A thunderstorm complex moved east-southeast from south central Missouri across the Ozark foothills of southeast Missouri. West-northwest winds of 35 to 40 knots in the mid levels of the atmosphere enhanced the potential for isolated damaging wind gusts.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
A thunderstorm complex moved east-southeast from south central Missouri across the Ozark foothills of southeast Missouri. West-northwest winds of 35 to 40 knots in the mid levels of the atmosphere enhanced the potential for isolated damaging wind gusts. Steep lapse rates in the mid levels of the atmosphere combined with rich low level moisture supported the maintenance of the forward propagating convective system.
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 28, 1:59 AM CST, 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 259 AM CDT FRI JUN 28 2013 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 234 AM CDT FRI JUN 28 2013 UNSETTLED NW FLOW ALOFT REGIME WILL BECOME EVEN MORE ENTRENCHED DURING THIS PERIOD. A MID LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST MISSOURI EARLY TODAY. THIS WILL BRING SOME POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...THOUGH CURRENT INSTABILITY REALLY DROPS OFF AS ONE GETS VERY FAR EAST INTO OUR FORECAST AREA. THOUGH HIGHS TODAY WILL TOP 90 IN SOME LOCATIONS...CONDITIONS SHOULD BECOME LESS HUMID IN THE WAKE OF THE STORMS AND A SFC FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. COOLER TEMPS HOWEVER WILL LAG...AND WILL NOT ARRIVE UNTIL LATER TONIGHT/SAT AS ANOTHER STRONGER H50 SHORTWAVE DIGS SOUTH THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES AND EVENTUALLY CLOSES OFF OVER THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY SUNDAY. WILL BE QUITE A BIT OF CLOUD COVER AND A CHC OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WITH THIS UPPER FEATURE...ESP AS THE COLD AIR ALOFT ARRIVES SAT AFTERNOON OVER SW IN AND THE NRN PENNYRILE OF WRN KY. HIGH TEMPS WILL ONLY MAKE IT INTO THE MID 70S SUNDAY AFTERNOON...ABOUT 15 DEGREES OR SO BELOW NORMAL FOR LATE JUNE. .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 234 AM CDT FRI JUN 28 2013 TO BE ISSUED SHORTLY. && .AVIATION... ISSUED AT 234 AM CDT FRI JUN 28 2013 VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT ALL SITES THROUGH THE PERIOD. POSSIBILITY OF VCTS AT KCGI/PAH BETWEEN 10-15Z. LIGHT WEST WINDS EARLY WILL PICK UP OUT OF THE NORTHWEST 10 KTS AFT 15Z. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...NONE. MO...NONE. IN...NONE. KY...NONE. && SHORT TERM...GM LONG TERM...RST AVIATION...JP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 338 AM CDT FRI JUN 28 2013 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-291000- 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- 338 AM CDT FRI JUN 28 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY TODAY OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH INDEPENDENCE DAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EARLY TODAY OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 193 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:38 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees and numerous tree limbs were blown down countywide. M Highway was blocked by a tree near Van Buren.
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