. THIS IS A GOOD COMPROMISE OF THE TWO. LATER SHIFTS WILL NEED TO MONITOR HOW THIS SITUATION DEVELOPS. WILL MAKE NO CHANGES TO THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED FORECAST GIVEN LIMITED NEW DATA PAST TUESDAY ATTM. CONCERNED THOUGH THAT MID TO LONG RANGE MODELS MAY DO SEVERAL TIMING CHANGES OF UPSTREAM SYSTEMS OVER THE NEXT FEW RUNS GIVEN THE CURRENT DOWNWARD TREND IN THE ATMOSPHERIC ANGULAR MOMENTUM AND ALSO GIVEN THE CURRENT MOIST PHASE OF THE MJO IS REACHING ITS PROJECTED MID-POINT. THE ECMWF MODEL MAY BE THE ONE TO WATCH OVER THE NEXT WEEK AS IT TENDS TO HANDLE THESE GLOBAL CHANGES THE BEST. .PAH...NONE. SLEIGHTER
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:29 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A weak tornado touched down intermittently over open farm country between Risco and Parma. Spotters and police officers visually tracked the tornado for about 10 minutes as it moved slowly southwest. No damage occurred. The parent shower or thunderstorm moved slowly west.
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