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 Jun 5, 1:45 AM CST, 10 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 245 AM CDT WED JUN 5 2002 AT 07Z A COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY WAS JUST NORTHWEST OF THE CWFA...FROM ROUGHLY EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS TO JUST NORTH OF ST. LOUIS INTO SW MISSOURI. THE AIRMASS ACROSS THE FA EARLY THIS MORNING WAS FAIRLY UNSTABLE. SFC BASED LIS RUNNING -2 TO -4...WITH SFC AND H8 THETA-E RIDGES COINCIDENT. THUS SCATTERED CONVECTION CONTINUES TO FIRE UP FROM WEST KY AND SRN IL INTO SW INDIANA. FOLLOWING THE AVN...FOR TODAY...THE SFC FRONT IS FORECAST TO GRADUALLY PROGRESS EAST ACROSS THE FA. WHILE SCATTERED CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE ABOUT ANYTIME...BETTER MOISTURE AND FORCING (SEEN ON OMEGA AND Q-VEC PLANVIEWS) SHOWS UP LATE TODAY. SO WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS TODAY. CHANCE POPS SEEM IN ORDER TONIGHT. THE FRONT SHIFTS SOUTH AND EAST AWAY FROM THE FA...WITH THE BETTER UPPER FORCING ALSO SHIFTING EAST. BY 12 UTC THURSDAY...THE FRONTAL PROGRESSION SLOWS A BIT...AND THERE IS A RESURGENCE OF DYNAMICAL SUPPORT FCST WHILE A SFC WAVE RIDES NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT BEFORE DAMPENING OUT. SO...WILL HAVE A MORNING POP FOR OUR SE COUNTIES IN WRN KY. AS THE DAY WEARS ON THURSDAY...SHOULD SEE A DECREASE IN THE CLOUDS AS GOOD SUBSIDENCE AND DRYING OCCUR...AS THE UPPER TROF SHIFTS EAST. WX SHOULD BE TRANQUIL THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...AS SFC RIDGING SETS UP FROM THE EAST COAST ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE NATION TO TEXAS. PREVIOUSLY...THE AVN AND MRF WERE FAIRLY AGGRESSIVE IN DRIVING MOISTURE NORTH TOWARD THE CWFA ON SATURDAY...SUGGESTING A CHANCE OF CONVECTION. HOWEVER...THE ECMWF SUGGESTED NOT AS IT FORECAST UPPER RIDING OVER THE SE U.S. THE NEW AVN/MRF ARE HOLDING ON TO THEIR EARLIER SOLUTIONS...BUT NOW ARE SLOWER BRINGING DEEPER MOISTURE NORTHWARD TOWARD THE FA. SO WILL KEEP SAT DRY...BUT WILL HAVE TO MONITOR...AS IT MAY BE FAIRLY UNSTABLE. IN THE MEANTIME...THE NEW MRF RUN NOW LINES UP MORE WITH THE PREVIOUS TWO AVN RUNS...AND SLOWER ECMWF (WHICH MAY BE TOO SLOW AND TOO CUT OFF) WITH REGARD TO THE UPPER TROF THAT MOVES OUT OF WRN CANADA INTO THE ROCKIES BY 00 UTC MON. SO THE PREVIOUS FCST THINKING OF A SLOWER ARRIVAL TIME OF A FRONT EARLY NEXT WEEK...AND OF HOLDING ONTO A CHANCE OF CONVECTION THROUGH TUESDAY LOOKS TO BE ON TRACK...AND WILL CONTINUE WITH THAT. MAV/FWC IN DECENT AGREEMENT TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...SO HAVE ACCEPTED. ONLY MINOR MODIFICATIONS MADE TO TEMPERATURES IN THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST. .PAH...NONE. NOLES
MOZ086-087-100-107>111-051700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1129 AM CDT WED JUN 5 2002 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH... AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WILL MOVE THROUGH POPLAR BLUFF... HENDRICKSON...QULIN...AND FISK BEFORE NOON. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS TAKE SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THEY HAVE PASSED. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KH
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 12 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:43 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Large tree limbs were blown down in a residential neighborhood on the west side of town. The damage area was about one square mile.
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