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NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 22, 1:45 PM CST, 6 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 245 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 .DISCUSSION... SATELLITE AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW THE WARM FRONT LIFTING OVER THE PAH FA...WITH TDS IN THE L70S IN THE WARM SECTOR SUPPLANTING L-M60S TDS HANGING ON IN THE NRN/ERN PTNS FA. FREE CONVECTION INITIATED IN THE SCOURED OUT ZONE TO OUR WEST...WHICH IS THE FOCUS OF THE TORNADO WATCH OVER OUR WRN 1/3 OF THE FA...WHERE MDT RISK OF SVR EXISTS. GFS HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY PICKING UP ON THIS CONVECTION AND RACING IT EWARD INTO SEMO BETWEEN 00-06Z...SPREADING OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE FA OVERNIGHT. PWS NR 1.5-2 NEARBY/UPSTREAM HELPING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND IN COMBO W/HPC QPF DAYS1-2 SUPPORT ONGOING FFA THRU END OF EVENT. AFTER TONIGHTS ROUND ALL EYES TURN TO COLD FRONTAL CONVECTIVE CHANCES SAT PM/EVENING. BETTER DYNAMICS ENTER THE PICTURE BY THEN AS THE UPPER LOW/JET DRIVES THE FRONT ON THRU...TEXT OF SWODY2 CONSISTENTLY HINTING AT UPGRADE TO MDT RISK. WL THEREFORE HIGHLIGHT SVR THREAT BOTH TONIGHT AND TOMORROW IN ADDITION TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THREAT. GFS HAVING REALLY BEEN MODEL OF CHOICE DUE TO ITS CONSISTENCY...IT TAKES THE FRONT EAST OF THE FA (A LITTLE FASTER THAN THE NAM) BY 06Z SUN. HOWEVER FOR COLLABORATIVE PURPOSES WE LINGERING A SMALL CHANCE OF POST FRONTAL PCPN IN THE FAR SE EARLY SUN. AFTER THAT A DRIER AND SEASONALLY COOLER AIR MASS WORKS AND HOLDS THRU THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. BY DAYS 6-7...NEXT SYSTEM YIELDS CHC PCPN FA-WIDE. FOR NOW HAVE BOUGHT GFS SO STICKING W/IT AND THE COLLABORATIVE PICTURE IS OUR APPROACH...BUT ACKNOWLEDGE SOME TIMING/INCONSISTENCY MAY EVENTUALLY LEAD TO ADJUSTMENTS AND IS WHY WE KEEP CHC CAT PCPN DESPITE MOS SUGGESTIONS FOR HIGHER. MET AND MAV MOS IS CLOSE WHILE FWC MOS SEEMS OVERDONE ON BOTH THE HIGH AND LOW ENDS AND UNDERDONE ON PCPN. OUR OVERALL GFS PREFERENCE LEANS US TO ITS MAV/MEX BASED MOS WHEN LEANING. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALL COUNTIES. MO...TOR WATCH AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALL COUNTIES. IL...TOR WATCH ALONG/WEST OF I-24 AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALL COUNTIES. IN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALL COUNTIES. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 129 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 ILZ075-080-081-084-085-088-089-092-093-MOZ076-086-087-100-107>112- 114-231000- JEFFERSON-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-UNION IL-JOHNSON- ALEXANDER-PULASKI-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO- CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- 129 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE AREA...AND INTERACT WITH A DISTURBANCE ALOFT. THE SHEAR ALONG THE FRONT AND ALOFT WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT TORNADIC SUPERCELLS...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF HIGH INSTABILITY. THE INSTABILITY WILL IN LARGE PART BE DETERMINED BY THE AMOUNT OF AFTERNOON SUNSHINE THAT CAN BREAK THROUGH THE CLOUD COVER. OTHERWISE STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ALSO THREATS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY... ESPECIALLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WHEN A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE QUAD STATE. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...BUT ALSO LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY BE POSSIBLE. THE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL CONTINUE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING AS A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD ACTIVATE NOW FOR THE TORNADO WATCH AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FUTURE REQUESTS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. ILZ076>078-082-083-086-087-090-091-094-INZ081-082-085>088- KYZ001>022-231000- WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-HAMILTON-WHITE-SALINE-GALLATIN-POPE- HARDIN-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- 129 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF THE WABASH RIVER IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WEST OF THE LAKES OVER THE JACKSON PURCHASE OF WESTERN KENTUCKY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN KENTUCKY...EAST OF THE LAKES AND ACROSS THE PENNYRILE.THESE RISKS ARE IN ASSOCIATION WITH A WARM FRONT THAT WILL CONTINUE LIFTING ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS. A MORE ISOLATED TORNADIC AND LARGE HAIL THREAT CANNOT BE RULED OUT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE...AND AS A RESULT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY... ESPECIALLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WHEN A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE QUAD STATE. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...BUT ALSO LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY BE POSSIBLE. THE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL CONTINUE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING AS A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED ANYTIME DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 816 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 ILZ084-085-088-089-092-093-MOZ087-110>112-114-230230- ALEXANDER IL-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-JACKSON IL-JOHNSON IL-MISSISSIPPI MO- NEW MADRID MO-PULASKI IL-SCOTT MO-STODDARD MO-UNION IL-WILLIAMSON IL- 816 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER... AT 815 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM JUST WEST OF MURPHYSBORO ILLINOIS TO CAPE GIRARDEAU AND DEXTER MISSOURI. MOVEMENT OF THIS ACTIVITY WAS TO THE EAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH. THROUGH 930 PM...THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS EAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI INTO SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...IMPACTING LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 57 IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. TORRENTIAL RAINS...FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH...AND HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS LINE. STORM WITHIN THIS LINE ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF BECOMING SEVERE. RP/MY
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
817 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 PM HEAVY RAIN EVANSVILLE 37.98N 87.54W
09/22/2006 M4.00 INCH VANDERBURGH IN TRAINED SPOTTER
THIS RAIN FELL FROM 500 PM TIL 800 PM...WIDESPREAD
FLOODING IN EVANSVILLE. SOUTHEAST SIDE SEEMS TO BE THE
WORST WITH MANY MAIN AND SIDE STREETS HAVING ANYWHERE
FROM 1 TO 3 FEET OF WATER. ALSO, SOME HOUSES ALSO HAVE
WATER IN THEM.
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DLLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
823 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0748 PM TORNADO 2 W WHITESVILLE 37.68N 86.91W
09/22/2006 DAVIESS KY EMERGENCY MNGR
DLAYED REPORT - HOUSE LOST ROOF...1 BARN AND OUTBUILDING
DESTROYED...2 POWER POLES DOWN WITH 1 SNAPPING AT GROUND
LEVEL.
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DLLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
824 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0822 PM HAIL QULIN 36.60N 90.25W
09/22/2006 E1.00 INCH BUTLER MO TRAINED SPOTTER
DIME SIZED HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
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DLLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
835 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0831 PM FUNNEL CLOUD HAZEL 36.51N 88.33W
09/22/2006 CALLOWAY KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SITED JUST NORTHEAST OF HAZEL KENTUCKY
ALONG HYW 641.
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DLLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
841 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0838 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 1 S QULIN 36.58N 90.25W
09/22/2006 BUTLER MO EMERGENCY MNGR
FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED JUST OFF HWY 53... 1 MILE SOUTH OF
QULIN
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DLLThe Paducah radar (KPAH), 35 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:00 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous medium-size tree limbs were down. A tree limb went through the roof of a house.
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