Strong northwest winds caused some minor property damage in the Evansville area. M.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
Strong northwest winds caused some minor property damage in the Evansville area. The peak wind gust measured at the Evansville airport was 45 MPH around 2 P.M. About 1,000 utility customers lost power in Boonville when a tree fell, taking down power lines and a utility pole. A much smaller power outage on the north side of Evansville affected about 50 customers. Sparks from a tree limb blowing into power lines caused a grass fire in Evansville. The strong northwest winds were immediately behind a cold front that passed through during the late morning.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 7, 3:15 AM CST, 9 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 315 AM CST SUN MAR 7 2004 .DISCUSSION... LATEST SATELLITE IR LOOPS SHOW MID-HIGH CLOUD SHIELD ASSOCIATED WITH INCOMING FRONT WL AFFECT MOST OF FA TODAY...BUT PROBABLY WONT PRECLUDE AT LEAST A PTSUNNY SKY AT TIMES. TIGHTENING GRADIENT WITH STIFF WINDS WL BE THE MAIN FACTOR W/THIS SYSTEM PACKAGE...WITH BOTH MOS AND WINDS ALOFT SUPPORTIVE OF 15-25 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WE REMAIN IN PREDOMINANT NW FLOW ALOFT THRU MOST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD THEREAFTER WITH SEVERAL SYSTEM PASSAGES EXPECTED. LTL BEYOND MINOR TWEEKING TO GOING PACKAGE...WITH SOME TIMING NUANCES BASED ON LATEST 00Z MODEL DATA. PRETTY MUCH BOUGHT CONSISTENCY OF GFS AND THUS WENT WITH MAV AND MEX MOS THROUGHOUT. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...NONE. IN...NONE. KY...NONE. MO...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 500 AM CST SUN MAR 7 2004 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-081100- ALEXANDER IL-BALLARD KY-BOLLINGER MO-BUTLER MO-CALDWELL KY- CALLOWAY KY-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-CARLISLE KY-CARTER MO-CHRISTIAN KY- CRITTENDEN KY-DAVIESS KY-EDWARDS IL-FRANKLIN IL-FULTON KY- GALLATIN IL-GIBSON IN-GRAVES KY-HAMILTON IL-HARDIN IL-HENDERSON KY- HICKMAN KY-HOPKINS KY-JACKSON IL-JEFFERSON IL-JOHNSON IL- LIVINGSTON KY-LYON KY-MARSHALL KY-MASSAC IL-MCCRACKEN KY-MCLEAN KY- MISSISSIPPI MO-MUHLENBERG KY-NEW MADRID MO-PERRY MO-PERRY IL-PIKE IN- POPE IL-POSEY IN-PULASKI IL-RIPLEY MO-SALINE IL-SCOTT MO-SPENCER IN- STODDARD MO-TODD KY-TRIGG KY-UNION KY-UNION IL-VANDERBURGH IN- WABASH IL-WARRICK IN-WAYNE MO-WAYNE IL-WEBSTER KY-WHITE IL- WILLIAMSON IL- 500 AM CST SUN MAR 7 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON THE BIG MUDDY RIVER. SEE THE LATEST RIVER STATEMENTS / SDFFLSPAH / FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON THE BIG MUDDY RIVER. SEE THE LATEST RIVER STATEMENTS / SDFFLSPAH / FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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