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 Aug 23, 12:50 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 150 PM CDT FRI AUG 23 2002 MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE CONTINUES TO BE PRECIP CHANCES AND TIMING FROM SUNDAY ONWARD. 12Z MODEL RUNS IN BETTER AGREEMENT TODAY...AT LEAST IN THE SHORT TERM. EXPECT SCATTERED CONVECTION TO CONTINUE ALONG AND AHEAD OF APPROACHING COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. NE-SW ORIENTED FRONT WILL BE LINGERING OVER THE SE SECTIONS AT 12Z SAT MRNG SO WILL KEEP A LOW CHC POP THERE EARLY. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT SHOULD KEEP THE AREA DRY SAT NGT...BUT FOR SUNDAY THE ETA AND AVN SOLUTIONS ARE TOTALLY OPPOSITE. THE ETA KEEP US IN A BROAD NW FLOW WITH LITTLE 1000-500MB RH...WHEREAS THE AVN DEVELOPS AN UPPER LOW DIRECTLY OVER OUR CWA WITH DECENT LAYER RH. BOTH MODELS SHOW COLDER H5 AIR MOVING SE INTO THE AREA...BUT NOT THAT IMPRESSIVE...BUT NEITHER SHOW THE NECESSARY JET DYNAMICS TO CARVE OUT AN UPPER TROF LIKE THE AVN IS SHOWING. WITH THIS UNCERTAINITY AND THE FACT THAT WE ALREADY HAVE POPS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...WILL KEEP A CHC POPS...BUT WILL LOWER TO 20. STARTING MONDAY...MODELS TAKE THE UPPER CLOSED LOW TO OUR SOUTHEAST...KEEP IT NEARLY STATIONARY...AND THEN BEGIN TO LIFT IT SLOWLY NORTH NORTH-EAST. PROXIMITY OF LOW AND INCREASING LAYER RH PER AVN WOULD INDICATE THE POSSIBILITY OF SCATTERED PRECIP OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS ON TUESDAY...HOWEVER STRONGER H5 WINDS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE LOW WOULD INDICATE A MORE EASTWARD MOVEMENT...THUS WILL KEEP IT DRY FROM TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ON FRIDAY THE MRF BRINGS A SHORT WAVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA WITH DECENT LAYER RH...SO WILL PUT A CHC POP THERE. .PAH...NONE. PACKETT
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-232030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 214 PM CDT FRI AUG 23 2002 ...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED WITH THUNDERSTORMS... A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE QUAD STATE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. BY 330 PM...THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL REACH LINE FROM PETERSBURG INDIANA...TO EVANSVILLE...TO MARION KENTUCKY...TO PADUCAH...TO CHARLESTON MISSOURI...TO NAYLOR. OUT AHEAD OF THIS LINE...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH AND HOURLY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THUNDERSTORMS...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees and large sections of trees were blown down. Power was knocked out in the area for about 30 minutes.
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