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NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 27, 11:47 AM CST, 6 hours 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1247 PM CDT WED SEP 27 2006 .DISCUSSION... EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THE COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY WAS JUST NW OF THE CWFA. CLOUDS WERE ALONG AND JUST BEHIND THE BOUNDARY. MEANWHILE...CONVECTION WAS SEEN ACROSS SCNTRL MO INTO ARKANSAS IN A ZONE OF STEEP LOW AND MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES...AND AHEAD OF THE SOUTHERN EXTENT OF A MID LEVEL TROF...AND PERHAPS A PRE SFC FRONTAL TROF. SPC HAS UPGRADED THEIR PROBABILISTIC GRAPHICS FOR SVR POTENTIAL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION SVR IN THE GRIDS AND ZFP FOR LATE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THE 4.5KM NON HYDROSTATIC WRF SHOWS CONVECTION INITIATING ACROSS SE MO AND SRN IL LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH LINES UP RATHER WELL WITH THE RUC AND GFS 3-6HR DEPICTIONS. WILL TRANSLATE OUR HIGHEST POPS SOUTH AND EAST WITH TIME THIS EVENING AS THE FRONT PROGRESSES FROM NW TO SE ACROSS THE FA. BY 06Z...THE FRONT SHOULD BE CLEAR OF ALL THE CWFA...SAVE FOR THE HOPKINSVILLE AREA. AFTER MIDNIGHT...THE THUNDER THREAT DROPS OFF...AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO REFLECT THAT IN THE FCST. THURSDAY STILL A CHALLENGE TEMP WISE. GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO REBOUND OUR MAX TEMPS INTO THE 60S...DESPITE AN ALL DAY LINGERING THREAT OF SHOWERS AND CONSIDERABLE CLOUDS. WILL PLAY IT SAFE AND REMAIN CLOSE TO GUIDANCE FOR NOW DUE TO UNCERTAINTY. THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS SHOULD BE OVER BY THE END OF THE DAY THURSDAY...ONCE THE MID LEVEL TROF AXIS FINALLY MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. THURSDAY NIGHT/FRIDAY MORNING...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION. COOLER AIRMASS...SKIES BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR...WITH LIGHT WINDS MEANS FROST POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS VERY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. WILL PLACE IN THE GRIDS AND FORECAST...FOR SE MO AND SRN IL...WHERE MINS COULD RANGE FROM THE MID TO UPPER 30S. MODEL DIFFERENCES EXIST WITH RESPECT TO SATURDAY/S WEATHER MAKER. THE GFS KEEPS THINGS DRY THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY...WHILE THE NAM/WRF DEVELOPS SHOWERS ACROSS THE FA...ESP DURING THE AFTERNOON. WILL MAINTAIN A LOW CHANCE POP SAT...AND POPS SAT NIGHT FOR SHOWERS. MODELS STILL INCONSISTENT WITH RESPECT TO HOW MUCH ELEVATED INSTABILITY WILL BE PRESENT...SO WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP THUNDER OUT FOR NOW. OVERALL CONFIDENCE IN THE LONG RANGE FORECAST IS NOT TERRIBLY HIGH. SUNDAY STILL LOOKS DRY WITH WEAK HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL. MONDAY...THE 12Z GFS IS NOW SHOWING A NARROW BAND OF DEEPER MOISTURE AND SCANT QPF FROM SE MO INTO SRN IL...LINGERING FROM THE WEEKEND SYSTEM THAT NEVER MOVES FAR AWAY FROM THE AREA. WILL WAIT FOR MORE RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY WITH RESPECT TO THAT...BEFORE THINKING ABOUT ANY MONDAY POP. WITH RESPECT TO LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...THE 12Z GFS HAS COME MORE IN LINE WITH THE 00Z ECMWF...IN KEEPING AN APPROACHING FRONTAL SYSTEM TO OUR NORTH. DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY...AND POTENTIAL FOR SETTING UP A FLIP FLOP FORECAST...WILL LEAVE POPS OUT OF THE TUE / WED FORECAST FOR NOW...DESPITE COLLABORATIVE APPEARANCE...SINCE WE ARE STILL WITHIN TOLERANCE WITH OUR NEARBY OFFICES. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 638 PM CDT WED SEP 27 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-281900- 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- 638 PM CDT WED SEP 27 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION THROUGH THE MID EVENING HOURS. THE AREA WITH THE GREATEST RISK OF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM EVANSVILLE INDIANA TO MARION ILLINOIS TO POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI. A STRONG COLD FRONT WAS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN LIKELY...WITH THE MAIN HAZARDS LARGE HAIL UP TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE...AND ISOLATED STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THERE IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY OF A BRIEF SHORT LIVED TORNADO. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL DIMINISH ONCE THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH. THE FRONT SHOULD BE OUT OF THE REGION SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL BE EAST AROUND 40 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SOME PATCHY FROST IS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS FRIDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS EVENING. MY/CN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
659 PM CDT WED SEP 27 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0646 PM TSTM WND GST POPLAR BLUFF 36.76N 90.41W
09/27/2006 M63 MPH BUTLER MO ASOS
POPLAR BLUFF ASOS MEASURED 63 MPH WIND GUST.
&&
JGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
704 PM CDT WED SEP 27 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0658 PM HAIL ZION 37.81N 87.48W
09/27/2006 M0.75 INCH HENDERSON KY TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
708 PM CDT WED SEP 27 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0701 PM HAIL DUDLEY 36.79N 90.09W
09/27/2006 E1.00 INCH STODDARD MO TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
&&
JGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
713 PM CDT WED SEP 27 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0710 PM HAIL DEXTER 36.79N 89.96W
09/27/2006 E0.75 INCH STODDARD MO EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
JGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
715 PM CDT WED SEP 27 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0703 PM HAIL POPLAR BLUFF 36.76N 90.41W
09/27/2006 E1.75 INCH BUTLER MO EMERGENCY MNGR
1.0 TO 1.75 INCH HAIL NEAR HWY 60 AND T HWY
&&
JGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
731 PM CDT WED SEP 27 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0725 PM HAIL SORGHO 37.75N 87.25W
09/27/2006 E1.00 INCH DAVIESS KY FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
HEAVY QUARTER SIZE HAIL OCCURRING AT SORGHO FIRE HOUSE IN
SORGHO KENTUCKY.
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JGThe Paducah radar (KPAH), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:36 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several tents and trailers were damaged at a carnival. Tree limbs were blown down around the city.
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