Strong southwest winds were sustained from 35 to 39 MPH during the peak of this wind event. Measured wind gusts were as high as 47 MPH at the Cape Girardeau airport and 44 MPH at the Poplar Bluff airport.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
Strong southwest winds were sustained from 35 to 39 MPH during the peak of this wind event. Measured wind gusts were as high as 47 MPH at the Cape Girardeau airport and 44 MPH at the Poplar Bluff airport.
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 Jan 8, 4:45 AM CST, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 445 AM CST SUN JAN 8 2006 .DISCUSSION... HIGH THIN CLOUDS FROM WRN TX TO THE GREAT LAKES WERE QUITE PREVALENT ON SATELLITE OVERNIGHT. METARS INDICATED EVIDENCE OF A SFC LOW PRESSURE AREA IN THE KANSAS CITY AREA. THE CLOUDS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH A DEVELOPING MID LEVEL S/WV NEAR THE ROCKIES THAT IS EXPECTED TO DIG ACROSS THE NATIONS MID SECTION. IT APPEARS THE S/WV WILL TRANSITION INTO TWO PIECES OF ENERGY...THE FIRST ONE MOVING INTO THE MIDWEST AND DRIVING THE SFC LOW ENE TODAY...AND THE SECOND ONE DIGGING FURTHER SOUTH AND POSSIBLY GIVING THE SERN HALF OF THE PAH FCST AREA SOME RAIN FOR THE MID WEEK TIME FRAME. TODAY/S CONCERN IS THE REALLY GOOD PRESSURE GRADIENT EXPECTED TO SET UP ACROSS OUR AREA AS THE DRY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE FCST AREA. THE LATEST NUMERICAL GUIDANCE IS FORECASTING SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 20 KTS IN SOME PLACES. LOOKING AT MODEL WINDS ABOVE THE SURFACE...IT APPEARS THAT THE SFC COULD EXPERIENCE GUSTS TO 35 MPH TODAY ONCE THE WINDS ALOFT MIX DOWN. TEMPS INTO THE MID 60S ARE EXPECTED TODAY IN THE SOUTH...AND THIS COULD FLIRT WITH RECORD HIGHS. FOR FIRE WEATHER...HUMIDITIES SHOULD STAY WELL ABOVE 25 PERCENT EXCEPT FOR PART OF SERN MO...NAMELY SHANNON COUNTY WHERE THE HUMIDITY WILL PROBABLY APPROACH 25 PERCENT OVER A SMALL AREA. THE MODELS HAVE COME INTO MUCH BETTER AGREEMENT ON THE CHARACTER OF THE MID WEEK SYSTEM...WHICH IS NOW BEING DEPICTED AS A OPEN MID LEVEL WAVE AND INVERTED SFC TROF INSTEAD OF A NEGATIVELY TILTED CLOSED LOW PER PREVIOUS GFS RUNS. WE STILL LEFT A LITTLE RAIN CHANCE IN THE FAR SOUTH FOR MON NITE...THEN A BIT LARGER SECTOR /SERN/ GETTING RAIN FOR TUE AND TUE NITE...BUT NO MORE THAN 40 POP ANYWHERE. AN UPDATE FOR THE THOSE IN DOUBT...THE 06Z GFS RUN IS NOW LOOKING MORE LIKE THE 00Z NAM AND MOVING ALL THE PCPN OFF TO THE SE. DID NOT MODIFY THE FCST BEYOND WED EXCEPT FOR MINOR TWEAKS SUCH AS TEMPS. A HIGHLY AMPLIFIED TROF/SFC LOW IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ON FRI...GIVING US ANOTHER CHC OF SHOWERS. ATTM THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY AMONG MODEL GUIDANCE AS TO TIMING AND DYNAMICS OF THIS SYSTEM. JUST LIKE TODAY...THERE SHOULD BE LOTS OF WARMING AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM NEXT THU. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && DB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 457 AM CST SUN JAN 8 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-091100- 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- 457 AM CST SUN JAN 8 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE FOUR STATE AREA TODAY. FROM MIDDAY THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED FROM 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS AT OR ABOVE 35 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS CAN EXPECT MORE DIFFICULT THAN NORMAL TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BOATING CONDITIONS ON AREA LAKES WILL BE HAZARDOUS AS WELL. JUST AFTER SUNSET...THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
11 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5488225, 5488226, 5488227, 5488228, 5488229, 5488230, 5488231, 5488232, 5488233, 5488234, 5488235.