Southerly winds on the back side of a high pressure system over the Appalachian Mountains provided warmth and moisture for isolated afternoon thunderstorms. The storms moved west-southwestward around an upper level low over the Southeastern states.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
Southerly winds on the back side of a high pressure system over the Appalachian Mountains provided warmth and moisture for isolated afternoon thunderstorms. The storms moved west-southwestward around an upper level low over the Southeastern states. A storm in Trigg County produced a pulse of damaging winds.
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 6, 1:45 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 245 PM CDT SUN SEP 6 2015 .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Tuesday night) Issued at 245 PM CDT SUN SEP 6 2015 Above average confidence in the short term with models in decent agreement. Still not much to discuss in the short term period with the region remaining in a rather stagnant pattern and little to no changes synoptically expected through the first half of the short term period. Isolated showers and thunderstorms are possible over the southern Pennyrile region of western Kentucky this afternoon along the eastern periphery of the H5 ridge. Otherwise high pressure at the surface and aloft will continue to produce similar conditions to what we have had over the past several days through Monday night. In other words, hot and humid with little to no chance (<10%) of rain. With the breakdown of the H5 ridge and the approach of a frontal system out of the plains, precipitation chances begin to spread into the far western and northwestern sections of the region Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday night as the system draws much closer, precipitation chances increase over the northwest half of our CWA. Temperatures and humidities will remain above normal through the short term period, however relief will be headed our way by the end of the upcoming week. .LONG TERM...(Wednesday through Sunday) Issued at 245 PM CDT SUN SEP 6 2015 Models are in good agreement showing showers and thunderstorms spreading southeast across the PAH forecast area through the day Wednesday. Went with likely pops for southern Illinois and southeast Missouri, to good chance pops across southwest Indiana and west Kentucky. Models are also in good agreement in bringing the cold front through our region much faster than yesterdays runs, moving it just southeast of the PAH forecast area by around 18z Thursday. This is about 18 hours faster than yesterday. This will keep good chances of showers and storms across the area Wednesday night, then good chances will continue across our southeast half of counties Thursday tapering down to slight chances in our northwest. A few showers and storms may linger into Thursday night in our far southeast counties, then dry weather is expected for the remainder of the extended. Temperatures will remain near seasonal on Wednesday with highs in the 80s and lows in the 60s, then readings will gradually trend downward each day with the approach and passage of the cold front. High pressure will build into the central U.S. behind the front, and this high will keep us in northerly flow into the weekend. Temperatures over the weekend will be well below normal with highs in the 70s and lows in the 50s. && .AVIATION... Issued at 1230 PM CDT SUN SEP 6 2015 High pressure at the surface and aloft will keep all sites dry through the period. Other than LIFR/IFR/MVFR fog late tonight, VFR conditions will prevail at all sites through the period. Winds will either be calm or out of the southeast to south aob 5 knots. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...NONE. MO...NONE. IN...NONE. KY...NONE. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION...JP LONG TERM/FIRE WX...RST
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 310 PM CDT SUN SEP 6 2015 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-072015- 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- 310 PM CDT SUN SEP 6 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY AND FAR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. LIGHTNING AND BRIEF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. THERE COULD BE PATCHY DENSE FOG LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING OVER PARTS OF THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES BEGIN AS EARLY AS TUESDAY...AND END AS LATE AS THURSDAY NIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS WILL BE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT MAKES PASSAGE. LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. JP
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
In the vicinity of Highways 164 and 525, a tin roof was peeled off a barn. Crops were flattened.
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