Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, March 1, 2007

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
310 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

MAIN CONCERN FOR THIS FORECAST PACKAGE CONTINUES TO BE THE
INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.

STRONG WARM ADVECTION WILL ERODE THE CAP...RESULTING IN ELEVATED
CONVECTION DEVELOPING GENERALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. GIVEN SOME MODEST
ELEVATED INSTABILITY AND STRONGLY SHEARED WIND FIELDS LARGE HAIL
WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. MINOR LOCATION AND TIMING ISSUES REMAIN
BETWEEN THE NAM WHICH IS MAINLY EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI...AND THE
GFS WHICH IS OVER THE ENTIRE AREA. DEPITE THE SPC DAY 1 OUTLOOK
CONFINING THE SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE TO OUR WESTERN HALF...WOULD NOT
BE SURPRISED IF ELEVATED HAILERS EFFECT THE ENTIRE AREA IN THE
09Z-15Z TIMEFRAME.

THIS INITIAL BATCH OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OUT OF THE
REGION THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...AND THEN THERE WILL LIKELY BE A
SMALL BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION BEFORE THE SURFACE-BASED CONVECTION
SWEEPS INTO THE WESTERN ZONES. THE 18Z NAM INDICATES THAT THE
CONVECTION MAY NOT EXTEND SOUTHWARD INTO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI IN THE
MORNING...BUT WOULD EVENTUALLY DEVELOP SOUTHWARD THROUGH OUR EASTERN
ZONES IN THE AFTERNOON. THE GFS HAS MORE FORCING AND INDICATES A
MORE SOLID BAND WITH THE FRONT THROUGHOUT THE AREA.

GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTIES IN THE COVERAGE AND LOCATION OF CONVECTION
TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING WILL KEEP POPS IN CHECK FOR NOW. WILL
HAVE LIKELIES ALL ZONES AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH ONLY A CHANCE IN THE
WEST THIS EVENING. WILL HAVE 70-80 POPS FROM WEST TO EAST FOR
THURSDAY MORNING...AND THEN KEEP THE 80 POPS FAR EAST IN THE
AFTERNOON...WITH CHANCE IN THE WEST. THERE WILL BE A VERY SHARP BACK
EDGE TO THE STORMS WITH THE FRONT WEDNESDAY MIDDAY THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON.

AS FOR SEVERE WITH THE FRONTAL CONVECTION...INSTABILITY MAY BE
PRETTY LIMITED DEPENDING ON THE RETURN OF QUALITY MOISTURE AND IF
THERE IS ANY INSOLATION AHEAD OF THE FRONT. GIVEN THE STRONG
LOW-LEVEL SHEAR...TORNADOES WILL BE A THREAT IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ONCE AGAIN THE STORMS WILL BE WELL EAST OF THE
AREA BY 00Z FRIDAY.

LOOKS LIKE FRIDAY WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL...AS THE COLD ADVECTION WAITS
UNTIL FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THE GFS HAS BEEN CONSISTENT IN
TRYING TO DEVELOP SOME VERY LIGHT PRECIPITATION WITH A MINOR
DISTURBANCE IN THE CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT ROTATING THROUGH THE AREA
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SO INSERTED SOME SPRINKLES. ON
SATURDAY THE MAIN UPPER CYCLONE ROTATES THROUGH THE AREA...USHERING
IN COLDER AIR...AND A CHANCE OF FLURRIES THROUGHOUT THE AREA. THE
09Z SREF DATA DO NOT SUPPORT ANY MEASURABLE POPS FOR OUR AREA
SATURDAY.

A NICE DRY STRETCH IS FORECAST SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...ALONG WITH
MODERATING TEMPERATURES. MONDAY AND BEYOND SHOULD BE AT OR ABOVE
NORMAL.

&&

.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...NONE.
MO...NONE.
IL...NONE.
IN...NONE.
&&

DRS

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
508 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-021115-
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-
508 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST FOR THE
ENTIRE QUAD STATE AREA TODAY.

A LINE OF INTENSE STORMS WILL MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI DURING THE MORNING HOURS...AND THEN THROUGH THE REMAINDER
OF THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND
A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND OUT AHEAD OF THIS LINE
OF STORMS. THE TORNADO POTENTIAL CURRENTLY LOOKS GREATEST IN THE
SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE REGION.

THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 60
MPH...AND SHOULD BE CLEAR OF THE ENTIRE AREA BY SUNSET. ALTHOUGH
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE...THE FAST SPEED OF THE
STORMS SHOULD PREVENT WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY OVER THE ENTIRE AREA TODAY.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
201 AM CST THU MAR 01 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0138 AM     HAIL             CALHOUN                 37.54N 87.26W
03/01/2007  E0.75 INCH       MCLEAN             KY   BROADCAST MEDIA

0140 AM     HAIL             BEECH GROVE             37.62N 87.38W
03/01/2007  E0.75 INCH       MCLEAN             KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

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MIKEN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
544 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

MOZ100-107>109-011315-
WAYNE MO-CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...
POPLAR BLUFF
544 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...EXPECT STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS BETWEEN 7 AND 8 AM...

THE LEADING EDGE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP
AND MOVE NEAR A VAN BUREN...GATEWOOD MISSOURI LINE SHORTLY AFTER 7
AM...REACHING NEAR A GREENVILLE TO POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI LINE
CLOSE TO 8 AM.

BASED ON CURRENT SURFACE...SATELLITE AND RADAR TRENDS...STORMS
MOVING INTO CARTER AND RIPLEY COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI THIS
MORNING COULD INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME.

THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP QUICKLY INTO A LINE DURING THE
MORNING. TORNADOES ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION WITH THESE STORMS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
UNTIL NOON.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION AND
RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER
IF YOUR ARE IN THE PATH OF ANY STRONG STORMS THIS MORNING.

SMITH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
659 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

MOZ107-108-011500-
CARTER-RIPLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN
659 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...SEVERE STORMS MOVING TOWARD CARTER AND RIPLEY COUNTY...

SEVERE STORMS...WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...WERE
LOCATED ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS.
SHOULD THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 50 MPH.

BASED ON CURRENT RADAR TRENDS...THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE NEAR
THE GATEWOOD AND HANDY IN RIPLEY COUNTY AND NEAR FREEMONT AND
EASTWOOD BETWEEN 715 AND 745 AM THIS MORNING.

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS...PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD
KEEP POSTED TO THE LATEST WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY...SHOULD THESE STORMS MOVE NEAR YOUR AREA.

SMITH