Thunderstorms gradually increased in coverage and intensity during the afternoon along a weakly convergent cold front moving through the area. The warm sector air mass was characterized by temperatures in the mid to upper 70's, dew points in the lower 60's, and mixed-layer cape values of 1000 to 1500 j/kg.
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Thunderstorms gradually increased in coverage and intensity during the afternoon along a weakly convergent cold front moving through the area. The warm sector air mass was characterized by temperatures in the mid to upper 70's, dew points in the lower 60's, and mixed-layer cape values of 1000 to 1500 j/kg. Very strong deep layer wind shear promoted organized storm structures. A bowing line segment organized near the Wabash River, then produced isolated damaging wind gusts as it crossed southwest Indiana.
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 Nov 14, 3:18 PM CST, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 318 PM CST MON NOV 14 2011 .DISCUSSION... .SHORT TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE PRIMARY CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST PACKAGE ARE THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TONIGHT AND CUMMULATIVE HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. EXPECT THUNDERSTORM CONVECTION TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE NORTH/WEST PART OF THE CWA THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON PER TORNADO WATCH 881 TIL 10 PM. STORM RELATIVE HELICITY VALUES HAD INCREASED BY MID AFTERNOON TO AROUND/IN EXCESS OF 300 ACROSS S IL AND SW IN SO QUITE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS PERSIST FOR SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT. SOUTHEASTWARD PROPOGATION OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT IN RESPONSE TO THE SOUTHEAST PROGRESSION OF A WEAK SURFACE COLD FRONT. A 500MB SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY WEDNEDAY LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR CONTINUED AND WIDESPREAD RAIN IN AS THE SURFACE FRONT STALLS NEAR THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE FA. THE END RESULT WILL BE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL THRU EARLY WEDNESDAY MAINLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE FA. TOTAL RAINFALL COULD EXCEED 3 INCHES HERE...TAPERING TO LESS THAN 1/2 INCH ACROSS THE NW PART OF THE FA. HAVE RAISED POPS AND QPF THROUGH TUESDAY. TWEEKED TEMPS...BOTH MAX AND MIN...DOWN A BIT THRU TUE NIGHT. .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE QUAD STATE REGION THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...WITH THURSDAY MORNING HAVING THE COOLEST TEMPERATURES FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK. BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WARM AIR ADVECTION WILL BEGIN TO WORK INTO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI BEHIND THE DEPARTING RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED IN THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS BY EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. ENOUGH LIFT...MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY SHOULD BE IN PLACE ON SATURDAY TO PRODUCE WARM ADVECTION SHOWERS IN A FAVORABLE ISENTROPIC CONVEYOR BELT /NEAR A DEVELOPING WARM FRONTAL ZONE/...PER THE PREFERRED ECMWF/CANADIAN GUIDANCE. THE INSTABILITY REMAINS SOMEWHAT ELEVATED VIA THE ECMWF GUIDANCE...SO UTILIZED A DIFFERENTIAL BLEND OF POPS FOR SHOWERS VERSUS THUNDERSTORMS WHILE THE WFO PAH FORECAST AREA REMAINS IN THE WARM SECTOR THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE WFO PAH FORECAST ARE NEXT SUNDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...GIVEN BROAD SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...A SURFACE WAVE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE UP FROM TEXAS SUNDAY NIGHT AND INCREASE RAIN CHANCES AGAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE AREA. THE INSTABILITY STILL LOOKS ELEVATED LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...SO ADDED A DIFFERENTIAL POP FOR SHOWERS VERSUS THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN. BY NEXT MONDAY AFTERNOON...A WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY DEVELOPS AND SHARPENS ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THIS SHOULD ENHANCE RAINFALL AGAIN BY NEXT MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && .AVIATION... EARLIER TAF FORECASTS INITIALIZED FAIRLY WELL WITH WINDS AND CEILINGS...SO DID NOT MAKE ANY MEASURABLE CHANGES TO ONGOING FORECAST. THE MAIN ADJUSTMENT WAS MADE AS THE COLD FRONT STALLS ACROSS THE WFO PAH TAF SITES THIS EVENING AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE KCGI TAF SITE WAS DISPLACED A LITTLE FARTHER AWAY FROM THE FRONTAL BOUNDAY...SO INTRODUCED MVFR VISIBILITIES/CEILINGS IN THE 11Z-14Z TUESDAY TIME FRAME. THE WORST CONDITIONS...LIFR CEILINGS AND MVFR VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY HOLD NEAR KPAH...WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER IFR CEILINGS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AT KEVV AND KOWB. THE LOWER CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY LAST INTO THE 18Z TUESDAY AND 00Z WEDNESDAY TIME FRAME FOR THE NEXT FORECAST ISSUANCE. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && AVIATION/NEAR TERM...SMITH PUBLIC...SHANKLIN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 708 AM CST MON NOV 14 2011 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-151315- 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- 708 AM CST MON NOV 14 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS AFTERNOON THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF A FEW STORMS BECOMING SEVERE GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM PERRYVILLE TO POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS BUT ALSO WITH A REMOTE CHANCE FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES...MAINLY OVER SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE GENERALLY OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY TONIGHT. SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN AREAS WHERE LEAVES CLOG DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH TODAY COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY THOSE MOTORISTS TRAVELLING ON EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS. BOATERS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION ON AREA WATERWAYS TODAY AS CONDITIONS WILL BE ROUGH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE GENERALLY OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY ON TUESDAY. SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN AREAS WHERE LEAVES CLOG DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS NEXT SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THAT TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. JP
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
506 PM CST MON NOV 14 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0505 PM TSTM WND GST CAPE GIRARDEAU 37.31N 89.55W
11/14/2011 M62 MPH CAPE GIRARDEAU MO ASOS
MEASAURED AT CAPE GIRARDEAU ASOS
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SMITTYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
535 PM CST MON NOV 14 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0532 PM HAIL 3 SW POPLAR BLUFF 36.73N 90.45W
11/14/2011 M1.00 INCH BUTLER MO TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED NEAR POPLAR BLUFF NEAR HWY 67
AND M.
&&
JAYSONWSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 557 PM CST MON NOV 14 2011 INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ014-018-019-150030- DAVIESS KY-GIBSON IN-HENDERSON KY-PIKE IN-POSEY IN-SPENCER IN-UNION KY-VANDERBURGH IN-WARRICK IN- 557 PM CST MON NOV 14 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN WARRICK...GIBSON... SOUTHERN PIKE...POSEY...EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN SPENCER AND VANDERBURGH COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND NORTHERN HENDERSON...NORTHWESTERN DAVIESS AND EXTREME NORTHERN UNION COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY UNTIL 630 PM CST... AT 553 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FORT BRANCH AND HAUBSTADT...ONWARD NEAR KASSON TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF MOUNT VERNON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH. LOCAL WIND GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... EVANSVILLE... MELODY HILL... HENDERSON... CHANDLER... NEWBURGH... BOONVILLE... KASSON... DARMSTADT... LYNNVILLE... FRANCISCO... SOMERVILLE... MACKEY... ELBERFELD... HEBBARDSVILLE... THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY....AND A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS....FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. SMITH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
601 PM CST MON NOV 14 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0525 PM TSTM WND DMG PULASKI 37.22N 89.21W
11/14/2011 PULASKI IL EMERGENCY MNGR
COUPLE OF TREES DOWN ON US 51...NORTH OF PULASKI AND
NORTH OF ULLIN. REPORT OF DEBRIS FROM GRAIN BIN BLOWN
ONTO RAIL ROAD TRACKS AT PULASKI. ESTIMATED WIND SPEED OF
60 MPH
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JAYSONWPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
604 PM CST MON NOV 14 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0601 PM HAIL 3 SE VIENNA 37.38N 88.85W
11/14/2011 E1.00 INCH JOHNSON IL BROADCAST MEDIA
QUATER SIZE HAIL REPORTED ALONG INTERSTATE 24 NEAR MILE
MARKER 22.
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SMITTYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
605 PM CST MON NOV 14 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0605 PM TSTM WND GST ROUND KNOB 37.22N 88.73W
11/14/2011 M54 MPH MASSAC IL TRAINED SPOTTER
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SMITTYThe Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 20 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:06 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A wind gust to 62 mph was measured by the automated observing system at the Evansville airport. Just south of Armstrong, a 75-by-4 foot section of a metal roof on a fire station was peeled back.
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