Hail in Illinois, March 12, 2006

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
339 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

.DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
EARLY THIS MORNING. THE PRIMARY FORECAST ISSUE TODAY IS THE
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE INITIAL ROUND OF
ACTIVITY THIS MORNING...THEN AGAIN TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY.
FLOODING IS A ALSO A MAJOR ISSUE AS WELL.

LATEST WEATHER MAPS INDICATE A SURFACE BOUNDARY REFOCUSING OVER
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF INDIANA...ILLINOIS...AND MISSOURI...AIDED BY
THE ONGOING CONVECTION OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE QUAD STATE.
MODELS CONTINUE TO SHIFT THE MORNING CONVECTION EAST OF THE AREA
BY LATE MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON...REFOCUSING NEW CONVECTIVE
DEVELOPMENT WEST OF OUR IMMEDIATE AREA. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT
AT LEAST PARTIAL SUNSHINE MAY RETURN THIS AFTERNOON...HELPING TO
BOOST TEMPERATURES INTO THE UPPER 70S OVER MOST OF THE
REGION...WHICH IS JUST A FEW DEGREES FROM RECORD LEVELS.

AS A CORRIDOR OF 100+ KNOT MID-LEVEL WINDS SHIFTS EAST FROM THE
SOUTHWESTERN STATES INTO THE MIDWEST TONIGHT...LARGE-SCALE FORCING
FOR LIFT WILL INCREASE OVER THE AREA. THIS COUPLED WITH AMPLE
MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL SET THE STAGE FOR YET ANOTHER ROUND
OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE. IN
ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE UNDER THE STORMS.
THIS COUPLED WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF ANTECEDENT RAINS WILL KEEP THE
POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING ALIVE OVER THE ENTIRE REGION...ESPECIALLY
IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
AND LOCATIONS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY BORDERING THE OHIO RIVER.

THE COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY...SHIFTING THE THREAT
FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO THE EAST BY AFTERNOON. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT
TIME OF FRONTAL PASSAGE...YET ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE ACTIVITY
COULD IMPACT EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA...NAMELY SOUTHWEST
INDIANA AND THE PENNYRILE REGION OF WESTERN KENTUCKY...MONDAY
AFTERNOON.

BEHIND THE FRONT...MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL FILTER IN FOR
THE MIDDLE TO LATTER PART OF THE WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE BECOMES THE
DOMINANT WEATHER FEATURE. EVEN SO...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
BE NEAR SEASONABLE THROUGH THE PERIOD. GENERALLY ACCEPTED A BLEND
OF GUIDANCE VALUES IN THE SHORT-TERM. ALTHOUGH...A HEDGE ABOVE THE
WARMEST GUIDANCE IS PREFERRED THIS AFTERNOON.

&&

.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR BALLARD-CALDWELL-CALLOWAY-
     CARLISLE-CHRISTIAN-CRITTENDEN-DAVIESS-FULTON-GRAVES-
     HENDERSON-HICKMAN-HOPKINS-LIVINGSTON-LYON-MARSHALL-
     MCCRACKEN-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD-TRIGG-UNION KY-WEBSTER.

MO...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR BOLLINGER-BUTLER-CAPE
     GIRARDEAU-CARTER-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-PERRY MO-RIPLEY-
     SCOTT-STODDARD-WAYNE MO.

IL...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR ALEXANDER-EDWARDS-FRANKLIN-
     GALLATIN-HAMILTON-HARDIN-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-MASSAC-
     PERRY IL-POPE-PULASKI-SALINE-UNION IL-WABASH-WAYNE IL-WHITE-
     WILLIAMSON.

IN...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-SPENCER-
     VANDERBURGH-WARRICK.

&&

RJP

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
448 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-131100-
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-
448 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK POSSIBLE AGAIN TONIGHT...

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 HIGH RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER NORTH OF A LINE FROM
PERRYVILLE MISSOURI TO WAYNE CITY ILLINOIS. THE REMAINDER OF THE
AREA IS IN A MODERATE RISK FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FLASH FLOODING IS A THREAT DURING THE
MORNING HOURS. HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY.

THE STORMS SHOULD DIMINISH LATER THIS MORNING...THEN RE FIRE TO OUR
WEST AND MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA TONIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE
THE MAIN THREAT...WITH LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE.
HEAVY RAIN IS AGAIN LIKELY.

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST
INDIANA AND ALL OF WESTERN KENTUCKY ON MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION THIS MORNING AND AGAIN
TONIGHT. SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT ANY FLOODING ALONG WITH
SEVERE WEATHER.

SPODEN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
148 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0130 AM     HAIL             1 N PIEDMONT            37.16N 90.70W
03/12/2006  E1.75 INCH       WAYNE              MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

MIKEN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
316 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0315 AM     FLASH FLOOD      MOUNT VERNON            38.32N 88.91W
03/12/2006                   JEFFERSON          IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            STATE POLICE REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.
            RESCUES ONGOING...VEHICLE SWEPT AWAY.

&&

MIKEN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
327 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0304 AM     FLASH FLOOD      MURPHYSBORO             37.77N 89.34W
03/12/2006                   JACKSON            IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MURPHYSBORO POLICE REPORT STREET FLOODING IN NUMEROUS
            LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

&&

MIKEN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
337 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0332 AM     TSTM WND GST     PIEDMONT                37.15N 90.70W
03/12/2006  E58 MPH          WAYNE              MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PIEDMONT POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED WINDS 55-60 MPH WITH
            CARS BEING BLOWN AROUND.

&&

MIKEN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
432 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0430 AM     HEAVY RAIN       FORT BRANCH             38.25N 87.57W
03/12/2006  M2.40 INCH       GIBSON             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER RERORTED 2.4 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND
            430 AM CST. THIS ADDS TO THE PREVIOUS TOTAL OF 5.50
            INCHES RECEIVED SINCE MARCH 1.

&&

MIKEN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
439 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0434 AM     HAIL             JACKSON                 37.38N 89.65W
03/12/2006  E0.88 INCH       CAPE GIRARDEAU     MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER ALSO MEASURED 45 MPH WINDS.

&&

MIKEN