A nearly stationary front extended from Arkansas northeast to southern Illinois. A couple of storms near this boundary produced microbursts.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
A nearly stationary front extended from Arkansas northeast to southern Illinois. A couple of storms near this boundary produced microbursts.
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 Jul 29, 12:44 PM CST, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 144 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2008 .DISCUSSION... OUR NEXT WEATHER MAKER CURRENTLY IN THE SRN PLAINS WILL MOVE IN LATE TONIGHT AND INTRODUCE A SMALL POP AS SURFACE TD TONGUE SPREADS ACROSS FA. POPS WILL EDGE UP HIGHER TOMORROW WITH PEAK POPS WITH SYSTEM PASSAGE WED NIGHT-THU. THIS IS ABOUT 6 HOURS SLOWER THAN YDAY BUT PREVIOUS SHIFT WAS MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION AND WE CONTINUE THAT MOVE...AS GFS/NAM/SREF ALL SUPPORT IT. LATEST SWODY2 DOWNGRADED THE SLGT RISK ASSOCD WITH THE WAVE LIFTING OVERHEAD TO A SEE TEXT WITH BENIGN INSTABILITY/SHEAR NOT WARRANTING MORE. STILL A FAIRLY HIGH POP EVENT CAN BE EXPECTED AND WE MAINTAIN THE GOING LIKELY POP APPROACH FOR THIS PEAK POP TIME PERIOD (WED NIGHT-THU). THERE IS SOME CONCERN THAT THE RECENT SLOWER TRENDING WL ALSO BE REFLECTED IN A SLOWER DEPARTURE/DRY AIR INTRUSION COMING THU NIGHT BUT FOR NOW WE CLEAR THE BOUNDARY SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA BY THEN AND GO DRY. THE MODELS SUPPORT THIS SCENARIO BUT ITS SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE UPON IN NEXT SUCCESSIVE RUN OR TWO. SO FAR COLLAB PIC SUPPORTS THIS BUT AGAIN SOMETHING TO MONITOR. FRI-SUN REALLY HEATS UP AS BROAD CENTRAL U.S. RIDGING BECOMES PREDOMINANT WX INFLUENCE. WE STRIKE A COLLAB COMPROMISE ON FORECAST NOS BETWEEN THE HOTTER HPC AND COOLER GUIDANCE...WITH MAINLY M90S FOR THE HOTTEST DAYS. THIS WILL CAUSE HEAT INDICES TO FLIRT WITH/EXCEED ADVISORY CRITERIA SO WELL CONTINUE TO OUTLOOK ON THE HWO. && .AVIATION... TROPICAL REMNANTS OVER KS WILL CONTINUE TO DECORATE OUR SKIES WITH STRANDS OF MID/HIGH CLOUDS FOR THE REST OF TODAY. DESCENDING AIR EAST OF THE CIRCULATION WILL TEND TO SUPPRESS MOST SHWR/TSTM ACTIVITY THROUGH WED MORN. HOWEVER...A WARM FRONT IS PROGGED TO MOVE THROUGH THE PAH FCST AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT...SLIGHTLY INCREASING THE PROBABILITY THAT SOME PCPN COULD OCCUR NEAR IT...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH CLOSER TO NRN STREAM MID LEVEL ENERGY. THEREFORE THE KEVV/KOWB TAFS HAVE A MENTION OF CB OVERNIGHT. FOG IS NOT EXPECTED BUT VFR CEILINGS WILL BE ON THEIR WAY DOWN WED MORN. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 205 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2008 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- 205 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THE HEAT INDEX WILL BE NEAR 100 THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT BUT NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING. A RIVER FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR CAPE GIRARDEAU. REFERENCE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS THE REMNANTS OF DOLLY DRIFT OVERHEAD. THERE IS MINIMAL RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER...RATHER THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING. HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL RETURN IN EARNEST FOR NEXT WEEKEND. THE HEAT INDEX WILL EXCEED 100 AND MAY TOP ADVISORY LEVELS OF 105 AT TIMES FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING HOURS. FLOODING ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR CAPE GIRARDEAU WILL CONTINUE. REFER TO THE LATEST WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR DETAILED INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 160 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:44 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Part of a 100-year-old oak tree fell on a pickup truck. A nearby peach tree was also damaged.
Two large trees were uprooted. Other large trees were damaged, with tops blown off and large limbs down. A 20-by-30 foot shed had one wall blown out. A 10-by-10 foot feed shack was destroyed. A piece of metal roofing was peeled off a residence.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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