1 wildfire, 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 Nov 12, 2:20 AM CST, 8 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 220 AM CST SAT NOV 12 2005 .DISCUSSION... MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGES CONTINUE TO BE WITH PRECIP CHANCES SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...AND THEN AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. WATER VAPOR SHOWS MID LEVEL SYSTEM OVER THE ROCKIES...WITH RIDGING OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. ACCORDING TO SFC ANALYSIS...THE SFC LOW IS SITUATED OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. HIGH PRESSURE CURRENTLY SITUATED OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE EAST TODAY. WITH THE HIGH CENTERED EAST OF THE REGION...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE DRAMATICALLY ON TODAY AS A SURFACE FRONT OUT WEST BEGINS TO BUTT UP TO THE HIGH TO OUR EAST. THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL HELP DRIVE AFTERNOON TEMPS TO NEAR 70 AT MANY LOCATIONS. BY 18Z TODAY...THE GFS AND NAM FAIRLY SIMILAR WITH THE PLACEMENT OF THE SFC LOW OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA. BOTH MODELS DO INDICATE VERY LIGHT QPF (0.01) OVER OUR WESTERN COUNTIES BY LATE AFTERNOON...AS THE LOW SHOOTS UP TO MINNESOTA AND THE FRONT BEGINS TO MAKE PROGRESS ACROSS IOWA AND MISSOURI. SO MIGHT INTRODUCE A SMALL POP ACROSS OUR WESTERN COUNTIES...WHICH LINES UP WELL WITH NEIGHBORS. HOWEVER...IT APPEARS THE BEST TIME FRAME FOR PRECIP WILL BE BTWN 00Z-12Z SUNDAY...WITH THE BEST LIFT AND MOISTURE CENTERED AROUND 06Z. IT IS ALSO AT THIS TIME THAT BOTH MODELS INDICATE A HEALTHY 45-55KT H850 JET OVER THE REGION...WITH SHOWALTERS AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW ZERO...AND MID LEVEL (850-700MB) LIFT MAXIMIZED. HOWEVER...THE MAIN DYNAMICS ARE WAY TO OUR NORTH...WITH A POTENT SHORTWAVE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND THE MIDWEST. A 300 MB JET MAX (75-85 KT) IS TRAVERSES THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT...MAXIMIZING DIVERGENCE OVER THE CWA AS WELL. IT APPEARS BOTH MODELS ARE SLOW TO BRING SFC DEWPTS UP THOUGH...POOLING THE HIGHEST DEWPTS RIGHT ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. SPC DAY ONE OUTLOOK HAS OUR WESTERN TWO COUNTIES IN A SLIGHT RISK. THE GFS IS HEAVIER WITH THE QPF AMOUNTS...ESPECIALLY IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA AFTER 06Z SUN...WITH THE NAM SIMILAR WITH THE PLACEMENT OF THE HEAVIER QPF...BUT NOT AS ROBUST WITH AMOUNTS. BOTH MODELS INDICATE THAT THE FRONT SHOULD BE BISECTING THE REGION BY 12Z SUNDAY...AND EXITING BY LATE AFTERNOON. SO WE SHOULD SEE GRADUAL CLEARING THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY BY AFTERNOON. ALL PRECIP SHOULD BE EAST OF THE AREA BY 18Z...SO WILL PROBABLY DROP POPS FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN THE PENNYRILE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON SUNDAY...AND BE CENTERED OVER THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT. NOT TOO MUCH OF A COOLDOWN THOUGH BEHIND THIS FRONT...AS H850 TEMPS AND 1000-500MB THICKNESS DO NOT DROP TOO TERRIBLY. THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE QUICK TO MOVE EAST OF THE REGION AS A SECOND H50 SHORT WAVE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT (THIS ONE WITH CHILLIER AIR BEHIND IT) WILL COME QUICK ON THE HEELS OF THE FIRST SYSTEM. IT APPEARS AS THOUGH A WARM FRONT WILL SET UP ACROSS THE CWA MONDAY AFTERNOOON...BEFORE THE COLD FRONT CROSSS THE FORECAST AREA SOMETIME LATE MONDAY NIGHT...BRINGING SOME SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WITH IT. WE COULD SEE SOME CONVECTION MONDAY AFTERNOON NEAR THE WARM FRONT...DUE TO WARM AIR ADVECTION AND DECENT ISENTROPIC LIFT...SO WILL INTRODUCE A SLGT CHC POP ACROSS THE AREA. AS WITH THE LAST SYSTEM...SFC DEWPTS ARE POOLED ALONG AND AHEAD OF FRONT..WITH A DECENT 40-50KT H85 JET TO AID IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. BOTH MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THE FRONT SHOULD BE EXITING THE CWA BY 12Z TUESDAY...ALTHOUGH PRECIP WILL BE SOMEWHAT LAGGING BEHIND...AS MODELS GRADUALLY MOVE THE UPPER LOW OUT OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION INTO THE NORTHEAST U.S. THE H50 TROUGH MOVES EAST OF THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY...AS SFC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. H850 TEMPS PLUMMET DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY AND ARE BELOW ZERO BY TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL MAKE FOR A CHILLY NIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT AND A COOL DAY ON WEDNESDAY...BEFORE TEMPS START REBOUNDING WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. NO CHANGES MADE BEYOND THURSDAY. AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES...THE GFS H850 INITIALIZED A LITTLE BETTER BUT MOS NUMBERS ARE FAIRLY SIMILAR SO WILL JUST BLEND. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && WIELGOS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 423 AM CST SAT NOV 12 2005 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-131030- 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 423 AM CST SAT NOV 12 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AT THIS TIME...WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY ON SUNDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CARBONDALE AND METROPOLIS ILLINOIS...TO BENTON AND MURRAY KENTUCKY ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Unusually dry and windy conditions contributed to the rapid spread of a fire in the Clark's River National Wildlife Refuge, a few miles southeast of Benton. The fire consumed 125 acres. All fire departments in the county, along with state and federal firefighters, controlled the fire by early evening.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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