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 Feb 3, 12:53 PM CST, 5 hours 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1253 PM CST MON FEB 3 2003 PRIMARY CONCERNS FOR THIS FORECAST PACKAGE CONTINUE TO BE THE COLD FRONT AND ITS ASSOCIATED WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. COLD FRONT STRETCHING FROM NE ILLINOIS SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI INTO NORTHEAST TEXAS WILL CONTINUE ITS EASTWARD MOVEMENT AS EXPECTED. MODELS NOW VERY SIMILAR WITH TIMING OF FROPA. AT 00Z THE FRONT SHOULD BISECT THE CWA FROM NE TO SW AND CLEAR THE SE CORNER OF THE CWA BEFORE MIDNIGHT. A WEAK VORT MAX HAS PRODUCED A BAND OF LIGHT SHOWERS CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE CWA. THE SHOWERS SHOULD HAVE A STABILIZING EFFECT ON THE ATMOSPHERE LOCALLY...HOPEFULLY ENOUGH TO PRECLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. SFC DEWPOINTS AHEAD OF THE FRONT CONTINUE TO BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S...MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES FROM 6 TO 6.5 C/KM...AND DEPENDING ON WHICH MODEL YOU LOOK AT...LIFTED INDICES HOVERING NEAR ZERO. PROVIDING THE BAND OF SHOWERS DOESNT WASH OUT AND/OR STABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE TOO MUCH...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS (WHICH HAS JUST DEVELOPED ALONG THE FRONT)...WILL CROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. INSTABILITY AND FORCING LOOKS BETTER TO OUR SOUTH...BUT THERE IS STILL A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS OUR CWA...WITH DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. THERE MAY BE A FEW FLURRIES TOWARD MORNING IN THE WRAP AROUND MOISTURE...BUT TOO IFFY TO MENTION. COLD ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE TO FILTER IN BEHIND FRONT PROVIDING US WITH A COUPLE OF DAYS OF DRY BUT COLD WEATHER. CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF A WEAK SHORT WAVE AND BROAD CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT. WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS ENERGY THERE WILL BE LIMITED MOISTURE SO ONLY FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED. CLOUDS WITH THIS FEATURE WILL BE SLOW TO CLEAR...WITH SUNSHINE EXPECTED TO RETURN ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. ON SUNDAY THE NEXT WEAK SHORT WAVE WILL CROSS THE REGION WITH LIMITED MOISTURE. CRITICAL THICKNESSES AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS WOULD INDICATE THIS TO BE AN ALL SNOW EVENT (LIGHT EVENT)...BUT TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO REACH INTO THE LOWER 40S. THEREFORE WILL MENTION A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW. WILL USE A BLEND OF FWC/MAV FOR TEMPERATURES. .PAH...NONE JAP
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-041100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 500 AM CST MON FEB 3 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE..TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...GENERALLY TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI TO WINSLOW INDIANA. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT ALONG OR JUST WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AROUND 3 PM. THE LINE WILL MOVE RAPIDLY TO THE EAST NORTHEAST...POSSIBLY PRODUCING ISOLATED AREAS OF WIND DAMAGE ALONG ITS PATH. THE LINE OF STORMS SHOULD MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY 9 PM. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLIER IN THE DAY...BUT THESE STORMS WILL REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. OUTSIDE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WILL GUST UP TO 35 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH THE DAY. TONIGHT BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS OPERATING IN THE OUTLOOKED AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH...AND BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE BY 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. DRS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
0554 PM CST MON FEB 03 2003
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0510 PM MOREHOUSE MO 60 MPH TSTORM WIND
02/03/03 NEW MADRID HALF DOZEN TREES BLOWN
DOWN IN DEXTER. LARGE
PORTION OF ROOF BLOWN OFF
STRUCTURALLY SOUND HOME.
HOOPERThe Paducah radar (KPAH), 31 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:02 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Winds gusted to 62 MPH at the county emergency operations center in Bardwell. Power lines were down at Cunningham.
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