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 Apr 16, 3:00 PM CST, 6 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 400 PM CDT WED APR 16 2003 IN THE NEXT 12-18 HOURS...MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE TIMING/INTENSITY/COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN VICINITY OF COMPACT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER ERN KS/WRN MO AT 20Z. IN CONSIDERATION OF SPCS RECENT DISCUSSIONS REGARDING DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL WITH THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...I DECIDED TO INCLUDE A MENTION OF DAMAGING WINDS IN THE FIRST PERIOD OF THE FORECAST. UPPER LOW WILL BE MOVING OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE PAH FORECAST AREA BETWEEN 12-21Z THURSDAY...SO INTRODUCED THUNDER ON THURSDAY. THE 850/700-500 MB LAPSE RATES ARE ABOVE 6.5C/KM OVER SRN IL/SWRN IN/PENNYRILE REGION OF WRN KENTUCKY THROUGH 18Z THU. I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF A FEW THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE SMALL HAIL EARLY THURSAY...ESPECIALLY IF THERE ARE GOOD BREAKS IN CLOUD COVER FOR LOW LEVEL INSOLATION. ANOTHER PROBLEM WILL BE THE ACTUAL ORIENTATION OF THE SURFACE WINDS AROUND THE STACKED LOW ON THURSDAY. THESE WINDS MAY REQUIRE ADJUSTMENT/REFINEMENT WITH THE EVENING/MIDNIGHT WORK CREWS. IN COORDINATION WITH WFO SGF...DECIDED TO BUMP UP MAXES ON FRIDAY...DURING MAX HEATING IN APRIL SUN. PRETTY WELL KEPT PCPN TIMING THE SAME FOR FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...MAKING ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO PCPN AMOUNTS AND POPS. INTRODUCED THE NEXT CHANCE OF PCPN FOR LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. .PAH...NONE. SMITH
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-171000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 948 PM CDT WED APR 16 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES ACROSS ALL THE REGION OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. DISTINCT LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED ACROSS PARTS OF THE REGION...AND THIS TREND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL WILL BE THE MOST PROBABLE FORM OF SEVERE WEATHER FROM THIS SYSTEM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...AS ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. SEVERE WEATHER WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT. MEFFERT
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:01 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm wind gust blew down a machine shed on a farm off County Road 766. Based on a National Weather Service damage survey, peak winds of 65 to 70 MPH destroyed the 50 by 45 foot structure.
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