Thunderstorms increased in strength and coverage over Missouri as solar heating destabilized the region ahead of the storms. A mid-level shortwave trough moved southeast from the upper Missouri Valley, enhancing thunderstorm development.
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Thunderstorms increased in strength and coverage over Missouri as solar heating destabilized the region ahead of the storms. A mid-level shortwave trough moved southeast from the upper Missouri Valley, enhancing thunderstorm development. West-southwesterly deep layer wind shear was sufficient for organized and sustained storms, especially in the presence of strong instability. Mixed layer capes were on the order of 3500 j/kg. The activity evolved into clusters, which then merged into a squall line with locally damaging winds across the Mid-Mississippi and Lower Ohio Valleys.
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 1, 1:47 PM CST, 3 hours 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 247 PM CDT Tue Jul 1 2014 .SHORT TERM...(Tonight through Thursday night) Issued at 247 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014 The northwest and northern edges of the warm sector this afternoon are lined up right on the western and northern edges of our forecast area. Look for thunderstorm development to expand northeast along the edge of the warm sector between I-64 and Highway 13 in southern Illinois over the next hour or two, as the main cluster of storms pushes east, ahead of the MCV over southwest Missouri, and into southeast Missouri. The convection will then march eastward across the remainder of the area into the early evening. The latest HRRR has things over with shortly after 00Z. Severe Watch 383 has been issued through 03Z, but figure it will be done before then. Still looking for multicell storms pulsing occasionally to produce damaging winds. Not sure if there is enough shear to support or sustain linear development, but if this happens, the damaging wind threat would increase. Just not sure about severe hail, but would not be surprised for some small hail. Torrential rain can be expected with any of the storms. Figure that the main activity will be done this evening, and although surface winds will be west or northwest tonight, the low- level airmass will remain quite warm and moist across at least the southeast half of the area. Cannot rule out some convective activity there overnight or even into Wednesday, with the main mid/upper-level trough moving through the region. The GFS seems to be holding back the cold advection for Wednesday, which makes sense, so will lean closer to the warmer MAV numbers for highs Wednesday. Much cooler, drier air is coming for Wednesday night and Thursday. Consensus guidance seems to have a good handle on this. .LONG TERM...(Friday through Tuesday) Issued at 247 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014 Models continue to show high pressure in control of our weather Friday into Saturday. Drier and milder air will accompany the high, with temperatures 5 to 10 degrees below seasonal averages and dew points in the middle 50s to around 60 degrees. This will make for one of the more pleasant 4th of July holidays in quite a while. By the end of the holiday weekend, high pressure moving off the east coast and the development of a slow moving cold front across the Plains will lead to winds shifting back to the south. Temperatures and moisture will quickly increase across our region, with near normal temperatures and dew points climbing back into the middle to upper 60s on Sunday. GFS and ECMWF part company Sunday night. GFS generates some light QPF across our northern and western counties associated with an upper level wave ahead of the approaching cold front, while ECMWF keeps our area dry. With GEM keeping any precip just north of our region, continued with dry conditions Sunday night for now. Models continue to waffle with precipitation chances on Monday, leaning drier right now. We already had some low pops going, so just went with slight chance pops across some of our west and northwest counties for Monday. For Monday night into Tuesday, latest GFS and ECMWF are back in better agreement, bringing the cold front southeast and generating some precip across our northern counties by late Monday night. Went with slight chance pops across our north Monday night, then increased pops across the entire area on Tuesday. && .AVIATION... Issued at 1231 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014 Little of concern for the TAFs other than convection this afternoon/evening. KCGI looks to be right in the area of best convergence and TCU development according to latest observations. Will insert a VCTS there to begin the TAF. It appears that a larger area of convection will develop to the west over southeast Missouri and reach KCGI by 21Z, so will use that as the beginning of TSRA in a TEMPO. Elsewhere, confidence in timing and coverage preclude TSRA in the TAF. Will have VCTS at KPAH and KOWB late afternoon and early evening, as some should storms should at least be nearby. KEVV may be just north of the development today. Will monitor through the afternoon and amend as necessary based on radar trends. Could see some healthy gusts with any storms that reach a terminal today, and outflow boundaries could play havoc with all terminals through the early evening. Otherwise, west southwest winds this afternoon will eventually become northwest with mixing Wednesday morning. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...NONE. MO...NONE. IN...NONE. KY...NONE. && SHORT TERM...DRS LONG TERM...RST AVIATION...DRS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 311 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-021000- 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- 311 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH 10 PM. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS THROUGH 6 PM...AND THEN INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WEST KENTUCKY EARLY THIS EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN...BUT SOME LARGE HAIL CANNOT BE RULED OUT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS AS WELL. THE ACTIVITY SHOULD BE OUT OF THE AREA BY 8 OR 9 PM. AHEAD OF THE STORMS...HEAT INDICES WILL HOVER AROUND 100 DEGREES THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS MAINLY ACROSS WEST KENTUCKY WEDNESDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WOULD BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. AT THIS TIME...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE AS STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DRS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
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0455 PM TSTM WND GST POPLAR BLUFF 36.76N 90.41W
07/01/2014 M60 MPH BUTLER MO EMERGENCY MNGR
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0415 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 S PERRYVILLE 37.65N 89.87W
07/01/2014 PERRY MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
LATE REPORT. 3 SEMI-TRACTOR TRAILERS OVERTURNED ALONG
INTERSTATE 55.
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0500 PM HAIL 3 S DONIPHAN 36.58N 90.82W
07/01/2014 M0.75 INCH RIPLEY MO TRAINED SPOTTER
DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED ALONG WITH WIND GUST 36 MPH SOUTH
OF TOWN.
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0523 PM TSTM WND DMG QULIN 36.60N 90.25W
07/01/2014 BUTLER MO EMERGENCY MNGR
POWER LINES DOWN.
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537 PM CDT TUE JUL 01 2014
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0534 PM TSTM WND GST BERNIE 36.67N 89.97W
07/01/2014 E60 MPH STODDARD MO TRAINED SPOTTER
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SMITTYSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 541 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014 ILZ090-091-094-INZ085>088-KYZ001>007-010-011-014-015-018>020- MOZ109>112-114-020000- BALLARD KY-BUTLER MO-CARLISLE KY-CRITTENDEN KY-DAVIESS KY-FULTON KY-GRAVES KY-HARDIN IL-HENDERSON KY-HICKMAN KY-LIVINGSTON KY-LYON KY-MASSAC IL-MCCRACKEN KY-MCLEAN KY-MISSISSIPPI MO-NEW MADRID MO-POPE IL-POSEY IN-SCOTT MO-SPENCER IN-STODDARD MO-UNION KY-VANDERBURGH IN-WARRICK IN-WEBSTER KY- 541 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARDIN...POPE AND MASSAC COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND WARRICK...SOUTHEASTERN POSEY...SPENCER AND VANDERBURGH COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND HENDERSON... DAVIESS...WEBSTER...UNION AND NORTHWESTERN MCLEAN COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...AND HICKMAN...NORTHERN GRAVES...CRITTENDEN... CARLISLE...BALLARD...WESTERN FULTON...MCCRACKEN...NORTHWESTERN LYON AND LIVINGSTON COUNTIES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN STODDARD...SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT...NEW MADRID...MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 537 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF JASPER TO GLENNONVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED INCLUDE... EVANSVILLE...CHARLESTON...CHANDLER...LA CENTER...BOONVILLE... MORGANFIELD...NEWBURGH...BRECKINRIDGE CENTER...HENDERSON... WICKLIFFE...EAST PRAIRIE...METROPOLIS...STURGIS...LILBOURN...NEW MADRID...HUNTER-DAWSON STATE HISTORIC SITE...BARDWELL...PADUCAH... PORTAGEVILLE AND LONE OAK. THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. 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.
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:22 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were down along Highway 123.
A few trees and power lines were blown down in the Fancy Farm area near Highway 121.
A few trees and power lines were blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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