Ahead of a cold front that extended from northern Illinois into central Missouri, isolated to scattered thunderstorms developed during the heat of the afternoon. One of these storms produced damaging winds and small hail.
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Ahead of a cold front that extended from northern Illinois into central Missouri, isolated to scattered thunderstorms developed during the heat of the afternoon. One of these storms produced damaging winds and small hail.
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 Sep 5, 2:18 PM CST, 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
318 PM CDT Fri Sep 5 2014
.SHORT TERM...(Tonight through Sunday night)
Issued at 257 PM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014
Operational models continue in decent agreement with the overall
synoptic pattern through the short term. Clusters of very slow
moving thunderstorms containing torrential downpours have
developed in the warm sector air mass ahead of an advancing cold
front this afternoon. Though most areas are staying hot and storm
free, some locations that are getting thunderstorms can expect
rainfall rates close to 3 inches an hour. New scattered
convection can be expected to develop on outflow boundary
interactions into early evening. This activity will probably
settle down once we lose sunlight.
Additional development cannot be ruled out late today along the
advancing cold front off to our northwest, but meso models suggest
these may also weaken or dissipate as we lose the daytime heating.
Cold front should be south of the region by late tonight. Still a
good deal of moisture and some lift in the post frontal air mass,
so will linger some shower chances into Saturday. However, think
any precip by then would be scattered in nature and quite light.
Extensive clouds and northerly sfc winds will lead to a much
cooler day on Sat. Some locations may struggle to reach 80 degrees
Sat afternoon. Drier airmass will move in for Sunday, and should
bring a return to sunshine as high pressure settles into the lower
Great Lakes region. In fact, Sunday definitely looks to be the pic
day of the weekend with afternoon temps near 80 and very
comfortable humidity levels. Most areas should fall into the
chilly 50s by later Sunday night.
.LONG TERM...(Monday through Friday)
Issued at 257 PM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014
Medium confidence in the extended. High confidence in below normal
temperatures coming into the heartland.
There are numerous timing differences among the models. However they
do agree on a fairly strong system moving through mid week. The
latest ECMWF consistently brings in the first chc of rain as early
as Tuesday/Tuesday night. Now the latest GFS brings it overnight
Tuesday night which is a little faster than its previous solutions.
Both models indicate this would be precip from a pre frontal
disturbance caught up in a near zonal flow. The latest 12z Fri ECMWF
is now coming in a little closer to the 12z Fri GFS with onset of
precip. The GFS brings the wind shift through the area by sunrise
Thursday with ECMWF closer to noon Thursday. So the gap in timing is
narrowing in the operational models although the Canadian was
stronger and faster than the cluster of models. LI's of negative 6
and CAPE's over 1k j/kg with the front could be interesting. In
contrast the timing is least favorable for diurnal
influence/enhancement.
One thing is for certain it feel like a change of seasons by the end
of the upcoming week with much below normal temps expected.
&&
.AVIATION...
Issued at 640 AM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014
VFR conditions will dominate the WFO PAH TAF sites through the
period. There will be some potential for clusters of thunderstorms
to develop during the heat of the day, but coverage limitations
preclude mention in TAFS at this time. Something to keep an eye
on.
&&
.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IL...HEAT ADVISORY until 7 PM CDT this evening FOR ILZ075>078-080>094.
MO...HEAT ADVISORY until 7 PM CDT this evening FOR MOZ076-086-087-100-
107>112-114.
IN...HEAT ADVISORY until 7 PM CDT this evening FOR INZ081-082-085>088.
KY...HEAT ADVISORY until 7 PM CDT this evening FOR KYZ001>022.
&&
SHORT TERM...GM
LONG TERM...KH
AVIATION...SmithHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1229 PM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-061730- 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- 1229 PM CDT FRI SEP 5 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT HEAT INDICES WILL TOP OUT BETWEEN 100 AND 110 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED...AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WOULD BE POSE THE MAIN HAZARDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER ALL OR PART OF THE OUTLOOK AREA AGAIN FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...STRONG TO NEAR SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
259 PM CDT FRI SEP 05 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0258 PM HEAVY RAIN LONE OAK 37.04N 88.67W
09/05/2014 E1.50 INCH MCCRACKEN KY NWS EMPLOYEE
RAINFALL ACCUMULATION IN ONE HALF HOUR.
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SMITTYThe Paducah radar (KPAH), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:09 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A wind gust was estimated near 60 mph by law enforcement personnel. Small hail also occurred.
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