1 wildfire, 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 Jul 31, 2:04 AM CST, 9 hours 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
304 AM CDT MON JUL 31 2006
MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS ARE HEAT AND HUMIDITY IN THE NEAR TERM...AND
PRECIP CHANCES LATE THIS WEEK.
WENT AHEAD AND ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY FOR TODAY THE ENTIRE PAH
FORECAST AREA. YESTERDAY A FEW LOCATIONS HIT HEAT INDICES OF
105...AND EXPECT AFTERNOON TEMPS TO BE WARMER TODAY WITHOUT REMNANT
CLOUDS ACROSS THE AREA LIKE YESTERDAY HOLDING TEMPS DOWN. A FEW
AREAS MAINLY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER MAY HAVE A LITTLE LOWER
DEW POINTS DUE TO MIXING...BUT STILL BELIEVE IT WILL BE PRETTY CLOSE
TO 105 HEAT INDICES.
LEFT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN FOR TODAY FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF THE PAH
FA. GFS STILL SHOWING A LITTLE QPF ACROSS THESE AREAS...AND BASED
ON THIS AND A FEW STORMS POPPING UP YESTERDAY...SEEMS BEST LEAVE
POPS AS IS.
CONTINUED WITH DRY CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ON
THURSDAY...MODELS ARE SLOWER BRINGING THE COLD FRONT INTO OUR AREA.
DGEX HOLDS OFF BRINGING PRECIP INTO NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE
FA UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON...GFS HOLDS OFF UNTIL AFTER 12Z FRIDAY.
THOUGH THE GFS HAS BEEN THE MORE PREFERRED MODEL LATELY...AM NOT
COMFORTABLE REMOVING POPS AT THIS POINT...SO DECREASED POPS THURSDAY
AND THURSDAY NIGHT...AND INCREASED POPS A LITTLE ON FRIDAY. MADE NO
CHANGES TO POPS/WEATHER BEYOND FRIDAY.
FOR TEMPS IN THE NEAR TERM...USED A COMPROMISE OF THE MAV/MET
GUIDANCE...LEANING A LITTLE MORE TOWARD THE MET WITH ITS SLIGHTLY
COOLER HIGHS AND WARMER LOWS. IN THE EXTENDED...INCREASED HIGHS ON
THURSDAY DUE TO THE EXPECTED LATER PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT.
OVERALL STAYED PRETTY CLOSE TO LATEST MEX GUIDANCE...WHICH ONLY
REQUIRED MINOR TWEAKS.
&&
.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...HEAT ADVISORY FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
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...HEAT ADVISORY FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR BOLLINGER-BUTLER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-CARTER-MISSISSIPPI-NEW
MADRID-PERRY MO-RIPLEY-SCOTT-STODDARD-WAYNE MO.
IL...HEAT ADVISORY FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR ALEXANDER-EDWARDS-FRANKLIN-GALLATIN-HAMILTON-HARDIN-
JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-MASSAC-PERRY IL-POPE-PULASKI-
SALINE-UNION IL-WABASH-WAYNE IL-WHITE-WILLIAMSON.
IN...HEAT ADVISORY FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-SPENCER-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK.
&&
RSTHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 454 AM CDT MON JUL 31 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-011000- 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- 454 AM CDT MON JUL 31 2006 ...A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAT INDICES WILL REACH FROM AROUND 105 TO NEAR 110 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE QUAD STATE REGION. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE BEST CHANCES WILL BE FROM THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. RST
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A wildfire burned 114 acres between Madisonville and Richland off State Route 70.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, July 2006
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