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NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 22, 1:57 PM CST, 6 hours 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 257 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2003 MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE REMAINS THE SMALL CHANCE FOR SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS EVENING. ANOTHER CONCERN IS THE TEMPERATURE FORECAST FOR THE NEXT WEEK. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACES THE COLD FRONT FROM JUST SOUTH OF KEVV TO SOUTH OF KMDH TO NORTH OF KPOF. THIS LOCATION IS NOT TOO TERRIBLY FAR FROM WHAT THE GFS HAS BEEN FORECASTING ALL ALONG. THEREFORE...WE WILL MAINTAIN OUR PREFERENCE FOR THE GFS IN PREPARING THIS FORECAST. CONVECTION HAS REALLY HAD A TOUGH TIME DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO THE LACK OF MOISTURE (AS EVIDENCED ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY) AND A CAPPING INVERSION AROUND 700 MB. WHILE THE BEST COMBINATION OF DYNAMICS...MOISTURE...AND INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN TO OUR EAST THIS EVENING...WE STILL CANNOT RULE OUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY. ANY CONVECTION THAT DOES FIRE THIS EVENING SHOULD BE GONE BY 9 OR 10 PM. AS THE UPPER HIGH GRADUALLY SHIFTS EAST THIS WEEKEND...BONE DRY AIR WILL ACCOMPANY IT. THIS WILL RESULT IN ABUNDANT SUNSHINE AND SIGNIFICANTLY DRIER CONDITIONS. WHILE TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S...THIS WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE FROM THE PAST FEW DAYS. THE REPRIEVE FROM THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL NOT LAST LONG...AS 90S ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN TO PARTS OF THE AREA AS EARLY AS SUNDAY. THE LATEST LONG-RANGE SOLUTIONS ARE FASTER IN BRINGING THE NEXT FRONT SOUTH INTO THE AREA MID WEEK NEXT WEEK. AS A RESULT...SHIFTED THE WED/THU CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION BACK TO TUE/WED...WITH A RETURN TO SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS TOWARD THE END OF NEXT WEEK. MOS GUIDANCE HAS BEEN RUNNING TOO COOL AS OF LATE. AS A RESULT... HEDGED TOWARD THE WARMER OF THE FWC/MAV NUMBERS OVER THE WEEKEND... THEN A COUPLE OF DEGREES ABOVE MEX ALL NEXT WEEK. .PAH...NONE. PRESLEY
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-231000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1215 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE FOR ANOTHER UNCOMFORTABLE AFTERNOON. WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S...HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 100 AND 110 DEGREES ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON. THE WARMEST READINGS WILL EXIST OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND EXTREME WEST KENTUCKY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL MAKE ITS WAY ACROSS THE QUAD STATE REGION TODAY AND THIS EVENING. AS IT DOES...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCES OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY. THE CHANCES FOR SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL TAPER OFF FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THROUGHOUT THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...BEFORE THE FRONT EXITS THE QUAD STATE REGION LATER TONIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN THREATS INCLUDE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...AS ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHES US FROM THE NORTHWEST. AT THIS TIME...THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. RJP
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
621 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0423 PM BEECH GROVE KY 1.00 INCH HAIL
08/22/03 MCLEAN REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTERS.
0437 PM DIXON KY WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03 WEBSTER A FEW TREES DOWN.
REPORTED BY CENTRAL
DISPATCH.
0501 PM 5W MADISONVILLE KY WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03 HOPKINS SEVERAL TREES DOWN.
REPORTED BY HOPKINS
COUNTY EOC.
0515 PM DRAKESBORO KY WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03 MUHLENBERG A FEW TREES DOWN.
REPORTED BY TRAINED
STORM
SPOTTER.
0540 PM GREENVILLE KY WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03 MUHLENBERG A FEW TREES DOWN.
REPORTED BY TRAINED
STORM SPOTTER.
0545 PM MADISONVILLE KY WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03 HOPKINS A FEW TREES DOWN.
REPORTED BY HOPKINS
COUNTY EOC.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
651 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0640 PM 3NE KUTTAWA KY 0.75 INCH HAIL
08/22/03 LYON REPORTED BY COUNTY EMA.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
726 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0603 PM 5N ALLEGRE KY WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03 TODD A FEW TREES DOWN.
REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
728 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0722 PM CANTON KY 1.00 INCH HAIL
08/22/03 TRIGG REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
858 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0840 PM MAYFIELD KY WIND DAMAGE
08/22/03 GRAVES NUMEROUS TREES DOWN FROM
MAYFIELD WEST TO FANCY
FARM ALONG HWY. 80.
REPORTED BY POLICE.The Paducah radar (KPAH), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:08 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A co-operative observer reported several trees down and winds of at least 60 MPH.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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