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NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 28, 2:05 PM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 305 PM CDT WED SEP 28 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)... GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE QUAD STATE AREA TODAY...WHICH IS HELPING TO INCREASE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT TO OUR IMMEDIATE NORTHWEST. THE 12Z NAM AND GFS ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT IN BRINGING THE FRONT RAPIDLY THROUGH MUCH OF THE AREA THIS EVENING...AND OUT OF THE ENTIRE AREA SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. A VIGOROUS MID AND UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL PUSH JUST SOUTH OF EAST THROUGH THE REGION LATER TONIGHT...AS AN UPPER RIDGE HOLDS STRONG TO OUR SOUTHWEST. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ADVERTISED BY CONSENSUS GUIDANCE LOOK REASONABLE...ESPECIALLY NORTH. THERE IS A CONSIDERABLE CAPPING INVERSION IN THE MID LEVELS...WITH THE WARMEST AIR TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST. MID/UPPER FORCING WILL BE GREATEST IN THE NORTH...SO THAT IS WHERE THE GREATEST COVERAGE SHOULD BE. WILL HAVE 70 TO 80 POPS IN THE NORTH WITH 60S IN THE SOUTH. WITH ALL OF THE WARM AIR ALOFT...INSTABILITY WILL BE HARD TO COME BY...SO DO NOT FEEL THAT ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH SEVERE LEVELS THIS EVENING. ACCORDINGLY...SPC HAS JUST PUSHED THE SLIGHT RISK BACK WELL TO THE SOUTHWEST OF OUR AREA. CLEARING SKIES SHOULD BE PUSHING ACROSS THE AREA BY 12Z. WITH STRONG COLD...DRY ADVECTION IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...SEE NO REASON TO LINGER POPS INTO THURSDAY. THE FORECAST LOOKS RELATIVELY COOL AND DRY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM PERIOD...AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SITS DOWN ON THE AREA. WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 30S EXPECTED...LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S SEEM REASONABLE...SO DECIDED TO ADD PATCHY FROST TO THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT. AFTER A COOL DAY TOMORROW WITH HIGHS ABOUT 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL...A MODERATING TREND IS EXPECTED TOWARD THE WEEKEND. AS FOR SHORT TERM TEMPERATURES...GENERALLY WENT WITH A CONSENSUS OF AVAILABLE GUIDANCE FOR HIGHS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. GENERALLY FAVORED THE COOLER SIDE OF GUIDANCE FOR LOWS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. && .LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... 06Z/12Z GFS AND 00Z ECMWF FAIRLY SIMILAR ON BRINGING A SHORTWAVE TROUGH ACROSS THE NATIONS MID-SECTION ON SATURDAY...WHILE AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH ANCHORS ITSELF OVER THE SOUTHEAST. BY 12Z SATURDAY...BOTH MODELS POSITION THIS FEATURE OVER KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA. BY SATURDAY NIGHT...THIS SYSTEM SWINGS TO THE NORTHEAST AND OPENS UP...RIDING THE TOP OF THE H50 RIDGE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. BY SUNDAY...THE GFS SHOWS A MORE AMPLIFIED TROUGH THEN THE 00Z ECMWF. THE GFS PAINTS SOME LIGHT QPF OVER THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH 12Z SUNDAY. THE GFS IS MORE AGGRESSIVE IN PUSHING THIS FEATURE EASTWARD BY SUNDAY NIGHT...WHILE THE ECMWF AN AMPLIFIED TROUGH DIRECTLY OVER OUR CWA AS IT SANDWICHES ITSELF BETWEEN TWO UPPER LEVEL HIGHS TO ITS WEST AND EAST. THE GFS LOOKS MORE REASONABLE HERE (HPC ALSO FAVORS THE GFS)...AS IT SHOWS THIS SHORTWAVE STEADILY MOVE EAST WITH TIME...AND THEN GET CAUGHT UP SOMEWHERE IN THE APPALACHIANS. SO THE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS GOING FOR THE WEEKEND STILL SEEM WARRANTED AT THIS TIME. UPPER LEVEL RIDGING TAKES OVER OUR REGION WHICH SHOULD KEEP MONDAY AND TUESDAY DRY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS PROGGED TO MAKES ITS WAY TOWARD THE REGION FOR MIDWEEK...SO HAVE INTRODUCED SOME SMALL POPS THERE. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && DRS/CW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 608 PM CDT WED SEP 28 2005 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-292315- JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL- UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER- RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION... MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO... CARMI...CARBONDALE...MURPHYSBORO...HERRIN...HARRISBURG... SHAWNEETOWN...JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN... CAIRO...MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG... POSEYVILLE...EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN... CLINTON...BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND... BENTON...MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON... MORGANFIELD...DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON... OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE... MARBLE HILL...CAPE GIRARDEAU...JACKSON...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN... DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON... NEW MADRID 608 PM CDT WED SEP 28 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM PINCKNEYVILLE ILLINOIS TO DEXTER MISSOURI THIS EVENING. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI MAY STILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WHEN THEY MOVE INTO THE FAR WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PUSH EASTWARD THROUGH THE ENTIRE REGION THIS EVENING AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. LESSER INSTABILITY EAST OF THE OUTLOOKED AREA...SHOULD RESULT IN A WEAKENING TREND AS THE STORMS MOVE EASTWARD THROUGH THE NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. AT THIS TIME...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED DURING EITHER OF THESE PERIODS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING WEST OF A PINCKNEYVILLE ILLINOIS TO DEXTER MISSOURI LINE. DRS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
635 PM CDT WED SEP 28 2005
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0625 PM TSTM WND DMG PERRYVILLE 37.73N 89.87W
09/28/2005 PERRY MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
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SMITTYThe Paducah radar (KPAH), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:40 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
On the west side of the city, a large section of metal roof was peeled back and blown off a commercial masonry building. The section of roof was about 100 by 50 feet. Elsewhere in the city, a large tree fell on a church and a vehicle.
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