1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 May 11, 1:10 PM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 210 PM CDT THU MAY 11 2006 .DISCUSSION... LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS LOW OVER THE LOWER MI WITH COLD FRONT ARCING SOUTHWARD...APPROACHING THE EASTERN SEABOARD. THE 12Z THU UA RUN DEPICTED UPPER LOW OVER NEARLY VERTICALLY STACKED OVER THE SAME AREA. REGIONAL RADAR DETECTED SCATTERED STORMS SWINGING THROUGH THE AREA ASSOCIATED WITH A VORT MAX/UPPER SHORT WAVE ROTATES ACROSS THE REGION. LIGHTNING DETECTION CHART SHOW SOME ISOLATED STRIKES ASSOCIATED WITH ONGOING STORMS. GROUND REPORTS OF PEA SIZE HAIL CORRESPONDED WELL WITH VILS OF 5 TO 10. THUS...WOULD EXPECT VILS TO BE IN THE 20S AT LEAST BEFORE SEVERE CRITERIA IS MET. MOST OF THE 12Z WED MODEL RUNS ALL INDICATE ALL THE PRECIP OUR OF THE AREA BY 00Z AND WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING THIS APPEARS RSNBL. CURRENTLY HAVE A SLIGHT CHC TONIGHT BUT MAY PULL THAT BEFORE PRESS TIME IF THINGS CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE CURRENT PATTERN. AS FOR THE REST OF THE FORECAST...THE UPPER LOW WILL SLOWLY MEANDER SOUTHEASTWARD AND THERE WILL BE ON AND OFF CHCS OF SHOWERS ABOUT ANYTIME THROUGH THE WEEK. HOWEVER...HAVE ATTEMPTED TO PUSH POPS TO THE NE PORTIONS WHERE THE GREATEST CHANCES WILL USUALLY OCCUR...NEARER TO THE LOW. THE 12Z MODEL RUNS...PRIMARILY THE GFS...SUGGESTS THE UPPER LOW WILL DRIFT SLOWLY SE OVER CENTRAL KY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEKEND INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. AS IT DOES A ANOTHER SHORT WAVE IS EXPECTED TO ROTATE ACROSS THE AREA. I BELIEVE THIS WILL BE THE HIGHEST CHANCE OF RAIN THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST AND PUT CHCS OVER ALL FA AT THAT TIME. AS FOR TEMPS ONLY MINOR TWEAKS FROM GUIDANCE MAINLY FOR COLLABORATION PURPOSES. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && KH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 935 AM CDT THU MAY 11 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-121000- 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- 935 AM CDT THU MAY 11 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE AREA THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE DAY. AS A RESULT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE BOTH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1247 PM CDT THU MAY 11 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-112000- ALEXANDER IL-BALLARD KY-BOLLINGER MO-BUTLER MO-CALDWELL KY- CALLOWAY KY-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-CARLISLE KY-CARTER MO-CHRISTIAN KY- CRITTENDEN KY-DAVIESS KY-EDWARDS IL-FRANKLIN IL-FULTON KY- GALLATIN IL-GIBSON IN-GRAVES KY-HAMILTON IL-HARDIN IL-HENDERSON KY- HICKMAN KY-HOPKINS KY-JACKSON IL-JEFFERSON IL-JOHNSON IL- LIVINGSTON KY-LYON KY-MARSHALL KY-MASSAC IL-MCCRACKEN KY-MCLEAN KY- MISSISSIPPI MO-MUHLENBERG KY-NEW MADRID MO-PERRY IL-PERRY MO-PIKE IN- POPE IL-POSEY IN-PULASKI IL-RIPLEY MO-SALINE IL-SCOTT MO-SPENCER IN- STODDARD MO-TODD KY-TRIGG KY-UNION IL-UNION KY-VANDERBURGH IN- WABASH IL-WARRICK IN-WAYNE IL-WAYNE MO-WEBSTER KY-WHITE IL- WILLIAMSON IL- 1247 PM CDT THU MAY 11 2006 ...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON... AT 1245 PM...DOPPLER RADAR WAS INDICATING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING MAINLY EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. SOME OF THE STRONGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH. MOVEMENT OF THE ACTIVITY WILL BE TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 TO 40 MPH.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 447 PM CDT THU MAY 11 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-120000- ALEXANDER IL-BALLARD KY-BOLLINGER MO-BUTLER MO-CALDWELL KY- CALLOWAY KY-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-CARLISLE KY-CARTER MO-CHRISTIAN KY- CRITTENDEN KY-DAVIESS KY-EDWARDS IL-FRANKLIN IL-FULTON KY- GALLATIN IL-GIBSON IN-GRAVES KY-HAMILTON IL-HARDIN IL-HENDERSON KY- HICKMAN KY-HOPKINS KY-JACKSON IL-JEFFERSON IL-JOHNSON IL- LIVINGSTON KY-LYON KY-MARSHALL KY-MASSAC IL-MCCRACKEN KY-MCLEAN KY- MISSISSIPPI MO-MUHLENBERG KY-NEW MADRID MO-PERRY IL-PERRY MO-PIKE IN- POPE IL-POSEY IN-PULASKI IL-RIPLEY MO-SALINE IL-SCOTT MO-SPENCER IN- STODDARD MO-TODD KY-TRIGG KY-UNION IL-UNION KY-VANDERBURGH IN- WABASH IL-WARRICK IN-WAYNE IL-WAYNE MO-WEBSTER KY-WHITE IL- WILLIAMSON IL- 447 PM CDT THU MAY 11 2006 ...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MOST OF THE QUAD STATE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STRONGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF SMALL HAIL... GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. MOVEMENT OF THE ACTIVITY WAS TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 TO 40 MPH. IN ADDITION...GUSTY SURFACE WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE QUAD STATE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:27 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A spotter reported a cold air funnel cloud was undulating from the cloud base.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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