1 hail, 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 29, 12:37 PM CST, 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 137 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 .UPDATE... QUICK UPDATE TO ADD MENTION OF HEAVY RAINFALL WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SERN MO...SOUTHERN IL...PURCHASE AREA OF WEST KENTUCKY AND SWRN IN. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ARE GREATER THAN 2 INCHES W OF THE LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES NORTHWARD TO THE CONFLUENCE OF THE WABASH AND OHIO RIVERS. HOURLY RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY TO BE OVER AN INCH AN HOUR FOR SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && SMITH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 434 AM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-301000- 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- 434 AM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST THROUGHOUT THE QUAD STATE TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH THE BEST CHANCES THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED...A FEW STORMS MAY BRIEFLY PULSE UP TO NEAR SEVERE LEVELS...PRODUCING MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL OR WIND DAMAGE. THIS WILL BE MOST LIKELY DURING THE AFTERNOON. DUE TO VERY SLOW STORM MOTION...ISOLATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD BE A PROBLEM WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THIS PERIOD...HOWEVER...A FEW STORMS EACH AFTERNOON MAY BRIEFLY PULSE UP TO NEAR SEVERE LEVELS...PRODUCING MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL OR WIND DAMAGE. GIVEN THE VERY SLOW STORM MOTION...ISOLATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD BE A PROBLEM WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DUE TO THE VERY BRIEF NATURE OF ANY POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FORECAST CLOSELY THROUGH THURSDAY. DRS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1253 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 KYZ007>012-292000- CALLOWAY KY-CRITTENDEN KY-LIVINGSTON KY-LYON KY-MARSHALL KY-TRIGG KY- 1253 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO WORK ACROSS KENTUCKY AND BARKLEY LAKES THROUGH 3 PM... BOATERS...CAMPERS AND TRAVELERS AROUND KENTUCKY AND BARKLEY LAKES... AS WELL AS THE LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. AT 1245 PM...A BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RAIN WILL BE ALONG THE WESTERN SHORES OF KENTUCKY LAKE NO LATER THAN 1 PM...REACHING THE WESTERN SHORES OF BARKLEY LAKE BY 2 PM. MOST OF THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE PAST THE LAKES BY 3 PM. IF YOU PLAN TO SWIM OR TAKE WATER CRAFT OUT ON THE LAKES...STAY NEAR THE SHORE OR LOOK FOR A PROTECTED COVE TO SEEK SHELTER WHEN STORMS APPROACH. DO NOT STAY IN THE WATER...ESPECIALLY IF LIGHTNING IS NEARBY. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS NEAR ONE HALF INCH AN HOUR...AS WELL AS GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. SMITH
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 33 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:51 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Quarter-size hail was reported near Smithland. Dime-size hail fell at U.S. Highway 60 and Highway 937, about four miles south of Smithland.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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