Thunderstorms rapidly developed along a surface frontal boundary from central Illinois into southern Missouri. Extreme instability and favorable wind shear ahead of the activity promoted organized and isolated supercell storms.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
Thunderstorms rapidly developed along a surface frontal boundary from central Illinois into southern Missouri. Extreme instability and favorable wind shear ahead of the activity promoted organized and isolated supercell storms. As the storms crossed the Ohio River into western Kentucky, they weakened quickly, but not before producing a microburst near Paducah.
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 8, 1:44 PM CST, 8 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 244 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2009 .DISCUSSION... MAIN ISSUE IS ATTEMPTING TO NAIL DOWN THE MOST LIKELY TIMES FOR CONVECTION. WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS WEEK...WHICH MEANS THE FRONT CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI WILL LINGER IN THE THE AREA FOR MOST OF THE WEEK. MODELS GENERALLY AGREE THAT SCATTERED CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE AT JUST ABOUT ANY TIME FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. SURFACE COLD FRONT SHOULD BE ALONG THE OHIO RIVER BY 18Z TUESDAY WHICH SHOULD SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR CONVECTION TOMORROW. BY 12Z WEDNESDAY THIS FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE BACK NORTH AS THE MAIN LOW BEGINS TO LIFT OUT FROM THE SOUTHWEST. ENSEMBLES FOCUS ON MAIN WAVES MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...MAINLY OVER THE NORTH. THE SECOND AND MORE IMPRESSIVE WAVE IS WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO MID DAY THURSDAY. THE FRONT SHOULD MOVE SOUTH OF THE AREA BY 06Z FRIDAY...HOWEVER...THAT MAY NOT BE THE END AS THE NEXT LOW CENTER DEVELOPS OVER NORTHERN TEXAS. VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY WHERE THE FRONT WILL BE BY LATE IN THE WEEK. WAVES OF ENERGY MAY BRING INTERMITTENT CONVECTION BACK INTO THE AREA. MODELS SEEM TO HINT AT A DECENT WAVE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION ON SATURDAY. && .AVIATION... SHOWERS HAD DEPARTED ALL TAF SITES BY MID AFTERNOON. GIVEN AFTERNOON INSTABILITY...WILL KEEP A CHANCE FOR TSRA INTO AT LEAST THE EARLY EVENING THEREFORE HAVE MAINTAINED TEMPO GROUPS OF TSRA FOR ALL SITES INTO EARLY EVENING. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL RULE FOR THE DURATION OF THIS TAF PERIOD...WITH SOME LIMITED MVFR DUE TO FOG TOWARD DAYBREAK. BEST CHANCE FOR TSRA ON TUE WILL BE KCGI AND KPAH BUT WILL BE TOWARD THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD AND MINIMAL EVEN THEN. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && RLS/PS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 453 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2009 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-091000- 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- 453 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST INTO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND MUCH OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS...ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LIGHTNING. THE STORMS SHOULD BE WEAKENING AS THEY APPROACH THE WABASH AND OHIO RIVERS LATE THIS EVENING. SO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. IT APPEARS THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING...HOWEVER EVEN THOUGH NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...ON BOTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION THIS EVENING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY ALSO BE REQUESTED THROUGHOUT THE AREA TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. DRS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
807 PM CDT MON JUN 08 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0805 PM HAIL 5 SE SESSER 38.04N 88.99W
06/08/2009 M1.00 INCH FRANKLIN IL TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED WITH WIND GUST ESTIMATED
BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH.
&&
SMITTYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
832 PM CDT MON JUN 08 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 PM HAIL ROYALTON 37.88N 89.11W
06/08/2009 M0.75 INCH FRANKLIN IL TRAINED SPOTTER
PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED.
&&
SMITTYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
835 PM CDT MON JUN 08 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0834 PM HAIL GREENVILLE 37.13N 90.45W
06/08/2009 M1.00 INCH WAYNE MO TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED.
&&
SMITTYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
853 PM CDT MON JUN 08 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0852 PM HAIL HERRIN 37.80N 89.03W
06/08/2009 M0.88 INCH WILLIAMSON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
PENNY TO NICKLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED THROUGHOUT THE
COMMUNITY OVER THE PAST 15 MINUTES.
&&
SMITTYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
857 PM CDT MON JUN 08 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0856 PM HAIL 5 E CARTERVILLE 37.76N 88.99W
06/08/2009 M1.00 INCH WILLIAMSON IL EMERGENCY MNGR
QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED.
&&
SMITTYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
911 PM CDT MON JUN 08 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0910 PM HAIL WAPPAPELLO 36.94N 90.27W
06/08/2009 M0.88 INCH WAYNE MO TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED.
&&
SMITTYThe Paducah radar (KPAH), 0 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:49 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The automated observing system at Barkley Regional Airport measured a wind gust to 64 mph. A few large tree limbs were blown down in the area.
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