2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Aug 28, 1:15 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 215 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)... EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...SCATTERED CONVECTION WAS SEEN ON RADAR ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY. WILL CONTINUE WITH CHANCE POPS FOR SCATTERED CONVECTION INTO THE EVENING HOURS...WITH THE BEST CHANCE OVER THE SE 1/2 OF THE FA. WEAK H5 VORT SEEN ON THE RUC STRETCHED ACROSS THE FA...COUPLED WITH MODEST INSTABILITY ARE SUPPORTING THE CURRENT CONVECTION. GFS MAINTAINS GREATER MEAN RH AND EVEN SOME QPF OVER THE SE 1/2 OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT...SO WILL MAINTAIN SOME LOW POPS IN CASE ANY ADDITIONAL CONVECTION DEVELOPS. WILL KEEP POPS IN THE CHANCE CATEGORY ON MONDAY...AS HURRICANE KATRINA MOVES INLAND INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI BY THE END OF THE DAY. WILL INCREASE POPS MONDAY NIGHT...WITH BEST CHANCE POPS OVER SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS. WILL CARRY CATEGORICAL POPS TUESDAY FOR AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF THE OHIO AND WABASH RIVERS...IN WEST KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. GRADIENT POPS WILL LIE ACROSS THE FA MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH OUR LOWEST CHANCES OF RAIN AND POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE OZARK FOOTHILLS IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...NE INTO SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. BEST ESTIMATES OF QPF FROM GFS AND HPC GUIDANCE INDICATES GREATER THAN 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE EAST OF AN EVANSVILLE INDIANA...PADUCAH KENTUCKY LINE. THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAIN SHOULD BE ACROSS THE PENNYRILE REGION OF WEST KENTUCKY...WHICH INCLUDES AREAS FROM MADISONVILLE TO HOPKINSVILLE. THIS AREA MAY RECEIVE ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL. AT THIS TIME...WILL NOT ISSUE A FLOOD WATCH. THINKING IS THAT RAINFALL WILL BE DRAWN OUT OVER A LONG ENOUGH PERIOD OF TIME...TO PRECLUDE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. ISOLATED WATER PROBLEMS ARE CERTAINLY A POSSIBILITY. WE WILL UPDATE THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. WILL MAINTAIN A THUNDER THREAT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...WHERE MODELS INDICATE SOME INSTABILITY WILL BE PRESENT. HOWEVER...NEAR MOIST ADIABATIC LAPSE RATES AND A SATURATED COLUMN...WILL YIELD VERY LOW LAYER AVERAGE LAPSE RATE VALUES IN THE TROPICAL AIRMASS ON TUESDAY. THAT WILL LIKELY INHIBIT THUNDER...AS IS USUALLY THE CASE IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THE TRACK THIS FAR INLAND. THE REMNANTS OF KATRINA WILL NOT HANG AROUND LONG. GENERALLY FOLLOWING THE GFS AND NHC GUIDANCE...WHAT IS LEFT OF KATRINA WILL LIFT NE AND AWAY FROM THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. SO AS PREVIOUSLY FORECAST...WILL END POPS FROM WEST TO EAST...PAVING THE WAY FOR WHAT SHOULD BE A NICE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. GENERALLY FOLLOWED A BLEND OF GUIDANCE VALUES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. WENT LOWER THAN GUIDANCE ON TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST KENTUCKY WHERE CLOUDS AND THE HIGH PROBABILITY OF RAIN SHOULD KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM RISING MUCH. && .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... FORECAST CONTINUES DRY WITH CONFIDENCE IN LONG RANGE AS HPC GUIDANCE AND LONG RANGE MODELS SHOW ONLY MINOR DIFFERENCES. WITH SUBSIDENCE IN THE WAKE OF KATRINA...WEDS LOOKS TO BE A FAIRLY NICE DAY ALLOWING A DRY OUT TO BEGIN. THE NORTHERN JET LOOKS TO BUCKLE AFTER WEDS AND RIDGING BETWEEN KATRINA AND PACIFIC NW TROUGH BREAKS DOWN IN RESPONSE. ASSOCIATED WEAK SFC COLD FRONT CONSISTENTLY PROGGED TO BE LITTLE OF A WX MAKER AS IT MOVES THROUGH ON THURS. LOWER THICKNESSES AND CANADIAN SFC HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED NEAR OR ATOP OF CWA AT THE END OF THE WEEK WOULD POINT TOWARDS A COOL START TO METEOROLOGICAL AUTUMN. LATEST MEX MOS NUMBERS ALSO TRENDING LOWER. HOWEVER...THIS PATTERN HAS BEEN SEEN IN SOLUTIONS BEFORE THIS AUGUST AND HAS NOT PANNED OUT. THINK THOUGH THAT THIS SYNOPTIC SETUP WILL AT LEAST ALLOW BELOW AVG TEMPS TO WORK INTO NORTHERN AREAS. EVV AVG LOW IN LOWER 60S SO FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH MINS IN UPPER 50S NORTH TO START OUT LABOR DAY WEEKEND. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && CN...SHORT TERM MTF...LONG TERM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 227 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-291930- 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 227 PM EST SUN AUG 28 2005 /227 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT OUT AHEAD OF HURRICANE KATRINA. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN. HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY KATRINA TUESDAY...AS HER REMNANTS MOVE NORTH...ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG AND EAST OF A MAYFIELD TO OWENSBORO KENTUCKY LINE...FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN ISOLATED WATER PROBLEMS. SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS AND DITCHES MAY FILL WITH WATER OR OVERFLOW. AND...THERE MAY BE SOME STANDING WATER IN LOW LAND AREAS AND OVER A FEW ROADS THAT TYPICALLY EXPERIENCE HIGH WATER PROBLEMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down in parts of Christian County, including the Gracey and Hopkinsville areas.
Windows were blown out of a home. Power lines and trees were down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, August 2005
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5473742, 5473743.