1 lightning, 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 Sep 22, 1:45 PM CST, 11 hours 5 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.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1208 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1156 PM FLASH FLOOD DONIPHAN 36.62N 90.82W
09/22/2006 RIPLEY MO EMERGENCY MNGR
SOME STREET FLOODING IN DONIPHAN...2.64 INCHES OF RAIN
HAD FALLEN UP TO MIDNIGHT.
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DLLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1229 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1225 AM HAIL 6 W MURRAY 36.61N 88.42W
09/23/2006 E0.88 INCH CALLOWAY KY EMERGENCY MNGR
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DLLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1239 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1236 AM HAIL MURRAY 36.61N 88.32W
09/23/2006 E1.00 INCH CALLOWAY KY EMERGENCY MNGR
NICKEL SIZED HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED JUST TO THE NORTH OF
MURRAY JUST OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.
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DLLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
109 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0104 AM FLASH FLOOD BENTON 36.85N 88.36W
09/23/2006 MARSHALL KY TRAINED SPOTTER
AT 1510 MAIN STREET IN BENTON WAS FLOODED AND OCCUPANTS
WERE BEING EVACUATED.
&&
DLLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
123 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0105 AM FLASH FLOOD 5 W REIDLAND 37.01N 88.62W
09/23/2006 MCCRACKEN KY EMERGENCY MNGR
PORTION OF OAKS ROAD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SHEMWELL
LANE WAS WASHED OUT AND A 20 FT BY 12 FT SECTION CAVED
IN.
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DLLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
125 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0118 AM FLASH FLOOD MAYFIELD 36.74N 88.65W
09/23/2006 GRAVES KY EMERGENCY MNGR
EVACUATIONS ON SOUTH 9TH AND 10TH STREETS IN THE CITY OF
MAYFIELD ALONG RED DUCK CREEK. SHELTER ESTABLISHED AT THE
SENIOR CITIZENS SHELTER.
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DLLThe Paducah radar (KPAH), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:47 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning was the likely cause of a house fire that killed two women.
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