3 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 Aug 7, 1:36 PM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 236 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2005 .DISCUSSION... FORECAST CHALLENGE ARE POPS CHANCES AND COVERAGE IN THE SHORT TERM AND TEMPERATURES DURING THE EXTENDED. SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY AT THIS TIME...CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED OVER CWA ON INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE BULLSEYE. SUBTLE WIND BOUNDARY AS WELL AS SOME ORAGRAPHIC EFFECTS ON CRAWLEYS RIDGE APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN INITIATING MECHANISM. PER SWOMCD...WIND AND HAIL THREATS FROM CONVECTION WILL BE WIDELY ISOLATED. GOES WV LOOP SHOWS AN EXTENDED SHEAR AXIS STILL EXTENDING OVER NW CWA ACTING AS A DIVISION BETWEEN DRY AIR AND PRESENT AIR MASS. 12Z 700MB ANALYSIS SHOWED COOL MOIST POCKET ABOVE CWA AND RUC HAD THIS DEEPENING SOMEWHAT DURING THE AFTN. SUPPORT ALSO NOTED ATOP THAT WITH H250 WAVE AND DIVERGENT WINDS OVER CWA. WITH THIS AND MULTIPLE OUTFLOWS LIKELY TO BE LAID DOWN BY PRESENT STORMS...CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. FOR THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD...FOG THEN BECOMES AN ISSUE. MIN TEMPS PROGGED TO DROP SEVERAL DEGREES BELOW CROSSOVER TEMP. HAZE AND LOWER VIBSYS PRSENTLY IN PLACE THROUGHOUT WESTERN HALF OF CWA DUE TO NEARLY CALM WINDS AND MID 70S TDS IN PLACE. THAT STARTING POINT AT SUNDOWN COUPLED WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AFTER DEBRIS FADES WILL LIKELY YIELD PATCHY DENSE FOG OVER SE MO...SW IL...AND THE PURCHASE AREA OF KENTUCKY. WET GROUND IN MANY LOCALES SHOULD HELP TOO. WILL ADD IN GRIDS AND ZONES. FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE WORK WEEK...DAYTIME CHANCES OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST MAINLY OVER WESTERN KY. ETA AND GFS MAINTAIN POSITION OF MID LEVEL LOW OVER THE SOUTH DURING MON AND TUES. ETA ADVERTISES THIS FEATURE ROTATING DRY AIR IN QUICKER THAN GFS OVER CWA...WHICH WOULD YIELD TO A DRY TUES. HAVE COMPROMISED AND KEPT SLIGHT POPS ONLY IN SE HALF OF CWA. BOTH MODELS AGREE THAT BY TUES NIGHT NVA SUPPORTING DEEP DRY AIR SPREADS INTO OUR AREA PUTTING AN END TO POPS CHANCES. CONCERN THEN BECOMES HEAT WITH UPPER LEVEL RIDGE EXPANDING OVER EASTERN CONUS. LOOKS LIKE MOSTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL DURING THE END OF NEXT WEEK. H850 TEMPS ALSO CONSISTENTLY PROJECTED TO BE NEAR OR ABOVE 20C OVER THAT TIME AS THICKNESSES INCREASE. TOO EARLY TO GET FANCY ON TDS BUT LIKELY TO BE IN THE LOW TO MID 70S YIELDING HIS AROUND OR JUST ABOVE 100F. JET STREAM TO BECOME MORE VIGOROUS NEXT WEEK BUT STILL TO REMAIN NORTH OF AREA. THE GFS AND DGEX IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH HPC PROGS AS TO FRONTAL APPROACH DURING NEXT WEEKEND. THE ECMWF IS SLIGHTLY FASTER. THERE HAVE BEEN INCONSISTENCIES FROM RUN TO RUN WITH THIS FRONT. FRONT PROGGED TO BECOME MORE E-W ORIENTED SO DONT THINK IT WILL COME PLOWING DOWN. UNSTABLE PRE-FRONTAL AIR MASS THOUGH ENOUGH TO WARRANT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ON DAY SEVEN. FOR TEMPS HAVE KEPT ALMOST STATUS QUO IN SHORT TERM WITH ONLY DROPPING OF MINS DUE TO LIKELY CLEARING. LONG TERM IS MORE TRICKY...AND STAY AT OR JUST ABOVE HPC PROGS WITH MID 90S DURING THE DAYS. MEX MOS LEANING COOLER ON DAY 6 AND 7 BUT BELIEVE THATS DUE TO CLIMO INFLUENCE WITH WARM AIR MASS STILL IN PLACE. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && MTF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 342 AM CDT SUN AUG 7 2005 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-081000- 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...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...CARMI... CARBONDALE...CAIRO...OWENSBORO...MURRAY...MAYFIELD...HOPKINSVILLE... EVANSVILLE...MADISONVILLE AND HENDERSON 342 AM CDT SUN AUG 7 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ACROSS THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE REGION. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...IN CONJUNCTION WITH A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF THIS FEATURE...ALONG WITH DECENT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IN PLACE...WILL YIELD A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS. GIVEN THE WEAK WIND FIELDS ALOFT...MOST STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND COULD PRODUCE ISOLATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH IN AN HOUR. THIS RAIN WILL PRODUCE LOCAL PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND FILL CREEKS AND DITCHES QUICKLY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE WILL BE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF STORMS MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON HEAT OF THE DAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 322 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2005 MOZ087-072130- CAPE GIRARDEAU MO- 322 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2005 ...HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE BRIEF FLOODING IN CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY... HEAVY RAIN...ESTIMATED BY RADAR BETWEEN ONE AND ONE HALF TO TWO INCHES...HAS FALLEN SINCE 1 PM ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN CAPE GIRARDEAU. THIS RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE BRIEF...LOCALIZED FLOODING OF SMALL DITCHES...CREEKS AND STREAMS. IN ADDITION...SOME SECONDARY ROADS MAY BRIEFLY BE COVERED WITH A FEW INCHES OF WATER. AT 305 PM...K F V S...CHANNEL 12...IN CAPE GIRARDEAU REPORTED 1.77 INCHES OF RAIN IN APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL CONTINUED TO LINGER FROM MILLERSVILLE... SOUTHWARD TO WHITEWATER...THEN EAST TO CAPE GIRARDEAU THROUGH 4 PM. PERSONS TRAVELING THROUGH NORMALLY LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE WATCHFUL FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. KEEP CHILDREN AND PETS AWAY FROM SWIFT MOVING WATERS IN SMALL DITCHES...CREEKS AND STREAMS. THE HEAVY RAIN SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER 4 PM...HOWEVER...PERSONS SHOULD BE WATCHFUL FOR EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE RAIN THROUGH 5 PM.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 334 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2005 KYZ005-072145- MCCRACKEN KY- 334 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2005 ...HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE BRIEF FLOODING OVER MCCRACKEN COUNTY... HEAVY RAIN...ESTIMATED BY RADAR BETWEEN ONE HALF TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES...HAS FALLEN SINCE 230 PM ACROSS MCCRACKEN COUNTY. THIS RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE BRIEF...LOCALIZED FLOODING OF SMALL DITCHES...CREEKS AND STREAMS. IN ADDITION...SOME SECONDARY ROADS MAY BRIEFLY BE COVERED WITH A FEW INCHES OF WATER. LOOK FOR RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN ONE TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES TO DOT PARTS OF THE COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL CONTINUE FROM EAST OF KEVIL...TO PADUCAH AND SOUTHEAST TO REIDLAND THIS AFTERNOON. PERSONS TRAVELING THROUGH NORMALLY LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE WATCHFUL FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. KEEP CHILDREN AND PETS AWAY FROM SWIFT MOVING WATERS IN SMALL DITCHES...CREEKS AND STREAMS. THE HEAVY RAIN SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER 5 PM...HOWEVER...PERSONS SHOULD BE WATCHFUL FOR EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE RAIN THROUGH 6 PM.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 400 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2005 KYZ002-003-006-072130- CARLISLE KY-GRAVES KY-HICKMAN KY- 400 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2005 AT 400 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHWESTERN GRAVES COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...BETWEEN FANCY FARM AND LOWES. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS SLOWLY DRIFTING TO THE WEST- SOUTHWEST TOWARD EASTERN PORTIONS OF CARLISLE AND HICKMAN COUNTIES. THROUGH 430 PM...THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IN ADDITION TO WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ON THE ORDER OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL ALSO BE LIKELY. RJP
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:23 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees and power lines were blown down along the Hickman County border. Two trees blocked Highway 58 at the Hickman County line.
A portion of the roof was blown off a house. A window of a house next door was blown out.
Trees were down along the Purchase Parkway.
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: 5473615, 5473614, 5473616.