A cluster of thunderstorms with intense lightning developed in a broad southerly flow of warm and humid air. Lightning struck a house near Paducah.
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A cluster of thunderstorms with intense lightning developed in a broad southerly flow of warm and humid air. Lightning struck a house near Paducah.
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 13, 2:35 AM CST, 9 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 335 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 335 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015 H5 RIDGE WILL PERSIST OVER THE SE U.S. WHILE WEAK TROFFING REMAINS WEDGED BETWEEN THE RIDGE AND STRONGER FLOW ACROSS THE PACIFIC NW INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND CANADA. WILL CONTINUE WITH OUR CHANCE OF CONVECTION THROUGH THE PERIOD...AS THIS STAGNANT REGIME CONTINUES AND SOUTHERLY FLOW PERSISTS...WITH BOUNDARIES STAYING TO OUR NORTH. POPS MAY BE A TAD HIGHER...ESPEICALLY NW 1/2 OF THE AREA WITH AN UPTICK IN LAYER AVG MOISTURE SEEN IN SEVERAL OF THE LATEST MODELS. THE FLOW DOES FLATTEN OUT MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT WITH A BOUNDARY CLOSER TO OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES. STORM INTENSITIES MAY BE UP A BIT MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT. SHOULD BE JUST BELOW LAKE WIND CRITERIA TODAY. WILL MONITOR. TEMPS A BLEND OF MOS AND EXISTING NUMBERS. .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 335 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015 THE MODELS REMAIN CONSISTENT WITH THE OVERALL THEME OF WETTER CONDITIONS NEXT WEEK. HOW MUCH WETTER IS STILL UP FOR DEBATE. THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE IN PLACE FOR RAINFALL...BUT THE FORCING MECHANISMS FOR LIFT WILL BE RATHER WEAK. THE LOW RESOLUTION GLOBAL MODELS /NAMELY THE GFS AND ECMWF/ OFTEN SHOW A BIAS TOWARD OVERPREDICTING AREAL COVERAGE OF QPF IN THIS TYPE OF AIR MASS. THIS HAS BEEN THE CASE THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS...WHEN COVERAGE WAS ONLY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED. WITH THIS IN MIND...THE FORECAST POPS WILL BE A LITTLE LOWER THAN WHAT THE MODEL QPF GUIDANCE WOULD INDICATE. THE SUBTROPICAL HIGH OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES IS FORECAST TO BE SUPPRESSED SLIGHTLY TO THE SOUTH. THIS SHOULD ALLOW SOME WEAK 500 MB SHORTWAVES TO MIGRATE EAST/NORTHEAST THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THE MODELS FORECAST PERSISTENT WEAK TROUGHING ACROSS THE OZARKS REGION THROUGH ALL OR MOST OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD. THE ENSEMBLE MEANS...PARTICULARLY THE ECMWF...GRADUALLY DAMPEN THIS TROUGHING OVER TIME. THIS IS RELECTED IN A GRADUAL LOWERING OF POPS INTO THE LOW CHANCE CATEGORY BY FRIDAY. GIVEN THE WEAK NATURE OF THE FORCING AND POSSIBLE MESOSCALE INFLUENCES...FORECASTING PRECIP LOCATION AND TIMING AT THIS TIME RANGE /4 TO 7 DAYS IN ADVANCE/ IS DIFFICULT AT BEST. THROUGH MOST OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD...THE HIGHEST POPS WILL BE NORTH AND WEST OF THE OHIO RIVER. THIS IS THE REGION THAT WILL BE CLOSEST TO A WEAK COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT WILL SAG AS FAR SOUTH AS INTERSTATE 70 LATE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...THEN RETURN NORTHEAST AS A WARM FRONT WEDNESDAY. THE BEST CHANCE OF PRECIP APPEARS TO BE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...WHEN THE MODELS INDICATE THE STRONGEST SHORTWAVE SUPPORT. POPS WILL BE IN THE LIKELY CATEGORY IN ALL BUT THE PENNYRILE REGION OF WEST KENTUCKY ON WEDNESDAY. HIGH TEMPS THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 80S...WITH A NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST GRADIENT FOLLOWING THE CLOUD COVER AND POP FORECAST. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE CLOSE TO THE FORECAST DEW POINTS...WHICH SHOULD HOLD STEADY AROUND 70 THROUGH THE WEEK. && .AVIATION... ISSUED AT 335 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015 MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED. PROBS A BIT TOO LOW TO INCLUDE AT THE TAF SITES. SSW WINDS TO PERSIST. SOME GUSTS 15 TO 20 KTS POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...NONE. MO...NONE. IN...NONE. KY...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 339 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-141000- 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- 339 AM CDT SAT JUN 13 2015 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 CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. REFER TO RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY DAILY CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST WITH LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. REFER TO RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 19 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:52 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A house was struck by lightning in a neighborhood just southeast of the Paducah city limits. The resulting house fire caused extensive damage.
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