Funnel Cloud in Missouri, May 3, 2006

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
115 PM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

.DISCUSSION...

SURFACE BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS IA/IL INTO MO MOVING THIS WAY...HAS
CONVECTION ON ITS LEAD EDGE THREATENING PAH FA. RISING PM CAPES ESP
IN SEMO VCNTY HELPING STORMS DEVELOP ON/AHEAD OF TAIL END OF FRONT
AS WELL. NEW SVR TSM WATCH 282 JUST ISSUED FOR SEMO/SIL/SWKY TIL 01Z
COVERS MAINLY (DIURNAL) HAIL THREAT GIVEN WEAK WIND FIELDS.

FRONT IS DRAGGED ACROSS ENTIRE FA TONIGHT BY MID LEVEL WAVE MOVING
ACROSS LOWER OH VALLEY. ANTICIPATE SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY TO
DECREASE WITH LOSS OF DIURNAL AID...HOWEVER...STILL GOOD ENOUGH
ENVIRO GIVEN MOISTURE IN PLACE AND FRONT/WEAK UPPER SUPPORT TO
WARRANT POPS RANGING FROM LKLY (NORTH) TO CHC CAT (SOUTHEAST).
TOMORROW THIS WL FLIP WITH BOUNDARY STALLING IN SRN/ERN PTNS
FA...AND ANOTHER WAVE PROGGED TO EJECT OUT OF THE SRN PLAINS AND
MOVE ALONG THE BOUNDARY...ESP LATE THU-THU NIGHT...AGAIN OUTLOOKED
SLGT RISK SVR.

GFS SEEMED TO INITIALIZE BETTER ON CONVECTIVE ZONE WITH NAM
OVERDOING ITS PCPN BOTH ON 06Z AND 12Z RUNS. THEREFORE WE FOLLOWED
THE 12Z GFS FOR THE 1ST 24 HOURS. HOWEVER...IT BEGINS TO SUFFER FROM
CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK AFTER THAT...SO WE TREND BACK TO NAM/NGM HANDLE
ON 2ND WAVE IE THU-THU NIGHT-FRI. OUR FORECAST BIAS IS REFLECTED
RELATIVE TO THEIR RESPECTIVE MOS POPS NOS AS WELL.

AFTER THAT THE FORECAST IS LITTLE CHANGED. WE RETAINED THE FRI NIGHT
POP BUT DOWNPLAYED GIVEN THE BOUNDARY IS WASHING OUT OF THE PICTURE
BY THEN. WE WENT DRY OVER THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH
OUR NEXT CHC PCPN STILL SLATED TO COME IN LATE DAY 6 INTO DAY 7.
THIS WAS PRETTY MUCH IN LINE WITH THE COLLABORATIVE CONSENSUS AS
WELL.

THE TEMP FORECAST WL DISPLAY A SIMILAR BIAS ALTHOUGH ODDLY THE MOS
DID NOT TRANSLATE THE MODEL EFFECTS OF HIGHER V LOWER POPS
ABSOLUTELY TO A TEMP BIAS. THE FWC HAS RETAINED ITS WARM BIAS SO
WEVE TRENDED SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN ITS NOS. NEAR TERM WE LIKED GFS
MAV MOS...BUT AGAIN TRENDED TOWARD NAM MET MOS IN THE MEDIUM RANGE.
THE LONGER RANGE FORECAST WAS A BLEND OF THE MOS WITH THE
COLLABORATIVE PICTURE AND PERSISTENCE STRATEGY FORECASTING ALSO
TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.

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.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...SVR TSM WATCH 282 SWRN COUNTIES TIL 01Z.
MO...SVR TSM WATCH 282 ALL COUNTIES TIL 01Z.
IL...SVR TSM WATCH 282 ALL COUNTIES TIL 01Z.
IN...NONE.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
500 AM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-041000-
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-
500 AM CDT WED MAY 3 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS AN INCREASING CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY
AS HUMIDITY RETURNS TO THE REGION. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE LIKELY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME
SEVERE...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI WHERE INSTABILITY
WILL BE GREATER. THE PRIMARY CONCERN WITH ANY SEVERE ACTIVITY WILL
BE LARGE HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING...SO LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST INTO
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH A SMALL CHANCE OF LINGERING
ACTIVITY FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS ON THURSDAY
AND THURSDAY NIGHT COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AGAIN THE
MAIN CONCERN. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL INCREASE THE
POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING
AREAS.

AFTER A MAINLY DRY WEEKEND...THERE IS YET ANOTHER CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.
SPOTTERS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND
OBSERVATIONS OF FLOODING.

RJP

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
212 PM CDT WED MAY 03 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0208 PM     HAIL             SESSER                  38.09N 89.05W
05/03/2006  M0.75 INCH       FRANKLIN           IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
233 PM CDT WED MAY 03 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0229 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST WHITTINGTON             38.09N 88.90W
05/03/2006  E60 MPH          FRANKLIN           IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            THERE WAS ALSO 0.75 INCH HAIL REPORTED IN THE SAME AREA.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
239 PM CDT WED MAY 03 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0215 PM     HAIL             1 N SESSER              38.10N 89.05W
05/03/2006  E1.75 INCH       FRANKLIN           IL   BROADCAST MEDIA

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
256 PM CDT WED MAY 03 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0254 PM     HAIL             HANDY                   36.79N 91.08W
05/03/2006  E1.00 INCH       RIPLEY             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

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