Isolated severe thunderstorms occurred during the heat of the day. The storms occurred along a weak cold front that extended southwest from low pressure over the Great Lakes region.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
Isolated severe thunderstorms occurred during the heat of the day. The storms occurred along a weak cold front that extended southwest from low pressure over the Great Lakes region.
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 Aug 29, 1:50 AM CST, 11 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 250 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2007 .DISCUSSION... MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS ARE NEAR TERM PRECIP CHANCES. BOTH GFS AND NAM CONTINUE TO SHOW MOISTURE SURGING NORTHWARD AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT....WITH THE COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT. NAM CONTINUES TO OVERALL PRODUCE MORE SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD QPF ACROSS THE PAH FORECAST AREA TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY THAN THE GFS. GFS DOES SHOW SOME MORE SIGNIFICANT PRECIP BETWEEN 06Z AND 12Z...BUT OTHERWISE INDICATES MINIMAL QPF. GFS DID NOT INITIALLY HANDLE YESTERDAYS OR THE ONGOING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AT ALL...WHILE THE NAM HAD INDICATED AT LEAST SOME CONVECTION. WILL NOW PUT MORE STOCK IN THE NAM SOLUTION...BUT WILL KEEP POPS IN THE SLIGHT TO CHANCE CATEGORY...WITH BEST CHANCES ACROSS SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE FA. INCREASED POPS FOR TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY AREA WIDE...AND INTRODUCED SOME SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST PORTIONS THURSDAY EVENING FOR ANY LINGERING CONVECTION. AFTER THURSDAY EVENING...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES REGION...WHICH WILL SLOWLY SLIDE EAST INTO THE WEEKEND. THIS HIGH WILL KEEP THE REGION DRY WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES FRIDAY AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR TO JUST SLIGHTLY ABOVE SEASONAL AVERAGES. LEANED MORE TOWARD WARMER MAV GUIDANCE HIGHS FOR TODAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS WHERE THERE SHOULD BE A LITTLE MORE SUN. MAV/MET ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT FOR LOWS TONIGHT...THEN AGAIN LEANED TOWARD WARMER MAV FOR HIGHS THURSDAY AND LOWS THURSDAY NIGHT. WENT WITH A COMPROMISE OF THE TWO FOR FRIDAY. IN THE EXTENDED...MADE JUST A FEW MINOR TWEAKS BASED ON LATEST MEX GUIDANCE AND FOR BLENDING PURPOSES. && .AVIATION... VFR SCT CIGS 6-9K FT EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING WITH BRIEF MVFR VSBYS POSSIBLE. LATER TODAY...CU SHOULD DVLP WITH WDLY SCT TSRA REMAINING A POSSIBILITY. PROB APPEARS TOO LOW TO INCLUDE AT TAF SITES AT THIS TIME. WINDS SHOULD BE AOB 7 KTS. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && RST/CN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 447 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2007 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- 447 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE QUAD STATE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION ON THURSDAY...AND ACROSS THE PENNYRILE REGION OF WEST KENTUCKY THURSDAY EVENING. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. RST
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:56 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous branches from 6 to 8 inches in diameter were blown down at the high school. A couple of trees were blown down across power lines.
Six inches of water was across Fairfield city roads.
A number of large trees were toppled.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Illinois in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, August 2007
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: 48125, 48126, 54024.