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 Jul 12, 1:00 PM CST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 200 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2003 IT APPEARS THE FRONT HAS SAGGED FAR ENOUGH SOUTH TO KEEP PCPN CHANCES SOUTH OF FA AND ALLOW DRIER AIR TO WORK INTO ALL BUT VERY SRN MOST PTNS FA AS OF 18Z. WL THEREFORE TENTATIVELY PLAN ON NO POPS THIS EVENING...BUT WL MAINTAIN CLOSE WATCH ON 88D FOR PM DEVELOPMENT NR THE BOUNDARY AND WL INCLUDE AN EVENING MENTION IF SOMETHING POPS UP. OTHERWISE LTL CHANGE IN GOING PACKAGE AS MODEL DATA...WHAT IS AVAILABLE...REMAINS CONSISTENT WITH ITS MAINLY DRY FORECAST UNTIL MID WEEK. 00Z MRF AND MEX STILL NOT AVAILABLE SO PLAN LTL/NO CHANGE IN THE MID-LONG RANGE...BUT WL WATCH FOR IT UP THRU PRESS TIME. EVEN WITH IT DONT ANTICIPATE MUCH CHANGE AS NEW 120 HR GFS OFFERS LTL NEW FROM PREVIOUS RUNS/GOING PACKAGE. ONLY CONSIDERATION IS WHETHER TO INCLUDE TUE NIGHT MENTION OF A POP PER NEWEST GFS...BUT GIVEN TRENDS HAVE BEEN FOR SLOWER FRONTAL APPROACHES WITH TIME...THINK WELL OPT TO LEAVE IT AT JUST A WED-THU CHC FOR NOW. .PAH...NONE.
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-131000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1212 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. ENOUGH LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY STILL EXIST ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FRONT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS... MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GREENVILLE MISSOURI TO PADUCAH AND MADISONVILLE KENTUCKY. SEVERE WEATHER IN THE FORM OF LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND IS STILL A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP SHOULD DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE QUAD STATE ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION. HOWEVER...THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. RJP
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees were blown down. Some trees fell on homes and vehicles. Some damage was reported to about 30 homes.
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