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 9, 1:00 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 200 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2003 KPAH 88D PRETTY FULL W/SCT CONVECTION...MAINLY DIURNAL. WHILE THERE COULD CONTINUE TO LINGER SOME CONVECTION OVERNIGHT...THINK THE MAJORITY OF THE PCPN WL BE BROKEN INTO TWO...IE THE DIURNAL CONVECTION WL DIMINISH W/SUNSET...THEN ANOTHER ROUND BE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT N AND W AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES. PCPN WL BE FRONTAL TOMORROW BUT ENHANCED VIA DIURNAL HEATING...ESP IN THE EAST...WHERE FRONT WL BE LATER TO PASS. WL LINGER SMALL POP SE INTO EARLY THU NIGHT AS ALL MODELS SYNCHRONIZING NOW W/TIMING. GFS AND TO A LESSER EXTENT ETA PAINTING SOME DECENT QPF BUT WITH FRONT MOVING ON THRU AND AREA SO DRY DONT ANTICIPATE WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. SPC DOES HOLD SLGT RISK OVER FA OR PTNS OF IT THRU FROPA. EXPECT POST FRONTAL AIR MASS TO BE DRY ENOUGH TO INHIBIT NW FLOW TYPE CONVECTIVE POSSIBILITIES...AT LEAST IN THE SHORT TERM. BY SUN TDS MAY REBOUND ENOUGH TO ALLOW WEAK UPR TROF SCENARIO TO TOUCH OFF A FEW DIURNAL STORMS...SO WL INSERT A SMALL CHC POP THEN. OTHERWISE WL KEEP THE REMAINDER OF THE FCST DRY...ALTHOUGH W/THE WLY-NWLY FLOW ALOFT THERE COULD BE SOME SMALL CHANCE TYPE POPS THAT SNEAK IN W/TIME. WITH NCEP IN BACKUP MODE WL PRETTY MUCH KEEP TEMPS AS IS W/MINOR TWEEKS...IF NECESSARY...WHEN NEW GUIDANCE BECOMES AVAIL CLOSER TO PRESS TIME. .PAH...NONE.
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-101000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1158 AM CDT WED JUL 9 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FOR TODAY. ONE OR TWO OF THESE MAY BECOME SEVERE...BUT THE GREATEST CONCERN FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE OVERNIGHT IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE GREATEST SEVERE WEATHER HAZARD TONIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL CONCERN FOR TODAY WILL BE THE HEAT INDEX. THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL YIELD VALUES THIS AFTERNOON NEAR 100 DEGREES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE ITS MARCH ACROSS THE REGION. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH DAMAGING WINDS...WILL CONTINUE TO BE A HAZARD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. MY/DFS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
244 PM CDT WED JUL 09 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0201 PM EVANSVILLE IN 60 MPH WIND GUST
07/09/03 VANDERBURGH WIND GUST AT AIRPORT
ESTIMATED IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH BY NWS OFFICIAL
0203 PM EVANSVILLE IN 60 MPH WIND GUST
07/09/03 VANDERBURGH WIND GUST OF 56
KNOTS...OR 63 MPH AT
EVANSVILLE
AIRPORT...MEASURED BY NWS
OBSERVING EQUIPMENT
0202 PM EVANSVILLE IN 0.75 INCH HAIL
07/09/03 VANDERBURGH DIME SIZE HAIL AT AIRPORT
REPORTED BY LOCAL MEDIA
0217 PM EVANSVILLE IN FLOODING
07/09/03 VANDERBURGH ST. JOSEPH ROAD AT
FRANKLIN ROAD...WATER
OVER THE TOPS OF CARS.
OTHER SECTIONS THE ROAD
IMPASSABLE REPORTED BY
VANDERBURGH COUNTY DESThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were blown down. This severe storm developed over Evansville, Indiana and moved south across the Ohio River into the Henderson area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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