1 hail, 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 Feb 20, 9:45 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 945 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2005 .DISCUSSION... ZONE/GRID UPDATE IN THE WORKS THIS EVENING. WILL DEFINITELY BE JACKING LOWS UP A CATEGORY OR TWO IN MOST PLACES...SINCE IT IS BECOMING OBVIOUS THAT THE FRONT IS NOT GOING TO MAKE IT TOO FAR INTO THE QUAD STATE BY MORNING. WILL BE LEANING TOWARD THE MET GUIDANCE...WHICH IS NOT MUCH DIFFERENT FROM ITS 12Z RUN IN THE SOUTH...BUT HAS DRAMATICALLY WARMER NUMBERS IN THE NORTH. WILL HAVE OVERCAST SKIES OVER THE ENTIRE AREA BY 12Z...AS LOW CLOUDS ARE ALSO WIDESPREAD BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. AS FOR PRECIPITATION...THE 00Z RUC AND ETA CONTINUE TO BRING WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA...AS CURRENT ACTIVITY OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI DRAGS SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA. THIS SEEMS LIKELY...SO WILL INCREASE POPS TO CATEGORICAL ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHERN HALF OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI COUNTIES OVERNIGHT. RADAR TRENDS OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS INDICATE A WEAKENING TREND...AS THE STORMS HIT LESS FAVORABLE AIRMASS OVER OUR AREA. WILL KEEP WATCHING BUT DONT EXPECT TO SEE ANYTHING REACH SEVERE LEVELS. GRIDS/ZONES OUT IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .KY...NONE. .MO...NONE. .IL...NONE. .IN...NONE. && DRS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1255 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2005 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-211100- 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...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...CARMI...CARBONDALE...CAIRO... PADUCAH...OWENSBORO...MURRAY...MAYFIELD...HOPKINSVILLE... EVANSVILLE...MADISONVILLE AND HENDERSON 1255 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE REGION TONIGHT...AND A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEYS TONIGHT. INCREASING INSTABILITY PAIRED WITH FAVORABLE DYNAMICS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON HOW WELL THE THUNDERSTORMS MAINTAIN THEIR STRENGTH AS THEY PROGRESS EAST INTO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI THIS EVENING AND EVENTUALLY THE REST OF THE AREA TONIGHT. THE HIGHEST RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SWEEP EAST ACROSS THE REST OF THE QUAD STATE AREA OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS WEEK AT A FEW POINTS ON AREA RIVERS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT OVER THE ENTIRE AREA... ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. SPOTTERS ARE URGED TO MAINTAIN A CLOSE WATCH ON THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STAND READY IN THE EVENT THEIR ACTIVATION IS NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. RJP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1009 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2005 MOZ086-100-110-111-210440- BOLLINGER MO-SCOTT MO-STODDARD MO-WAYNE MO- 1009 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2005 AT 1000 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER LAKE WAPPAPELLO MISSOURI...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL. IN ADDITION...A BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOUR AND GUSTY WINDS OF UP TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STORM. COMMUNITIES AFFECTED THROUGH 1045 PM WILL BE PUXICO...ZALMA... ADVANCE...AND POSSIBLY ORAN.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1055 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2005 ILZ092-093-MOZ108>112-210530- ALEXANDER IL-BUTLER MO-MISSISSIPPI MO-PULASKI IL-RIPLEY MO-SCOTT MO- STODDARD MO- 1055 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2005 AT 1050 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN RIPLEY AND BUTLER COUNTIES OF MISSOURI...AND ALSO IN STODDARD AND SCOTT COUNTIES. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL. IN ADDITION... BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS UP UP TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...BRIAR... GATEWOOD...DONIPHAN...FAIRDEALING...POPLAR BLUFF...VANDUSER... MORLEY...BENTON...AND BLODGETT...THROUGH 1130 PM. DB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1147 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2005 ILZ090-094-KYZ004-005-007-210615- BALLARD KY-LIVINGSTON KY-MASSAC IL-MCCRACKEN KY-POPE IL- 1147 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2005 AT 1145 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING EAST INTO WESTERN KENTUCKY AT ABOUT 50 MPH. THROUGH 1215 AM... BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MCCRACKEN...MASSAC...POPE...AND LIVINGSTON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF PADUCAH...LONE OAK...REIDLAND...AND LEDBETTER. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF RAPIDLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. DB
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 9 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:54 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Copious amounts of pea to penny size hail fell across many parts of McCracken County, covering some surfaces briefly. The hailstones were up to the size of pennies in the Lone Oak area.
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