Strong southwest winds gusted to 46 MPH at Fort Campbell, near Hopkinsville. The persistent windy conditions were the result of a deep low pressure system creeping slowly northeast across the Great Lakes region.
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Strong southwest winds gusted to 46 MPH at Fort Campbell, near Hopkinsville. The persistent windy conditions were the result of a deep low pressure system creeping slowly northeast across 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 Mar 2, 3:50 AM CST, 8 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 350 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 .DISCUSSION... MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE TODAY CONCERN FIRE WEATHER ISSUES (WHETHER RED FLAG CONDITIONS DEVELOP). ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED AFTERNOON LOW TOPPED THUNDERSTORMS IN WRN KY AND SW IN. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST TODAY AND SATURDAY AS A DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CREEPS SLOWLY NORTHEAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION. WEST SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 25 MPH. WINDS ALOFT SUGGEST SFC WINDS MAY GUST 30 TO 40 MPH AT MANY LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. IN ADDITION...GOOD VERTICAL MIXING TODAY WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SURFACE DEWPOINTS FROM 15 TO 20 DEGREES. THIS DRIER AIR ALOFT IS EVIDENT BY THE CURRENT DEW POINT OF 15 AT HARRISON AR (OZARK MOUNTAINS OF NW AR). MAX TEMPS IN THE 50S TO NEAR 60 WOULD LEAD TO AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES IN THE UPPER TEENS TO MID 20S OVER SE MO AND PORTIONS OF SRN IL AND FAR WESTERN KY. THUS IT APPEARS RED FLAG FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE MET IN THOSE AREAS. ON A DIFFERENT NOTE...H50 SHEAR AXIS/STRING OF VORTICITY WILL ROTATE EAST TOWARD OUR EASTERN COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON. MOISTURE WILL BE A BIG LIMITING FACTOR...BUT STEEP MID LVL LAPSE RATES AND H50 TEMPS -30 SUGGEST THAT IF ANY ISOLATED STORMS DO DEVELOP WITH THIS DISTURBANCE...SMALL HAIL WOULD BE A GOOD POSSIBILITY. AGAIN...DUE TO LIMITED MOISTURE AND LOW LEVEL LIFT...COVERAGE SHOULD BE QUITE LIMITED IF IT OCCURS AT ALL. A SECONDARY COLD FRONT WILL USHER CLOUDS AND COLDER AIR IN ON SAT. WENT AHEAD AND CONFORMED WITH NEIGHBOR FORECAST OFFICES ON SNOW FLURRY CHANCES...BUT THE MAIN EFFECT WILL BE THE BLAST OF COLDER AIR. THIS WL PRODUCE UNSEASONABLY COOL WEEKEND TEMPS...WHICH WILL BEGIN TO MODERATE AGAIN NEXT WEEK. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...RED FLAG WARNING ENTIRE AREA. IL...RED FLAG WARNING ENTIRE AREA IN...NONE. && MEFFERT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 503 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ILZ075>078-080>094-MOZ076-086-087-100-107>112-114-031115- JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU- WAYNE MO-CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI- NEW MADRID- 503 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE UPPER TEENS AND LOWER 20S TO PRODUCE RED FLAG FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-031115- 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- 503 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND THE PENNYRILE REGION OF WESTERN KENTUCKY. ANY STORM THAT DOES FORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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