1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 2, 12:00 PM CST, 7 hours 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 100 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2003 LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS BILL OVER NC AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE FA. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS CENTERED OVER SD. VIS SAT PICS SHOW CU FIELD PROMINENT OVER THE AREA WITH RADAR PPINE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE LATEST MODEL RUNS ARE RSNBL AGREEMENT AND SHOW A SLOWING TREND WITH THE NEXT BOUNDARY FORECAST TO REACH THE AREA SATURDAY. PREVIOUS RUNS PLUNGED THIS BOUNDARY WELL SOUTH OF FA. HOWEVER...AS EXPECTED THE MODELS ARE SLOWING THE SYSTEM AND STARTING TO SHOW SIGNS OF WASHING AS IT ENCOUNTERS THE FA. ALL MODELS ARE SHOWING THIS TREND...WHICH I EXPECT TO CONTINUE. IT WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR THIS BOUNDARY TO DISPLACE ATMOSPHERE ALREADY IN PLACE OVER THE AREA WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT ALOFT. A WEAK 500 MB PERTURBATION IS NOT LIKELY SUFFICIENT TO PUSH BOUNDARY SOUTH OF FA. IN CONTRAST...A STRONGER UPPER LEVEL WAVE IS EXPECTED NEXT WEEK WHICH WOULD BE ABLE TO PUSH A SYNOPTIC SCALE FEATURE THROUGH THE FA. THIS SYSTEM IS PROGGED TO MOVE THROUGH BY MID WEEK. BUT WILL MAINTAIN A CLOSE WATCH ON TIMING AS MODELS ARE TRYING TO SLOW THE PATTERN A BIT. WHICH I ALSO SUPPORT GIVEN THE CLIMATOLOGICAL NORM FOR JULY IN THIS AREA. WITH THAT SAID ALSO CAN NOT RULE OUT A 20 POP JUST ABOUT ANYTIME THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK. WITH THIS IN MIND WILL TWEAK GRIDS TO COMPLIMENT SURROUNDING FCSTS. AS FOR TEMPS LOOKS TO BE A HOT ONE WITH HEAT INDICES AROUND THE CENTURY MARK BY FRIDAY. WILL INCLUDE HEADLINE FOR THIS PHENOMENA. OTHERWISE STAYED CLOSE TO MOS FOR TEMPS. .PAH...NONE. HOOPER
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-031000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 430 AM CDT WED JUL 2 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE REMAINS OF TROPICAL STORM BILL WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS TODAY...BUT WILL STILL HAVE A MINOR INFLUENCE ON THE AREAS WEATHER. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH WILL BUILD EAST...SUPPRESSING ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY BEGINNING TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY HEAT INDICES NEAR 100 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND... AS HIGH TEMPERATURES NEAR OR ABOVE 90 COMBINE WITH INCREASINGLY HUMID AIR ACROSS OUR REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY...ALTHOUGH THE TYPICAL SUMMERTIME RISK OF AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON. SHANKLIN
ILZ076>078-082-083-086-087-INZ081-085>087-KYZ014-018-022345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 622 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2003 ...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN... AT 615 PM...A POSEY COUNTY SPOTTER REPORTED A POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR UPTON. RADAR SHOWS A THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF UPTON...ACROSS THE WABASH RIVER IN SOUTHEAST GALLATIN COUNTY...DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH. SUBSEQUENT REPORTS THROUGH THE POSEY COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE INDICATE THE FUNNEL IS NO LONGER OCCURRING AS OF 620 PM. THE ATMOSPHERE IS GENERALLY NOT SUPPORTIVE OF A LONG-LIVED TORNADIC ROTATION IN A STORM...HOWEVER...ISOLATED STORMS CAN SOMETIMES PRODUCE BRIEF FUNNELS OR EVEN IN SOME INSTANCES A SHORT-LIVED TORNADO. STORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE AS THE SUN SETS...BUT STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES.
ILZ076>078-082-083-086-087-INZ081-085>087-KYZ014-018-022345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 623 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2003 ...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN... AT 615 PM...A POSEY COUNTY SPOTTER REPORTED A POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR UPTON. RADAR SHOWS A THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF UPTON...ACROSS THE WABASH RIVER IN SOUTHEAST WHITE COUNTY...DRIFTING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH. SUBSEQUENT REPORTS THROUGH THE POSEY COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE INDICATE THE FUNNEL IS NO LONGER OCCURRING AS OF 620 PM. THE ATMOSPHERE IS GENERALLY NOT SUPPORTIVE OF A LONG-LIVED TORNADIC ROTATION IN A STORM...HOWEVER...ISOLATED STORMS CAN SOMETIMES PRODUCE BRIEF FUNNELS OR EVEN IN SOME INSTANCES A SHORT-LIVED TORNADO. STORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE AS THE SUN SETS...BUT STAY TUNED TO NOAA RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES. CORRECTED LOCATION OF STORM
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A very narrow rope-like funnel cloud was photographed by a motorist looking north from the Dogtown area, which is near the Wabash River to the south of Maunie.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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