A couple of hours of strong, gusty winds were associated with the remnants of dissipating Tropical Storm Rita. About 5,400 utility customers lost power for up to 13 hours.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
A couple of hours of strong, gusty winds were associated with the remnants of dissipating Tropical Storm Rita. About 5,400 utility customers lost power for up to 13 hours. About 70 separate outages were reported, mostly due to trees falling on power lines. The peak wind gust at the Cape Girardeau Airport was 41 MPH.
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 Sep 25, 1:42 AM CST, 7 hours 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 242 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005 .DISCUSSION... BIGGEST CHALLENGE WITH THIS PACKAGE WILL BE THE HANDLING OF THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE RITA AND THE EFFECT SHE WILL HAVE ON THE WEATHER THROUGH THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERD THUNDERSTORMS STARTING TO NUDGE INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN FRINGES OF THE CWA EARLY THIS MORNING. COVERAGE OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST TODAY AS THE REMNANTS OF RITA APPROACH. APPEARS THAT THE NEW GFS RUN SEEMS TO BE BACK ON TRACK AS FAR AS THE OVERALL HANDLING OF THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE RITA. LATEST NAM ALSO IN AGREEMENT THAT RITA WILL CONTINUE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AND BECOME ABSORBED IN THE NORTHERN STREAM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. BOTH MODELS BRING RITA DIRECTLY ACROSS THE CWA TODAY AND TONIGHT...SO WE ARE FINALLY GOING TO GET ENOUGH RAIN TO KNOCK DOWN THE DUST...AT LEAST FOR A WHILE. HAVE BUMPED UP POPS TO CATEGORICAL OVER ALL EXCEPT THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE REGION TODAY. IN ADDITION TO THE REMNANTS OF RITA...A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY. NAM MODEL OPENS UP THE H5 CLOSED LOW ASSOCIATED WITH RITA SUNDAY MORNING WHICH APPEARS TO BE TOO QUICKLY. GFS HOLDS ON TO THE CLOSED CIRCULATION UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING. ON MONDAY EVEN THOUGH GFS PUSHES THE AFOREMENTIONED COLD FRONT AND THE MAIN PRECIP SHIELD OUT OF THE REGION MORE QUICKLY THAN THE NAM...IT STILL PAINTS A LITTLE QPF OVER THE ENTIRE CWA IN RESPONSE TO AN UPPER SHORT WAVE DIVING SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THEREFORE...ON MONDAY WILL KEEP CHC POPS OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE CWA TAPERING OFF TO A SCHC OVER THE NORTHWEST CORNER. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT BRINGING A MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS INTO THE REGION STARTING MONDAY NIGHT. THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION GIVING US THE NEXT CHANCE OF PRECIP...HOWEVER WILL MAKE NO CHANGES BEYOND 5TH PERIOD. ONLY MADE A COUPLE OF TWEAKS HERE AND THERE ON TEMPS. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && JAP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 412 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2005 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-260915- 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 412 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 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 SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT THERE COULD BE A COUPLE OF ISOLATED REPORTS OF TORNADOES DUE TO THE STRONG WIND SHEAR PRODUCED BY THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE RITA. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN TODAY INTO THIS EVENING COULD PRODUCE FLOODING IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY AND THEN AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY REPORTS OF LOCALIZED FLOODING WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. JAP
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, September 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: 5474079, 5474080, 5474081, 5474082, 5474083.