A thunderstorm reached severe levels during the heat of the afternoon. A weak upper level shortwave trough over the Plains, combined with a very moist south wind at the surface, was responsible for the activity.
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A thunderstorm reached severe levels during the heat of the afternoon. A weak upper level shortwave trough over the Plains, combined with a very moist south wind at the surface, was responsible for the activity.
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 Jun 18, 12:12 PM CST, 6 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 112 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007 .DISCUSSION... SATELLITE AND RADAR REVEAL HEAT OF DAY CONVECTION FIRING IN SOUPING ATMOS...AIDED SLIGHTLY BY WEAK RIPPLES IN THE UPPER FLOW...OUT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. NAM SEEMS TO BE PICKING UP ON THIS DECENTLY WELL. IT HAS SIMILAR TO GFS APPROACH WITH FRONT TONIGHT...BRINGING IT TO NR OH RIVER BY 12Z TUE. BEST UPPER ENERGY STAYS WELL NORTH AND EAST SO AS TO PRECLUDE WIDESPREAD SVR RISK BUT STILL RESULTS IN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED POPS TONIGHT/EARLY TUE. ALL MOS PAINTING HIGH LIKELY-LOW CATEGORICAL EVENT AND WEVE FOLLOWED SUIT OR VERY NEAR. FRONT GOES AHEAD AND DRAGS THRU REMAINDER OF FA TOMORROW...SO CONTINUED HIGH POPS HIGHEST SE TOMORROW AM...TAPERING OFF TO NW BEHID FRONT. BY 00Z WED...ALL MODELS SHOW FRONT IS THRU AND DRIER AIR HAS SUNKEN INTO LOWER OH VALLEY...SO WEVE NIPPED OFF EARLY EVENING MENTION THAT WAS INHERITED. THEN IT LOOKS LIKE A FAIRLY NICE MID TO LATE WEEK UNDER INFLUENCE OF COOLER/DRIER HIGH. LATE IN THE WEEK/INTO THE WEEKEND...WE START TO SOUP UP AGAIN AS UPPER HEIGHTS RISE AND AIR MASS IS MODIFIED BY EWARD SHIFTING HIGH. NEXT SYSTEM OF INTEREST TAGS EXTENDED OUTLOOKED SLGT RISK...SO WEVE ADDED SMALL CHC POPS SATURDAY FOR ITS PASSAGE...THIS HAVING BEEN SIGNALLED NOW AT LEAST A COUPLE OR THREE RUNS. AFTER THAT MORE AND BETTER HOT/HUMID WITH BROAD HIGH PRESSURE/UPPER RIDGING STRENGTHENING OVER CNTL U.S. MAYBE A NEAR TERM LEAN TOWARD NAM MET MOS BUT BLENDED REASONABLY W/GFS MAV MOS...ESP OVER MID TO LONGER RANGE. && .AVIATION... EXPECTING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. WENT WITH VCTS FOR TAF SITES FOR NOW BUT WILL AMEND IF COVERAGE BECOMES MORE WIDESPREAD. THERE SHOULD BE A LULL IN CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY DURING THE LATE EVENING/EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS...THEN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. CU/SC AND MID LEVEL CLOUDS WILL PERSIST TODAY INTO TOMORROW...WITH SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST DURING THE MORNING HOURS TUESDAY. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 425 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2007 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-190930- 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- 425 AM CDT MON JUN 18 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. A FEW OF THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. ANY SEVERE WEATHER ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE ISOLATED AT MOST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON TUESDAY ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THE STORMS WILL END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT CROSSES OUR REGION. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. MY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 400 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007 KYZ020-182200- MCLEAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CALHOUN 400 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007 ...TORRENTIAL RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS OVER 40 MPH POSSIBLE IN MCLEAN COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM... A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS...SLOWLY MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS EASTERN MCLEAN COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH...GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL FOR SMALL HAIL. IN ADDITION...FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE NEAR THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE EAST OF MCLEAN COUNTY AFTER 430 PM. SMITH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
508 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0503 PM HAIL UNIONTOWN 37.77N 87.93W
06/18/2007 E0.75 INCH UNION KY TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS PENNY SIZED HAIL.
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JGG/PVSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 536 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007 INZ085-190045- POSEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...POSEYVILLE 536 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007 ...WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE OVER POSEY COUNTY THROUGH 630 PM... A SMALL CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS...WEST OF BLAIRSVILLE IN CENTRAL POSEY COUNTY...WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH AS WELL AS PEA SIZE HAIL...AS IT MOVES NORTH AROUND 15 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH AN HOUR AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE THE THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. THE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD EXIT POSEY COUNTY NO LATER THAN 630 PM. SMITH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
646 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0335 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NNW WEIR 37.17N 87.24W
06/18/2007 MUHLENBERG KY EMERGENCY MNGR
SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN...NON-TIED HOUSE TRAILER
FLIPPED...OLD METAL OUTBUILDINGS DESTOYED...METAL ROOF
TOSSEED ABOUT 100 YARDS...LARGE TREES UPROOTED...SEVERAL
TOPS OUT OF 12-14 INCH DIAMETER TREES...DAMAGE WAS FROM
MIDDLE OF WEIR TO 3 MILES NNW...ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF
60-80 MPH.
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JGG/PVThe Paducah radar (KPAH), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:36 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Wind snapped about 20 trees along Old Route 13 and Illinois Route 13. Two of the trees briefly covered Old Illinois Route 13.
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