A cold front accelerated east-southeast, overtaking a southwest to northeast oriented confluence zone and its associated thunderstorms. This resulted in an intensification of the storms.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
A cold front accelerated east-southeast, overtaking a southwest to northeast oriented confluence zone and its associated thunderstorms. This resulted in an intensification of the storms. Low to mid level unidirectional westerly wind flow between 40 and 50 knots resulted in bowing line segments with isolated damage. This occurred despite relatively more stable air during the early morning hours.
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 19, 10:59 PM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1159 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009 .UPDATE... UPDATED THE AVIATION SECTION BELOW FOR THE LATEST 06Z TAF ISSUANCE. && .DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 220 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009/ DUE TO AWIPS/NAS COMMS ISSUES BOTH SECTIONS OF AFD WILL BE MORE LIMITED IN SCOPE THAN USUAL. NEAR TERM FORECAST CHANGES WILL BE CONFINED TO LATEST SPC/COLLABORATIVE THINKING...SLIGHTLY SLOWER FRONTAL APPROACH AND AS SUCH MDT RISK STAYS TO OUR NORTH. PRE FRONTAL DIURNAL CONVECTION MAY IMPACT MAINLY OUR NRN/NERN PERIPHERY OF THE FA. OTHERWISE AROUND/AFT 06Z CONVECTIVE LINE WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTH. SMALL CHANCE PRE-CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW COULD IMPACT AREA AN HOUR OR TWO EARLIER. EITHER WAY POPS SPIKE TONIGHT- EARLY TOMORROW WITH FRONTAL APPROACH. FRONT STILL SORT OF WASHES OUT AS IT BANGS INTO STRONG ANTI-CYCLONE HOLDING FIRM OVER SCNTL U.S. THIS WASHED OUT BOUNDARY THEN BECOMES FOCUS FOR MAINLY DIURNAL CONTINUATION OF POPS THRU THE WEEKEND. OTHER SHORT TERM FEATURE OF NOTE IS HEAT/HUMIDITY. HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES TODAY THRU 00Z AND BRIEFING SUGGESTED POSSIBILITY FOR ANOTHER ONE TOMORROW. NEGATING FACTORS INCLUDE APPROACH OF FRONT AND ITS NEAR PROXIMITY TOMORROW AS WELL AS RESULTANT MID OR HIGH CLOUD SHIELD THAT LINGERS AND POTENTIALLY MUTES HIGHS TOMORROW. FOR NOW WELL PROBABLY GO STATUS QUO BUT MONITOR LATEST COLLAB PIC AND QUICK LOOK AT WHAT GUIDANCE IS AVAILABLE FOR US BEFORE FINAL CALL AFTER THIS WRITING. MEDIUM TO LONGER RANGE THE RIDGING WINS OUT CERTAINLY BY MID WEEK NEXT AND THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST FINISHES OUT DRY AND STILL HOT OR AT LEAST AOA CLIMO NORMS. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT. WEAKENING CONVECTION WILL CLIP THE KEVV/KOWB AREAS AFTER 09Z AS THE TRAILING END OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASSES BY TO THE NORTH. WINDS WILL STAY UP AGAIN FROM THE SSW...VEERING TO WEST ON SATURDAY. SMALL CHANCES OF AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING CONVECTION ARE NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO INCLUDE IN THE TAF SITES AT THIS TIME. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE.. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 938 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-201000- 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- 938 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A CAPE GIRARDEAU...TO PADUCAH...TO MADISONVILLE LINE. HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH ANY SEVERE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES AND IS FORECAST FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...REFER TO THE WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES INTO THE 100 TO 105 RANGE ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE WEEKEND. A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS FORECAST SATURDAY. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER HAZARDS SHOULD A SEVERE STORM OCCUR. MINOR FLOODING ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WILL CONTINUE. REFER TO THE WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MIGHT BE REQUESTED TONIGHT THROUGH THIS WEEKEND...SO STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND UPDATES.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
826 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0425 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 W PETERSBURG 38.49N 87.32W
06/19/2009 PIKE IN TRAINED SPOTTER
LATE REPORT. LIVESTOCK TRAILER BLOWN OVER...LARGE TREE
DOWN...CONCRETE POLE DOWN
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MYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
207 AM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0140 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 NE FAIRFIELD 38.40N 88.34W
06/20/2009 WAYNE IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN
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DPThe Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 4 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:19 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Three trees were blown down in the Owensville area. One tree fell onto a house.
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