Numerous thunderstorms developed as daytime heating contributed to a strongly unstable atmosphere by early afternoon. The storms formed ahead of a weak cold front approaching southeast Missouri and southern Illinois.
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Numerous thunderstorms developed as daytime heating contributed to a strongly unstable atmosphere by early afternoon. The storms formed ahead of a weak cold front approaching southeast Missouri and southern Illinois. Isolated storms approached or briefly exceeded severe levels.
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 2, 11:36 AM CST, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1236 PM CDT WED JUN 2 2010 .DISCUSSION... VISIBLE SHOTS (AND RADAR) SHOW OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ARCING ACROSS/INTO NRN FA EARLY THIS PM... WITH PRIMARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY STILL WELL TO THE NORTH OF THE REGION. ANY NUMBER OF OTHER SMALLER BOUNDARYS ALSO EVIDENT COULD OFFER MESO FOCUS FOR SHOWER/TSM DEVELOPMENT IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY LATER THIS PM/EVENING...BUT PRIMARY FOCUS WILL BE WHEN ACTUAL FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGS SOUTHWARD TONIGHT. IT WILL INTRODUCE MAIN CHC SHOWERS/STORMS THAT WILL THEN CONTINUE TOMORROW DURING HEAT OF DAY AS FRONT STRADDLES FA. THEREFORE A GRADUAL SPIKE TO PEAK POPS TOMORROW IS WARRANTED...WITH POPS ENDING ON FROPA/WASHOUT TOMORROW EVENING. THAT SHOULD BEGIN A DRY PERIOD THAT LASTS INTO/THRU FRI...ALTHOUGH THE FRONT REJUVENATES AND STARTS TO WAGGLE BACK NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT LATER IN THE DAY ON FRIDAY...REINTRODUCING SMALLISH POPS TO OUR SE COUNTIES FRI PM. STILL THE FRONTAL RETURN IS SHORT-LIVED AS IT BASICALLY DISINTEGRATES AND POPS DO WITH IT. WHAT HAPPENS IN THE UPPER PATTERN IS A SHIFT TO NWLYS WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR A MINOR POP SPIKE OVER THE WEEKEND IN THE FORM OF SCT SHRA/TSRA CHANCES. THAT LOOKS TO BE THE RULE THRU THE WEEKEND UNTIL POSSIBLE LATE WEEKEND FROPA LEAVES A SLIGHTLY COOLER/DRIER MONDAY IN ITS WAKE. MORE / EARNEST NWLY FLOW ACTION PICKS UP AGAIN TUES AND OFFERS SIMILAR POPS WITH A RETURN AGAIN TO DRY WX WED. HOT/HUMID AIRMASS WILL SHOW LITTLE LARGE SCALE CHANGE WITH MOST THERMAL DIFFERENCES DUE TO CONVECTION. A MINOR FRI AND MON MODERATION IS ANTICIPATED AS MENTIONED. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL BE PREDOMINANT INTO THE EVENING HOURS...THOUGH A FEW AREAS MAY SEE 5SM HZ. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL BRING INCREASING CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCES FROM LATE EVENING AND THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. MVFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY PRECIPITATION...AND WINDS MAY BRIEFLY GUST TO 30 KTS WITH THUNDERSTORMS. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 434 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2010 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-030945- 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- 434 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM NEW MADRID MISSOURI...THROUGH MAYFIELD KENTUCKY...TO CENTRAL CITY KENTUCKY. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL LEAVE A BOUNDARY ACROSS OUR REGION. THIS BOUNDARY WILL BECOME THE FOCUS FOR NEW THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF STRONG INSTABILITY...SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PULSE TO SEVERE LEVELS. WINDS ALOFT ARE FORECAST TO BE FAIRLY WEAK...WHICH WILL LIMIT THE POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELLS. HEAVY RAINFALL IS A HAZARD DUE TO SLOW STORM MOTION AND TROPICAL MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A WEAK COLD FRONT STALLS OVER THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. A FEW BRIEF MICROBURSTS OR LARGE HAIL EVENTS ARE THE MAIN HAZARDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS A GOOD POSSIBILITY. A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS OUR REGION ON SUNDAY...POSSIBLY ACCOMPANIED BY A ROUND OF STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CHECK LATER OUTLOOKS FOR THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MY
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 27 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:10 UTC.
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous tree limbs were blown down on Kentucky Highway 286 from one to five miles outside of Wickliffe.
A small pocket of intense hail damaged corn crops off Highway 286. The leaves of the stalks were shredded. Agricultural experts determined that the reduction in yields would be only about 10 percent because of the early stage of the crop's growth.
A funnel cloud was sighted by a trained spotter along Kentucky Highway 139 in southern Princeton.
Nickel-size hail was reported about four miles north of Benton.
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