1 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 Dec 3, 3:43 PM CST, 5 hours 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 343 PM CST SAT DEC 3 2005 .DISCUSSION... COMPLEX FORECAST IN THE SHORT TERM. LATEST VISIBLE OVER OUR AREA SHOWS NO BREAKS IN THE THICK CLOUD COVER CORRESPONDING TO A SATURATED LAYER FROM H7 ON DOWN. 88D ECHOES ASSOCIATED WITH WARM AIR ADVECTION REMAINING AT ABOUT 50 PERCENT IN COVERAGE...BUT FEEL THAT DRIZZLE IS IN BETWEEN MANY OF THOSE SHOWERS PER OBS AND WX OBSERVED HERE ALL DAY AT PAH. SURFACE LOW OVER OZARKS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP AS IT SLOWLY MOVES EAST. SFC WARM FRONT SETTING UP OVER NE AR AND TN AS CLEARING HAS ALLOWED TEMPS TO MODERATE RAPIDLY AND APPROACH 70 DEGREES. THANKS TO THIS AREA IS UNDER SLIGHT RISK AND LOWER PENNYRILE IS IN GENERAL THUNDER PER SWODY1. SOME WEAK INSTABILITY IS PRESENT FROM H8 TO H6 OR SO AND WARM FRONT SHOULD BARELY ENTER SOUTHERN CWA. THIS ALONG WITH SFC INSTABILITY WILL BE MAIN LIMITING FACTORS. WILL NEED TO MONITOR STORM MOTION OF THOSE THAT DO DEVELOP SOUTH OF HERE HOWEVER. FREEZING DZ CHANCES OVER N AND NE REGION IS ANOTHER CONCERN FOR TONIGHT. SHORT RANGE MODELS ARE IN GOOD CONSENSUS AS TO THE TRACK AND TIMING OF THE SFC LOW...BRINING IT WEST TO EAST THROUGH SEMO AND WESTERN KY FROM 00 TO 06Z. COOLER AIR WRAPPING AROUND SYSTEM MAY VERY WELL GUIDE LOWER TEMPERATURE PROFILE TO SUPPORT FREEZING PRECIP OVER SOUTH CENTRAL IL...SOUTHWEST IN...AND THE UPPER PENNYRILE. NAM12 AND RUC SOUNDINGS ARE SATURATED AND ISOTHERMAL FROM 750MB DOWN...BUT REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH 06Z. BEST FORCING THROUGH 290-295K IS BEFORE THIS TIME. CURRENT OBS REFLECT THAT SOUNDINGS ARE RUNNING A LITTLE WARM THOUGH IN THE LOWER LAYER SO BELIEVE BEST CHANCE FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BEGIN BY LATE EVENING. THINK FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE FAVORED OVER SNOW OR SLEET DUE TO DRY AIR ADVECTION ATOP THE MOIST LAYER. THIS LAYER IS THE SUB -5C AREA WHICH WOULD BE PRIME FOR LARGER CRYSTAL DEVELOPMENT...BUT DUE TO DRYNESS THINK DRIZZLE WILL BE FAVORED. DUE TO TEMPS OVER THE PAST FIVE DAYS GROUND SHOULD SUPPORT THE POSSIBILITY OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AS WELL. THIS LOW WILL MOVE RAPIDLY AWAY THROUGH SUNDAY. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TENDS TO BE SLOW DEPART NE AREAS IN SIMILAR SCENARIOS AND MODELS HINT AT THIS...SO HAVE HELD ONTO CLOUDY CONDITIONS OVER SWIN. TRAILING COLD FRONT STALLS IN MID SOUTH AND ANOTHER SFC LOW DEVELOPS OVER LA SUN NIGHT AND MOVES NE. MOISTURE CREEPS BACK UP FROM H9 TO H7...HOWEVER ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE IS ALMOST ENTIRELY SOUTH OF AREA. MODELS HAVE SHIFTED SLIGHTLY NORTH WITH PATH OF LOW...BUT DO BELIEVE ONLY IMPACT WILL BE CLOUDS OVER SE AREAS. MONDAY AND TUESDAY LOOK DRY ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME WEAK DISTURBANCES PASSING JUST NORTH OF AREA IN NW FLOW. THE STRONGEST ONE IS ON TUES WHICH SHOWS A 1020MB SFC LOW REFLECTION. THE TIMING OF THIS DIFFERS GREATLY BETWEEN THE NAM AND GFS...WITH THE NAM BEING QUICKER. HPC PROGS AGREE WITH THE SLOWER GFS SO HAVE LEANED TOWARDS THAT SOLUTION. THICKNESSES WOULD SUPPORT FLURRIES WITH THIS...HOWEVER DUE TO LACK OF NUMERICAL TIMING AND CONSISTENCY AND CWA BEING SOUTH OF LOW HAVE KEPT OUT MENTION. WITH TEMPS IN SHORT RANGE HAVE LEANED TOWARDS COOLER MET GUIDANCE. CLOUDS FROM DISTURBANCES EARLY IN THE WORK WEEK WILL PLAY A BIG IMPACT ON TEMPS SO HAVE NOT GONE ALL THE WAY TO MET MOS VALUES. 1040 MB CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE DROPPING DOWN OVER THE REGION WED-FRI TIME FRAME WILL KEEP TEMPS WELL BELOW NORMAL RIGHT INTO NEXT WEEKEND. THIS HIGH WILL ALSO SERVE TO KEEP QUITE DRY AIR OVER THE REGION...ESPECIALLY IN THE LOWER LEVELS BELOW 700 MB. THUS...DESPITE THE PASSAGE OF A COUPLE OF UPPER LEVEL SYSTEMS WED AND FRI...AM INCLINED TO KEEP PRECIP OUT OF THE FORECAST FOR NOW. AS FAR AS TEMPS ARE CONCERNED...WILL NOT STRAY TOO FAR FROM THE 00Z MEX MOS TEMPS. THINK 12Z MOS TEMPS ARE TOO WARM...ESP WED NIGHT AND THU NIGHT AS THE SURFACE HIGH MOVES DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. MAIN PROBLEM WITH 00Z MEX MOS IS THAT IT SUGGESTS THU MORNING TO BE THE COLDEST MORNING. GIVEN THE SURFACE HIGH DIRECTLY OVERHEAD 12Z FRI...THAT MORNING WILL LIKELY END UP BEING JUST AS COLD AS THU MORNING...IF NOT COLDER. LOOKING FOR AROUND 15 DEGREES NORTH TO THE UPPER TEENS SOUTH BOTH MORNINGS. HIGH TEMPS WED-FRI WILL STAY IN THE 30S MOST LOCATIONS... ABOUT 15 DEGREES BELOW SEASONAL NORMS. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && MTF/GM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 741 PM CST SAT DEC 3 2005 ILZ075>078-080>089-092-093-INZ081-082-085>088-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>111-041200- JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON- ALEXANDER-PULASKI-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER- PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER- STODDARD-SCOTT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION... MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO... CARMI...CARBONDALE...MURPHYSBORO...HERRIN...HARRISBURG... SHAWNEETOWN...JONESBORO...VIENNA...CAIRO...MOUND CITY... FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE...EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE... ROCKPORT...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL...CAPE GIRARDEAU...JACKSON... PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...BLOOMFIELD... SIKESTON 741 PM CST SAT DEC 3 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING IN AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF THE OHIO RIVER. HOWEVER...MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN TO THE SOUTH OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A CHANCE OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AFTER MIDNIGHT IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION IN THESE AREAS LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. ILZ090-091-094-KYZ001>022-MOZ112-114-041200- POPE-HARDIN-MASSAC-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN- GRAVES-LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG- CALDWELL-UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS- MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...METROPOLIS... HICKMAN...CLINTON...BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD... SMITHLAND...BENTON...MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ... PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE... HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON... CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID 741 PM CST SAT DEC 3 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND FAR SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. LOW PRESSURE WILL SLIDE BY JUST SOUTH OF THE REGION THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS LOW AND ITS ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT. THE ENTIRE SYSTEM SHOULD BE EAST OF THE REGION SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY. RJP
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Part of the roof of a storage building collapsed. The 200-by-30 foot building was located at a lumber yard.
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