A couple of isolated severe thunderstorm wind gusts occurred during the warmest part of the day. A deep, moist southwest flow at the surface and aloft contributed to moderate instability.
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A couple of isolated severe thunderstorm wind gusts occurred during the warmest part of the day. A deep, moist southwest flow at the surface and aloft contributed to moderate instability.
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 1, 11:40 AM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1240 PM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007 .UPDATE... FOR GRID/TABULAR/TEXT FORECAST TRENDS THIS AFTERNOON...ADJUSTED TO ADD REMAINDER OF PURCHASE AREA OF WEST KENTUCKY INTO ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PER EARLIER VERSION OF THIS DISCUSSION. .DISCUSSION... MAIN FOCUS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE MIDDAY CONVECTION OVER THE PENNYRILE REGION OF WEST KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AS WELL AS PERSISTENT CONVECTION OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. BOTH AREAS OF CONVECTION HAVE SEPARATE...BUT NOTICEABLE TRIGGERING MECHANISMS. THE CONVECTION OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA /PENNYRILE REGION OF W KY AND INTO SWRN IN/ IS TIED TO A SW TO NEWD ORIENTED THETA-E AXIS...BEST DEPICTED ON THE GOES PRECIPITABLE WATER SOUNDER IMAGERY. THIS FEATURE..COMBINED WITH A 900-700 MB WEAK WARM FRONTEGENETIC BOUNDARY ORIENTED FROM THE OH/WABASH RIVER DOWN TO THE PURCHASE AREA OF WEST KENTUCKY...AND TWO VORT LOBE/MINOR TROUGH AXES /ONE OVER NERN AR...THE OTHER OVER SWRN IN/ ARE PROVIDING SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL FORCING TO LIFT PARCELS TO THE LFC. THESE FEATURES SHOULD MOVE EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EXIT THE CWA BY 20-21Z. FURTHER TO THE WEST...SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING ALONG THE DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY...ADJACENT TO A MORE UNSTABLE AND WEAKER THETA-E AXIS. WITH THE COLD POOL FROM THE EARLY MORNING CONVECTION OVER WESTERN MO EXPECTED TO SPREAD EAST AS THE REMNANT CIRRUS SHIELD DISSIPATES...MORE CONVECTION SHOULD FIRE OVER SOUTHERN IL AND SOUTHEAST MO THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL THAT GRADIENT WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WEAKENING MCS COLD POOL...AS WELL AS DOWNWARD MOMENTUM FROM THE ANTECEDENT MID LEVEL CIRCULATION WILL LEAD TO SOME LOCALLY HIGHER WIND GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. FOR THIS REASON...I HAVE ADDED A MENTION OF GUSTY WINDS INTO THE TEXT FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON IN THESE AREAS...AS WELL AS INTO THE GRIDDED FORECAST. FINALLY...I MAY HAVE CUT THE RAIN/NO RAIN LINE TOO CLOSE OVER THE PADUCAH METRO AND PURCHASE AREA OF WEST KENTUCKY...MAY HAVE TO REINTRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO THIS AREA DURING THE MID AFTERNOON. ATTEMPTED TO ADJUST TEMPERATURE/DEWPOINT VALUES IN LINE WITH AREAS OF CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON...MAY HAVE TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL TWEAKING OF TEMPERATURES AS WELL THIS AFTERNOON...IF ANY THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE A LARGER THAN EXPECTED CIRRUS ANVIL. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 330 AM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007/ DISCUSSION... MAIN FORECAST CONCERN REMAINS THE INCREASING CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS A LARGE UPPER LOW OVER WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA EARLY THIS MORNING GRADUALLY SHIFTS EAST TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES REGION AND FILLS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. FOR THE TIME BEING...AREAS OF DENSE FOG HAVE DEVELOPED OVER OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...WHERE DEWPOINT DEPRESSIONS ARE SLIGHTLY LOWER IN THE LOWEST 50 MB. DESPITE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS...THE FOG HAS NOT YET MATERIALIZED OVER THE REST OF OUR AREA...BUT IT IS PROBABLY ONLY A MATTER OF TIME. AS A RESULT...WILL INCLUDE A MENTION OF AREAS OF FOG WHERE IT IS APPARENT NOW...AND WAIT UNTIL ISSUANCE TIME TO DECIDE ON HOW FAR SOUTH TO EXPAND A MENTION OF PATCHY FOG ELSEWHERE. ANOTHER TOPIC OF CONCERN TODAY IS THE POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION. CENTRAL PLAINS MCS HAS PROGRESSED FARTHER AND FASTER EAST THAN ANY MODEL DATA SUGGESTED...INCLUDING THE 00Z 4 KM WRF. IMPACTS FROM OUTFLOWS FROM THIS CONVECTION SHOULD REMAIN WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE AREA TODAY...BUT MAY GET AS CLOSE AS THE OZARK FOOTHILLS BY AFTERNOON. ENOUGH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL EXIST FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CUMULUS AND EVENTUALLY THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...BUT WITH A LACK OF ANY SIGNIFICANT FORCING MECHANISM...COVERAGE OF ACTIVITY SHOULD BE ISOLATED. SAME THING HOLDS TRUE TONIGHT...NO APPARENT FORCING MECHANISM THUS A REMOVAL OF POPS SEEMS WARRANTED. WILL CONTINUE THE INCREASE IN CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS THE AFOREMENTIONED WEATHER SYSTEM APPROACHES. LATEST TRENDS HAVE BEEN FOR A SLIGHTLY FASTER EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF THIS SYSTEM...AND AS SUCH THE GFS IS PREFERRED OVER THE SLOWER NAM. THE DEVELOPMENT OF CYCLONIC NORTHWEST FLOW BEHIND THE DEPARTING SYSTEM WILL AID A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY...WHICH SHOULD BRING THE CONVECTION TO AN END THROUGH MID WEEK. HOWEVER...THE APPROACH OF A SECONDARY WEAK BOUNDARY MONDAY IS ENOUGH TO LEAVE THE MENTION OF SMALL CHANCES FOR THIS TIME FRAME. THERE IS SOME HINT THAT AN MCS PATTERN MAY SET UP NEAR OR JUST NORTH OF THE REGION BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WITH THE UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE AXIS TO THE WEST OF THE REGION AND THE APPROACH OF A WARM FRONT. SINCE THIS IS WAY OUT TOWARDS THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD...WILL KEEP GOING DRY FORECAST IN TACT. NEVERTHELESS...THE END OF THE WEEK IS LOOKING MIGHTY WARM...OKAY DOWNRIGHT HOT AND HUMID...AS AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE EASTERN STATES. CHANGED VERY LITTLE IN TERMS OF TEMPERATURES...EVEN IN THE SHORT TERM. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGE WAS TO RAISE HIGHS TODAY TO REFLECT RAPID THE WARM-UP EXPECTED UNDER THE EARLY JUNE SUN. OTHERWISE...GENERALLY ACCEPTED LATEST MOS GUIDANCE...WHICH MESHES WELL WITH PREVIOUS FORECAST. AVIATION... BETWEEN SYSTEMS THIS MORNING WITH THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE TO OUR EAST AND PERSISTENT STORM SYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL U.S. FOG HAS FORMED ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. THROUGH 14Z EXPECT MVFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL WITH TEMPO IFR. PER ITS NORMAL TENDENCY/HISTORY...KCGI IS THE EXCEPTION WITH IFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED 09 TO 14Z. FOG SHOULD BURN OFF MID MORNING. CU WILL FORM BUT NOT BE AS THICK OR AS WIDESPREAD AS YESTERDAY AND HAVE KEPT PRECIP OUT...BUT WILL NOT RULE OUT THE ISOLATED DIURNAL SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM. LARGE MCS MOVING SOUTHEAST FROM KANSAS WILL AFFECT THE WESTERN PART OF THE 236 TWEB...IN THE VICINITY OF KSGF...THROUGH MID MORNING. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && SHORT TERM...SMITH LONG TERM....DRS AVIATION...DRS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 750 AM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-021000- 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- 750 AM CDT FRI JUN 1 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE ENTIRE FOUR STATE REGION. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL SLOWLY INCREASE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS WEEKEND. A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LATE SATURDAY NIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY. WHILE THE PROBABILITY OF AN ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER EVENT APPEARS LOW... ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THERE WILL BE A LINGERING CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF YET ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. RJP
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 31 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:29 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A wind gust to 59 MPH was measured at the Evansville Airport by ASOS (Automated Surface Observation System). A house roof was damaged in a subdivision near the airport.
For the second time during the afternoon, a wind gust to 59 MPH was measured at the Evansville Regional Airport.
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