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 May 17, 12:55 PM CST, 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 155 PM CDT MON MAY 17 2004 .DISCUSSION... AIRMASS DESTABILIZED NICELY THROUGH MIDDAY. THIS COMBINED WITH WEAK H7 TROF MOVG NE ACROSS THE FA ENOUGH TO SUPPORT SCT TSTMS. BEST COVERAGE EAST OF A FAIRFIELD IL TO NEW MADRID MO LINE. HOWEVER...REGIONAL MOSAIC SHOWED WDLY SCT CONVECTION POPPING UP OVER NE ARKANSAS...MOVG NE. SO...THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING...WILL HAVE ISOLD WEST TO SCT EAST TERMINOLOGY. AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW...NOTHING IN FOR AFTER MIDNIGHT. BUT THIS WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY. WILL CONTINUE WITH OUR POPS TUE. GFS AND ETA KEEP MEAN RH HIGH OVER SE 1/2 OF THE AREA...WITH SOME DESTABILIZATION. ETA/NGM/GFS SHOWING SIGNS OF POSSIBLE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM AFFECTING THE REGION LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO FIRST 1/2 OF WED. GFS FURTHER NORTH THAN ETA / NGM. WILL SIDE CLOSER TO ETA / NGM...AND GO WITH HIGHER POPS OVER SOUTHERN IL AND SOUTHWEST IN FOR THIS TIME PERIOD...LOWER POPS SOUTH. RIDGE IS STILL ADVERTISED TO BUILD ACROSS THE REGION MID TO LATE WEEK. ALTHOUGH A AFTN POP UP SHRA/TSRA CANNOT BE ENTIRELY RULED OUT. THE CHANCE IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO WARRANT A MENTION AT THIS TIME. NCEP POPS SUPPORT THIS APPROACH. THE RIDGE IS FORECAST TO BREAK DOWN BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND. SO WILL START TO INTRODUCE LOW CHANCE POPS SUNDAY FROM NORTH TO SOUTH...AND CONTINUE THAT CHANCE INTO MONDAY. IN THE SHORT TERM...A BLEND OF GUIDANCE NUMBERS WAS USED AS THE NUMBERS DID NOT DIFFER ALL THAT MUCH. ETA MET NUMBERS WERE A LITTLE COOLER FOR WED MAXS...SINCE THE MODEL IS A LITTLE MORE PESSIMISTIC WITH REGARD TO CLOUDS...AND HIGHER WITH PRECIP CHANCES. WE WENT ONLY A DEGREE OR TWO ABOVE THAT. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 525 AM CDT MON MAY 17 2004 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-181000- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIKESTON...POPLAR BLUFF...PERRYVILLE... CAPE GIRARDEAU...PADUCAH...OWENSBORO...MURRAY...MAYFIELD... MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...EVANSVILLE...HERRIN... HARRISBURG...CARMI...CARBONDALE AND CAIRO 525 AM CDT MON MAY 17 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE QUAD STATE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE BEST CHANCE WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A PERRYVILLE MISSOURI TO EVANSVILLE INDIANA LINE...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. THE NEXT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER THAT WILL BE NEXT WEEKEND...AND THAT CHANCE WILL BE MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1224 PM CDT MON MAY 17 2004 KYZ002>006-171830- BALLARD KY-CARLISLE KY-GRAVES KY-HICKMAN KY-MCCRACKEN KY- 1224 PM CDT MON MAY 17 2004 ...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE JACKSON PURCHASE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL MOVE THROUGH NUMEROUS TOWNS BY 1 AM ...INCLUDING ARLINGTON...BARDWELL...CLINTON...AND FANCY FARM. RAINFALL RATES MAY SURPASS AN INCH PER HOUR WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. KH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1230 PM CDT MON MAY 17 2004 KYZ002>006-171830- BALLARD KY-CARLISLE KY-GRAVES KY-HICKMAN KY-MCCRACKEN KY- 1224 PM CDT MON MAY 17 2004 ...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE JACKSON PURCHASE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL MOVE THROUGH NUMEROUS TOWNS BY 1 PM ...INCLUDING ARLINGTON...BARDWELL...CLINTON...AND FANCY FARM. RAINFALL RATES MAY SURPASS AN INCH PER HOUR WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. KH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1243 PM CDT MON MAY 17 2004 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-171900- 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 IL-PERRY MO-PIKE IN- POPE IL-POSEY IN-PULASKI IL-RIPLEY MO-SALINE IL-SCOTT MO-SPENCER IN- STODDARD MO-TODD KY-TRIGG KY-UNION IL-UNION KY-VANDERBURGH IN- WABASH IL-WARRICK IN-WAYNE IL-WAYNE MO-WEBSTER KY-WHITE IL- WILLIAMSON IL- 1243 PM CDT (1243 PM EST) MON MAY 17 2004 ...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE JACKSON PURCHASE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH... PEA SIZE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL TRAVERSE THE QUAD STATE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH UP THE MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO RIVER VALLEYS. RAINFALL RATES MAY SURPASS AN INCH PER HOUR WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. KH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous large tree limbs were blown down at a camp in the Wabash River bottomlands. There was minor damage to a trailer.
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