1 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 May 12, 12:00 PM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 100 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 .DISCUSSION... THE NEAR TERM FORECAST CHALLENGE IS PINPOINTING THE WARM FRONT AND WHETHER OR NOT TO INCLUDE A POP. MIDDAY SURFACE OBS SUGGEST IT LAY IN THE VCNTLY OF A MDH-HOP LINE...W/LIGHT ELYS NORTH AND EAST AND LIGTH SLYS SOUTH AND WEST OF SAID LINE. IN THIS SAME GENERAL VICINITY THE MODELS SUGGEST A VERY WEAK LOBE OF VORTICITY WL LINGER TONIGHT AS THE BOUNDARY LIFTS NORTHWARD. AS A RESULT...WE ARE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH A TOTAL REMOVAL OF POPS...AND AS SUCH...WEVE LINGERED A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR MAINLY OUR NRN AND ERN COUNTIES...BASICALLY ALONG AND NORTH AND EAST OF THE AFOREMENTIONED LINE. SOUTH AND WEST OF THE LINE...WE SEE HIGHER HEIGHTS AND LITTLE TO TRIGGER ANY POP...SO WEVE GONE NO WX THERE. THIS ALIGNS ROUGHLY TOO W/LATEST SWODY1 UPDATE. STARTING TOMORROW THEN THE FORECAST CHALLENGE SHIFTS TO THE COLD FRONT TIMING AND ITS ASSOCIATED PEAK POPS. THE NAM AND GFS HAVE BOTH FOR AT LEAST A COUPLE OF RUNS SUGGESTED MUCH OF FRIDAY TO BE A DRY DAY W/THE PAH FA IN THE WARM SECTOR AND AWAITING THE FRONTS ARRIVAL. WE HAVE THEREFORE MAINTAINED A LESS THAN MOS APPROACH...ALTHOUGH WE DID GRADUALLY INCH POPS UP IN THE AFTERNOON...AS THE AIR MASS FURTHER DESTABILIZES VIA DIURNAL HEATING...AND THE FRONT COMES EVER CLOSER. POPS WILL THEN PEAK FRIDAY NIGHT AND/OR SATURDAY. THIS IS WHERE THERE IS SOME MODEL TO MODEL VARIANCE. THE NAM AND GFS ARE BOTH INSISTENT ON A PRIMARILY EARLY SAT FROPA...WITH THE FRONT DEFINITIVELY TO THE EAST OF THE FA BY 00Z SUNDAY. THE NGM...HOWEVER...IS SLOWER...SIMILAR TO THE UKMET SOLUTION. WEVE NOT TOTALLY DISCARDED ITS SUGGESTION...BUT HAVE DEFINITELY BIASED THE OVERALL FORECAST TOWARD THE GFS/NAM SOLUTIONS....WHICH KEEPS A PERSISTENCE/COLLABORATIVE STRATEGY IN SYNC. THE RESULT WL BE A PEAK OF HIGH LIKELY POPS ALONG/AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT-EARLY SATURDAY...ALTHOUGH WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED TIMING QUESTION WEVE CHOSEN NOT TO WALL US OFF INTO A STRICTLY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY FORECAST WORDING. BEYOND FROPA THE FORECAST LOOKS COMFORTABLY COOLER AND DRY...MODERATING SOME BY MID WEEK NEXT. THATS WHEN THE NEXT PCPN FORECAST CHALLENGE ENTERS THE PICTURE. FOR NOW...HAVE CHOSEN TO PLAY WAIT AND SEE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT TO ADD A DAY 6 OR 7 POP...GIVEN THAT THE EXTENDED MODELS ARE WARRING BETWEEN RISING UPPER HEIGHTS WEST (NO POP) AND A LINGERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY EAST (SMALL POP) SCENARIO. HOLDING OFF SEEMS ALSO TO BEST FIT OUR PERSISTENCE/COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TOO. && PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 411 AM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-131000- 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 411 AM CDT THU MAY 12 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY. THERE IS A HIGHER LIKELIHOOD OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...AS A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR...WITH THE MAIN HAZARDS HAIL AND STRONG WIND. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:20 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Three large oak trees about three feet in diameter were blown down, damaging the corner of one house.
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