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NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 1, 12:05 PM CST, 10 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 105 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2003 UNUSUALLY ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN FOR EARLY AUGUST WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. A DEEPENING UPPER TROUGH OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL BE THE MAIN TRIGGER FOR CONVECTION OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. EARLY MORNING MCS THAT MOVED SOUTH ACROSS ERN MISSOURI TEMPORARILY STABILIZED PARTS OF THE AREA. THE WEAK SHORTWAVE THAT TRIGGERED THE MCS...VISIBLE IN WATER VAPOR IMAGERY THIS MORNING...HAS MOVED SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION. SUBSIDENCE IN THE WAKE OF THE SHORTWAVE HAS RESULTED IN FULL SUNSHINE PAST COUPLE HOURS. THE AIR MASS WILL BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE BY THIS EVENING...WITH LIFTED INDICES AROUND MINUS 8. CONVECTION OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI AT 18Z APPEARS TO BE ALONG A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY THAT EXTENDS EAST ALONG I-70. THIS BOUNDARY WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR DEVELOPMENT INTO THE EVENING HOURS. MODERATELY STRONG WEST-NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT SHOULD ENHANCE WIND POTENTIAL WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE INTO SRN ILLINOIS AND POSSIBLY SW INDIANA. PRIMARY CONCERN WILL BECOME A HEAVY RAIN THREAT LATE TONIGHT AS THE LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES TO AROUND 30 KNOTS. OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OR REMNANTS OF THE WEAK FRONT WILL SAG SOUTHWARD INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY OVERNIGHT. UPPER SUPPORT WILL INCREASE AS THE MAIN 500 MB SHORTWAVE CROSSES MISSOURI. RECENT HEAVY RAIN IN SOME AREAS...MAINLY SW INDIANA/WRN KENTUCKY/SE MISSOURI...COULD SLOW RUNOFF. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE MENTIONED IN ZONES AND UPDATED HWO. ON SATURDAY...ETA/GFS DISSIPATE THE SURFACE BOUNDARY OVER THE FORECAST AREA AND REDEVELOP IT OVER NW MISSOURI. ETA BRINGS THIS BOUNDARY INTO THE FORECAST AREA LATE SUNDAY...BEFORE DISSIPATING IT. THE RESULT IS NO CHANGE IN AIR MASS THROUGH THE WEEKEND...OTHER THAN MESOSCALE COLD POOLS. THE GFS SOLUTION OF BRINGING A SURFACE WAVE NORTHEAST ACROSS WEST KENTUCKY EARLY SUNDAY IS NOT SUPPORTED BY PREVIOUS RUNS OR OTHER MODELS. EARLY NEXT WEEK...ETA/GFS/ECMWF/UKMET ALL LOWER SURFACE PRESSURES OVER THE PLAINS. ETA/GFS DEVELOP A WARM FRONT EAST FROM THE PLAINS ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY. WITH A MODERATELY STRONG AND COLD NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...THIS COULD RESULT IN ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. PAST COUPLE RUNS OF THE GFS TAKE THE PLAINS SURFACE LOW EAST ACROSS TENNESSEE/KENTUCKY ON WEDNESDAY. PLAN TO RAISE POPS SLIGHTLY FOR EARLY TO MID PART OF NEXT WEEK. TEMPS WILL BE OF COURSE BE DEPENDENT ON MCS ACTIVITY THIS WEEKEND. WILL LEAN TOWARD COOLER AND WETTER AVN MOS GUIDANCE. .PAH...NONE. MY
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-021000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 117 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGHOUT THE QUAD STATE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT MAY OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGHOUT THE QUAD STATE...WITH THE BEST CHANCES ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND POSSIBLY SOUTHWEST INDIANA. GIVEN AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS...AND UNSEASONABLY STRONG WIND FIELDS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION...ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF REACHING SEVERE LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT...BUT SOME LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST...AND WEAKEN TOWARDS SUNSET. DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...THERE IS A CHANCE OF ONE OR MORE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS THE QUAD STATE. DAMAGING WINDS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE...BUT WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS...IF THE SYSTEMS DEVELOP AS FORECAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE ON SATURDAY...BUT THE MOST FAVORED AREAS AND TIMES WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE EVOLUTION OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM STORM COMPLEXES TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE LOCATED ACROSS THE QUAD STATE AND PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. GIVEN THE UNSEASONABLY STRONG WIND FIELDS FORECAST FOR THE REGION...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND POSSIBLY SOME LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. THERE WILL BE A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY FROM SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER DURING THIS TIME PERIOD CURRENTLY IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS MAY BE REQUESTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE ANY TIME FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. DRS
ILZ075>078-080>094-KYZ001>009-MOZ076-086-087-100-107>112-114-020230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 907 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2003 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #827 NO LONGER IN EFFECT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #827 PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND A PORTION OF WESTERN KENTUCKY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 900 PM CDT. AT 900 PM...RADAR INDICATED THAT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WEAKENING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING...BUT MAY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. DRS
ILZ083-087-INZ085>087-KYZ014-018-019-020500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1110 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL APPROACH THE EVANSVILLE AREA AND VICINITY... AT 1110 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF EVANSVILLE...ALONG THE OHIO AND WABASH RIVERS. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...WINDS GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED RAPIDLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR. STORMS SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE EVANSVILLE AREA BETWEEN 1115 AND 1130 PM. CW/GM
INZ086>088-KYZ007-008-010>016-019-020-020630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1152 PM CDT FRI AUG 1 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN KENTUCKY AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST INDIANA... AT 1145 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS LOCATED FROM NEAR EVANSVILLE INDIANA TO NEAR SMITHLAND KENTUCKY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT LOCATIONS FROM NEWBURGH INDIANA...TO OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...MADISONVILLE... DAWSON SPRINGS AND COBB KENTUCKY. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...WINDS GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH PER HOUR. LARGE BRANCHES AND SOME TREES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED RAPIDLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR. MEFFERT/WIELGOS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Power lines and trees were blown down in the southwest portion of Henderson County.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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