An isolated severe thunderstorm developed along the leading edge of slightly cooler and drier air moving southward from the Great Lakes region.
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An isolated severe thunderstorm developed along the leading edge of slightly cooler and drier air moving southward from 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 Jul 8, 5:49 PM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 649 PM CDT THU JUL 8 2010 .UPDATE... UPDATED AVIATION SECTION FOR 00Z TAF ISSUANCE...WHICH IS PRIMARILY A CONVECTIVE FORECAST. THE DISCUSSION SECTION IS UNCHANGED FROM THE 200 PM PRODUCT ISSUANCE. && .DISCUSSION... DIURNAL DRIVEN CONVECTION ONGOING ONCE AGAIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO DIE OFF SOMEWHAT EARLY THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SE 1/2 OF THE AREA. THINGS SHOULD PICK UP AGAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT FROM NW TO SE...AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO OUR NW APPROACHES. ECMWF AND GFS PUSH MID LEVEL TROF AND SFC REFLECTION ACROSS THE FA LATE TONIGHT...1ST 1/2 OF TOMORROW...SO WILL GO WITH FAIRLY ROBUST POPS...THEN DIMINISH THEM IN THE AFTERNOON AS THE WAVES PASS ESE OF THE AREA. LINGERING POPS FAR SOUTH FRIDAY EVENING FOR CONVECTION...THEN DRY AFTER MIDNIGHT. WEEKEND STILL LOOKS DRY. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE IN CONTROL. THIS WILL RESULT IN SEASONAL TEMPS AND SLIGHTLY LOWER HUMIDITY. NOT MUCH CHANGE TO NEXT WEEK EITHER. FRONTAL SYSTEM STILL FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE AREA BY TUESDAY...WITH SOME QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT IT WILL MOVE ALL THE WAY THROUGH. KEPT WITH INCREASING POPS MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT...WITH THAT CHANCE PERSISTING INTO TUESDAY. WILL HAVE MAINLY DIURNAL POPS IN FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY IN WHAT SHOULD BE A RETURN FLOW REGIME. && .AVIATION... CONVECTION WILL LIKELY IMPACT ALL TAF SITES OR THEIR VICINITIES OVER THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS. TRIED TO ADD SOME DETAIL TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS...AND THEN INDICATE A COUPLE OUR LULL AS THE ATMOSPHERE RESTS BETWEEN THE DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTION AND THE CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACTUAL FRONT...THAT IS CURRENTLY NEARING THE ST LOUIS AREA AND I-70 ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS. WILL LIKELY SEE A 3-5 HOUR PERIOD OF PREVAILING SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDER AT ALL TAF SITES WITH THE FRONTAL BAND. THE ACTIVITY WILL SAG SOUTH AND EAST WITH TIME LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. A PERIOD OF PREVAILING MVFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE FRONTAL BAND AND A FEW HOURS AFTER IT. OF COURSE BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE THUNDERSTORMS. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 358 AM CDT THU JUL 8 2010 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-090900- 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- 358 AM CDT THU JUL 8 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE IN COVERAGE THROUGH TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE MAIN HAZARD WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAIN. COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE...COMBINED WITH SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS...MAY PRODUCE ISOLATED POCKETS OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF ANY STORMS...HEAT INDICES WILL PEAK NEAR 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON FRIDAY AS THE COLD FRONT CROSSES OUR REGION. THE MAIN HAZARD WILL REMAIN LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. LOOKING AHEAD TO NEXT WEEK...THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING WILL PERSIST AT LEAST THROUGH MID JULY ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER ABOVE CAIRO ILLINOIS. REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. MY
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 35 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:31 UTC.
1 heavy rain, 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm dumped more than one-half inch of rain at the Evansville airport in less than an hour. Radar estimated more than an inch in the downtown area of the city. The city police and fire departments assisted motorists in cars stranded at several flooded intersections.
A house fire was started by lightning. The fire was mostly limited to the attic and a downstairs wall. The house sustained smoke and water damage.
Trees were blown down, including some that fell across roadways.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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