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 Mar 10, 2:54 PM CST, 11 hours 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 254 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2006 .DISCUSSION... LOW LEVEL FLOW ALREADY TURNING SOUTHERLY ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO AND MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS THIS AFTERNOON. LOW LEVEL JET WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT...WITH RUC INDICATING 30 TO 40 KNOTS AT 850 MB BY 06Z. AIR MASS ALONG THE GULF COAST IS PLENTY JUICY...MORE SO THAN IT WAS BEFORE THE PAST FEW SEVERE OUTBREAKS. THE GULF WILL REMAIN WIDE OPEN FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME...BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. MOS DEW POINT GUIDANCE IS PROBABLY AT LEAST A FEW DEGREES TOO LOW. EXPECT MID 60S SURFACE DEW POINTS BY SATURDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES UPSTREAM ARE CURRENTLY /AT 20Z/ 80 DEGREES AS CLOSE AS GREENWOOD MS AND PINE BLUFF AR. TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...STRONG LOW LEVEL THETA E ADVECTION WILL BE THE PRIMARY TRIGGER FOR ELEVATED CONVECTION. LACK OF ANY SIGNIFICANT MID/UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE SHOULD TEND TO LIMIT CONVECTIVE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY. THE AIR MASS WILL INITIALLY BE QUITE DRY AND STABLE THIS EVENING...SO POPS WILL REMAIN CONFINED TIL AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WILL INCREASE POPS INTO THE LIKELY CATEGORY IN THE NORTHEAST EARLY SATURDAY...OTHERWISE FEW CHANGES WILL BE MADE. LOW TEMPS SHOULD BE EARLY TONIGHT...PRIOR TO THICKENING CLOUDINESS AND INCREASING LOW LEVEL WINDS. LATE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY AXIS WILL TAKE UP RESIDENCE OVER THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY. A WEAKENING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY FROM THE NORTHWEST SATURDAY NIGHT. 850 MB LOW LEVEL JET WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 60 KNOTS. DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL BE IMPRESSIVE...PER 0 TO 6 KM SHEAR AT OR ABOVE 60 KNOTS THROUGH THE PERIOD. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE CONVECTION ARE LIKELY SATURDAY NIGHT. DESPITE THE LACK OF A WELL DEFINED MID/UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE...HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING POTENTIAL IS RATHER HIGH. WILL UPDATE THE ESFPAH PRODUCT CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. ON SUNDAY...CONSIDERABLE MODEL VARIABILITY EXISTS REGARDING THE LOCATION OF THE FRONT. GFS BRINGS IT AS FAR SOUTH AS WESTERN KY AND SE MISSOURI BEFORE LIFTING IT BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ETA STALLS IT CLOSE TO THE I-44 CORRIDOR IN MISSOURI. IN EITHER CASE...HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL WILL LESSEN ON SUNDAY AS LOW PRESSURE TAKES SHAPE OVER THE PLAINS. A COLD FRONT TRAILING SOUTH FROM THE LOW WILL CROSS THE FORECAST AREA ON MONDAY. IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT...THE LOW LEVEL JET WILL AGAIN STRENGTHEN TO 50 PLUS KNOTS SUNDAY NIGHT. EXPECT AT LEAST ONE OR MORE ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION...MAINLY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. THIS FRONT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A SIGNIFICANT 500 MB SHORTWAVE AND COLD POOL...WITH A 500 MB JET STREAK OF 70 PLUS KNOTS. BEYOND MONDAY...HIGH PRESSURE AND COOLER AIR WILL DOMINATE MOST OF THE WEEK. A MODERATELY STRONG MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL CROSS THE LOWER/MID OHIO VALLEY AROUND MID WEEK. 12Z GFS IS FASTER THAN THE 00Z ECMWF BY ABOUT 24 HOURS. GIVEN THE TIMING UNCERTAINTIES AND THE RELATIVELY DRY AIR IN PLACE...WILL REFRAIN FROM INTRODUCING POPS AT THIS TIME. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && MY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 717 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-111100- 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- 717 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE QUAD STATE LATE TONIGHT. THIS INCLUDES A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...OR GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A DU QUOIN ILLINOIS TO CADIZ KENTUCKY LINE. A WARM FRONT WILL LEFT NORTH INTO THIS THREAT AREA LATER TONIGHT...PROVIDING THE NEEDED INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE TO SUPPORT THIS SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ELEVATED STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS APPEARS TO BE BOTH LATE SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE...CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND PERHAPS A TORNADO. THE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...WHICH COULD LEAD TO MORE FLOODING ACROSS THE FOUR STATE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATE TONIGHT IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. SPOTTERS ACROSS THE QUAD STATE SHOULD BE READY FOR ACTIVATION SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:48 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Multiple reports of hail ranging from dime to half-dollar size in and near Marion.
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