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 Apr 30, 12:54 PM CST, 8 hours 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 154 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2002 SPLIT FLOW PATTERN MAKING FOR A TRICKY FORECAST. SIMILAR PATTERN SETTING UP FOR OUR CWA OVER THE NEXT 24-30 HOURS THAT HAS BROUGHT US SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER THE PAST 7 OR 8 DAYS. 12Z MODEL RUNS HAVING DIFFICULTY DECIDING WHAT TO DO WITH THE WARM FRONT BETWEEN NOW AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. ETA/NGM TAKE MCS OVER NE AR AND MOVE IT OFF TO THE EAST THIS EVENING WITH VERY LITTLE CONVECTION THEREAFTER. THIS WOULD PROMPT LIKELY POPS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF WITH MAINLY EVENING WORDING. THE AVN IS MORE AGGRESSIVE AT THE ONSET FURTHER NORTH OVER THE CWA WHICH MATCHES UP OKAY WITH KSGF RADAR. BY 12Z WEDNESDAY MORNING ALL MODELS HAVE WARM FRONT ALONG OR JUST NORTH OF THE KY/TN BORDER. THE BIG QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE WORKED OVER TOO MUCH TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD CONVECTION IN THE WAKE OF THE MCS. AVN MOS NUMBERS LOOK TOO HIGH AND NGM MOS TOO LOW...SO WILL GO SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN. ANY STORMS THAT DO BECOME SEVERE NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT TONIGHT ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY AN ELEVATED SUPERCELL. WEDNESDAY MORNING THE WARM FRONT WILL LIFT TO THE NORTH OF THE CWA PUTTING US IN THE WARM SECTOR. APPROACHING COLD FRONT SHOULD BEGIN TO CROSS THE CWA WEDNESDAY EVENING. AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH TEMPS EXPECTED FROM THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S...LIS EXPECTED TO REACH DOWN INTO THE -5 TO -7 RANGE TOMOROW AFTERNOON. COINCIDENT WITH THE INSTABILITY MODELS SHOWING CAPE IN EXCESS OF 3000 AND HELICITY IN EXCESS OF 500. NEEDLESS TO SAY...WEDNESDAY LOOKS UGLY WITH MULTIPLE ROTATING STORMS WITH STRONG AND VIOLENT TORNADOES POSSIBLE. THINK RW/TRW WILL LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE SE HALF OF THE CWA SO WILL KEEP CHC POPS THERE. ON THURSDAY AVN SHOWING DECENT MOISTURE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE FRONT ACROSS THE SE HALF OF THE CWA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL RULE FROM THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. BY SATURDAY EVENING THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION AND PRODUCE RW/TRW. WE THEN REVERT BACK TO A SW FLOW ALOFT PATTERN BRINGING CHUNKS OF ENERGY ACROSS THE AREA WHICH WILL TAP INTO THE EVER PRESENT GULF MOISTURE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED RW/TRW. FOR TEMPS...WILL GO WITH A FWC/MAV MOS COMPROMISE. .PAH...NONE. PACKETT
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
939 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0915 PM TILINE KY 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/30/02 LIVINGSTON REPORTED BY DES
0928 PM 8W MARBLE HILL MO 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/30/02 BOLLINGER REPORTED BY BOLLINGER
COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE
DLLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION TO DATES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
939 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0915 PM TILINE KY 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/30/02 LIVINGSTON REPORTED BY DES
0928 PM 8W MARBLE HILL MO 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/30/02 BOLLINGER REPORTED BY BOLLINGER
COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE
DLLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
955 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0947 PM ARLINGTON KY 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/30/02 CARLISLE RELAYED BY CARLISLE
COUNTY DES OFFICE.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION TO DATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
955 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0947 PM ARLINGTON KY 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/30/02 CARLISLE RELAYED BY CARLISLE
COUNTY DES OFFICE.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1005 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1000 PM CLINTON KY 0.75 INCH HAIL
05/30/02 HICKMAN REPORTED BY HICKMAN
COUNTY DES OFFICEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION TO DATES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1005 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1000 PM CLINTON KY 0.75 INCH HAIL
04/30/02 HICKMAN REPORTED BY HICKMAN
COUNTY DES OFFICEThe Paducah radar (KPAH), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:10 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
20 to 25 large trees were blown down on several state highways. Another 25 to 30 trees were down across county roads.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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