1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Mar 9, 5:10 AM CST, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 510 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006 THE ITEM DESERVING ATTENTION TODAY IS THE VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING THE PAH FCST AREA...AND ITS POTENTIAL EFFECTS. A WAVE OF WARM SECTOR CONVECTION MOVED ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION OVERNIGHT TO THE SE OF A SFC LOW MOVING TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES. SOME STORMS HAD HIGH WIND POTENTIAL IN SERN MO FOR AWHILE...BUT AS THE LOW MOVED RAPIDLY NORTHEAST...THE INTENSITY OF THE CONVECTION GRADUALLY DIMINISHED. SINCE LATE YESTERDAY SOME PARTS OF SERN MO...SRN IL...AND SWRN IN RECEIVED IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL...AND THERE WERE SOME SPOTTY MINOR FLOODING REPORTS OVERNIGHT. THE MODELS INDICATE THAT...AFTER A POSSIBLE MORNING LULL FOR MAINLY THE ERN SECTOR...SHWS AND TSTMS WILL BECOME NUMEROUS ONCE AGAIN IN THE AFTN. A NEGATIVELY TILTED MID LEVEL TROF...100 PLUS KNOT UPPER JET...STRONG ENVIRONMENTAL WINDS...AND A SFC TROF ARE EXPECTED TO PROVIDE PLENTIFUL MOISTURE...INSTABILITY...AND WIND SHEAR FOR SVR TSTM ACTIVITY TODAY AS THE SYSTEM DIGS THROUGH THE SRN PLAINS AND LIFTS RAPIDLY NE. WIND DAMAGE AND TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL. SEE SWODY1 FOR DETAILS. WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED EARLIER RAINFALL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN TODAY...IT WAS DECIDED THAT A FLOOD WATCH WAS JUSTIFIED FOR ROUGHLY THE NWRN HALF OF THE FCST AREA UNTIL THE WORST IS OVER TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY WAS CONSIDERED BUT IT WAS THOUGHT THAT THE COPIOUS CLOUDNESS AND RAIN MAY LIMIT THE WINDS ALOFT FROM TRANSLATING TO THE SFC THAT MUCH /EXCEPT IN TSTMS/. HOWEVER...IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF CLOUD BREAKS ESPECIALLY IN THE SERN SECTOR...WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA COULD BE MET THERE. FRI SHOULD BE A COOL DRY DAY IN THE WAKE OF THE DEPARTING SYSTEM. THE NEXT MID LEVEL SHRTWV TROF TO AFFECT THE AREA WAS DEPICTED DIFFERENTLY BY THE 00Z NAM/GFS BUT LOOKED QUITE SIMILAR FOR THE 06Z RUN. SO...BY FRI NITE THERE WILL BE A SMALL CHC OF CONVECTION. POPS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND LINGER INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS SW TO NE MID LEVEL FLOW AND PERSISTENT MOIST LOW LEVEL FLOW DOMINATES. MADE VERY FEW CHANGES AFT DAY4. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL COUNTIES XCP NEW MADRID AND MISSISSIPPI THROUGH 06Z FRI. IL...FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL COUNTIES XCP MASSAC...POPE...AND HARDIN THROUGH 06Z FRI. IN...FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL COUNTIES XCP WARRICK AND SPENCER THROUGH 06Z FRI. && DB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 417 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-101100- 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- 417 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006 ...RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND EARLY 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 RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE FOUR STATE AREA TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY FROM MIDDAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. ADDITIONALLY...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA THROUGH THIS EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO TRACK ACROSS AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED APPRECIABLE RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. VERY LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED IN THE UPPER AIR WIND FLOW PATTERN. AS A RESULT...THERE WILL BE A CONTINUED CHANCE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN A POSSIBILITY AS WELL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 707 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006 ILZ092-093-KYZ001>004-MOZ110>112-114-091400- ALEXANDER IL-BALLARD KY-CARLISLE KY-FULTON KY-HICKMAN KY- MISSISSIPPI MO-NEW MADRID MO-PULASKI IL-SCOTT MO-STODDARD MO- 707 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006 AT 705 AM...PADUCAH DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF NEW MADRID COUNTY. STORMS EXTENDED NORTH FROM THERE ACROSS STODDARD COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF GUSTY WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL...AS THEY TRACK ACROSS STODDARD... SCOTT...NEW MADRID AND MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES THROUGH 800 AM. CN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 828 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006 ILZ086-087-089>091-093-094-KYZ001>014-091530- BALLARD KY-CALDWELL KY-CALLOWAY KY-CARLISLE KY-CRITTENDEN KY- FULTON KY-GALLATIN IL-GRAVES KY-HARDIN IL-HICKMAN KY-JOHNSON IL- LIVINGSTON KY-LYON KY-MARSHALL KY-MASSAC IL-MCCRACKEN KY-POPE IL- PULASKI IL-SALINE IL-TRIGG KY-UNION KY- 828 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006 ...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY... AT 820 AM...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY STRONG WINDS EXTENDED FROM MARION ILLINOIS...TO JUST WEST OF PADUCAH AND MAYFIELD KENTUCKY. WIND GUSTS WITH THESE STORMS WERE AROUND 40 MPH. A GUST TO 40 MPH WAS MEASURED AT CAIRO. THIS LINE IS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AND WILL CROSS THE LAKES REGION OF WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS BY 10 AM. WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH...ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN...ARE LIKELY WITH THIS ACTIVITY. THIS COULD BRING DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN ONTO ROADWAYS. MY
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:29 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and power lines were blown down on Highway 925.
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