Hail in Kentucky, May 29, 2019

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Paducah KY
638 AM CDT Wed May 29 2019

.UPDATE...
Issued at 637 AM CDT Wed May 29 2019

Updated for 12Z aviation forecast discussion.

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.SHORT TERM...(Today through Friday night)
Issued at 305 AM CDT Wed May 29 2019

Active weather scenario expected today into Thursday as closed low
over northeastern Colorado at 00z Wednesday (7 pm Tuesday) bodily
translates and moves and slowly fills over Iowa through 18z (1pm)
Thursday. After that time, the low is expected to slowly phase in
with a shortwave rotating around a large closed low circulation
stretching from Hudson Bay to the northeastern Great Lakes region
later on Thursday.

The aforementioned low over Iowa and the ridging over the
southeast U.S./Gulf States will sharpen the baroclinic zone across
the entire WFO PAH forecast area today through at least Thursday
afternoon.

The NAM-WRF (ARW version), RAP, HRRR, and the ESRL HRRR are
loosely depicting the evolution of convection into the WFO PAH
forecast area early this morning. The convective segment along and
north of I-64z between 07-08z (2-3am CDT) is along an impressed
surface wave and frontal boundary enhanced by convective outflows
earlier on Tuesday in the middle Mississippi Valley. The CAM
guidance mentioned above is a little behind temporally (1-2 hours)
and spatially (50 miles plus southward), owing to strong
convective outflows interacting with a 35-40 knot southwesterly
jet above 4kft msl (per KLSX VAD wind profile), maintaining
upshear convection.

The outflows will continue slowly work southward through the
morning and generate new convection along and north of boundary,
as well as set up temperature/discontinuities further to the
south, bisecting southeast Missouri, extreme southern
Illinois/northern Purchase and Pennyrile regions of west Kentucky
and southwest Indiana. Thunderstorm activity will likely ignite
and grow in coverage and intensity by late morning and through
the afternoon in this area, supported by channeled vorticity,
frontal zone lift. By late afternoon and early evening, the NAM-
WRF ARW suggests to primary northwest to southeast oriented
shortwaves. With this enhanced flow between 3 pm and 10 pm, could
see the potential for quick moving line segments/bows. Where these
thunderstorm clusters intersect the mean/effective frontal
boundary, tornado potential may be enhanced. The coverage of
showers and thunderstorms today and the boundaries they generate
will determine the effective location of the boundary tonight into
Thursday. There will be ample surface based instability, given
the high theta-e air already in place (70 dewpoints with upper 70
to near 80 temps at 3 am this am over the southern WFO PAH
forecast area), so hail and damaging wind potential will be
realized, especially over southeast Missouri and into southern
Illinois in the vicinity of the expected boundary this morning.

Differential water vapor from the GOES-E satellite shows a
southwest to northeast plume of deeper layer moisture and larger
scale lift into the area at this time. This should begin to
activate more shower and thunderstorm activity between roughly 4am
to 8am this morning in our western most southeast
Missouri/southwest Indiana counties, as it interacts with the
convective outflow and convergence boundaries in Missouri and
south central Illinois.

As the upper low over Iowa gradually phases into the closed low in
eastern Canada Thursday afternoon, most of the lift and moisture
will be shifted eastward into the Pennyrile and southwest Indiana
area Thursday afternoon and evening. Depending on the speed of
shortwave into the southern and eastern portion of the WFO PAH
forecast area late Thursday morning, there may be renewed strong
to severe convection in the Pennyrile/southwest Indiana area. With
the entrainment of drier air aloft, damaging winds may be a
greater threat versus hail.

Drier northwest flow will then move in Thursday night through
Friday night, bringing temperatures closer to normal for this time
of year behind the front.

.LONG TERM...(Saturday through Tuesday)
Issued at 305 AM CDT Wed May 29 2019

Weak ridging will be in place for the start of the weekend. However,
a weak front to our north will slowly sag southward through the day.
Even though there may be small chances for convection by afternoon,
better chances for showers and storms developing will likely arrive
during the evening and possibly lingering into the overnight hours,
depending on the timing of this front. Due to the position of the
upper level wave in conjunction with this surface front, higher
chances or coverage of convection will be east of the Mississippi
River...at least for now.

Depending on the speed of the upper trough, we could see some
lingering rain chances in the far eastern reaches of the CWA Sunday
morning, but by and large, we should be seeing improved conditions
as high pressure builds into the area. The rest of Sunday should be
a quiet day with near normal temperatures and sunshine.

As we head into the new week, a large upper ridge in the central
part of the country will shift eastward toward the region. Surface
high pressure will keep things dry on Monday, but as it moves east
Monday night, we will see our temperatures increase a bit for
Tuesday. More importantly, we will probably see additional chances
for more showers and storms, as complexes of thunderstorms ride the
top of this ridge and into our area. PoPs will remain fairly low for
now as confidence of the timing of said complexes remain a challenge
this far out in time.

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.AVIATION...
Issued at 637 AM CDT Wed May 29 2019

Two areas of convection that bear watching this morning. One along
the I-64 corridor that is currently impacting KMVN will exit
within the next 1-2 hours, but will bring MVFR cigs and IFR vsbys.
Meanwhile, other convection is moving into southeast MO which
will likely move northeast and impact KCGI/KPAH this morning and
possibly KEVV/KOWB later this morning and could cause at least
MVFR cigs/vsbys at times. Much of the afternoon should be dry as
cumulus develops in the recovering atmosphere ahead of a second
round of showers and storms this evening. South to southwest winds
will increase to around 10 knots with some gusts of 15 to 20
knots possible. Showers and thunderstorms will continue to be
possible for the remainder of the overnight period through 12Z.

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.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IL...None.
MO...None.
IN...None.
KY...None.
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Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Paducah KY
320 AM CDT Wed May 29 2019

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-301000-
Jefferson-Wayne IL-Edwards-Wabash-Perry IL-Franklin-Hamilton-
White-Jackson-Williamson-Saline-Gallatin-Union-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-
320 AM CDT Wed May 29 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southern
Illinois, southwest Indiana, western Kentucky, and southeast
Missouri.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are expected today and
tonight. Large Hail and Damaging Winds are the primary hazards,
but a few tornadoes may be possible in the vicinity of frontal
boundaries. Locally heavy rain and frequently lightning will also
occur with these thunderstorms and may cause localized flooding.
The potential for clusters of thunderstorms with damaging wind
gusts may increase during the afternoon and early evening hours.

The Storm Prediction Center in Normal Oklahoma has placed most of
southeast Missouri and southern Illinois in an Enhanced Risk of
Severe Thunderstorms today and tonight. A Marginal to Slight Risk
of Severe Thunderstorms covers west Kentucky and part of the
Missouri bootheel, while all of southwest Indiana is a Slight Risk
of Severe Thunderstorms.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

Scattered strong thunderstorms may be possible through midday on
Thursday over the Pennyrile region of west Kentucky and southwest
Indiana. Damaging wind gusts would be the primary hazard.

Thunderstorms are forecast Saturday and again on Tuesday. It is
too early to determine whether these storms may reach severe
limits.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Skywarn spotter activation will likely be needed later today and
tonight.

Smith

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
919 AM CDT Wed May 29 2019

INZ085>087-KYZ018-291500-
Posey IN-Warrick IN-Vanderburgh IN-Henderson KY-
919 AM CDT Wed May 29 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN WARRICK...CENTRAL
VANDERBURGH...EAST CENTRAL POSEY AND NORTHERN HENDERSON COUNTIES
UNTIL 1000 AM CDT...

At 919 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Kasson, or 9 miles west of Evansville, moving east at 50 mph.

Half inch hail, torrential rainfall, and wind gusts up to 50 mph
will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Evansville, Newburgh, Chandler, Melody Hill and Kasson.

LAT...LON 3786 8779 3804 8782 3806 8730 3787 8731
TIME...MOT...LOC 1419Z 262DEG 44KT 3797 8772

JGG

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
934 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0928 AM     HAIL             7 W EVANSVILLE          37.96N 87.68W
05/29/2019  E0.25 INCH       VANDERBURGH        IN   PUBLIC

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DWS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
938 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0937 AM     FLASH FLOOD      4 SSW ALBION            38.31N 88.08W
05/29/2019                   EDWARDS            IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS WATER OVER COUNTY
            ROAD 400 EAST NEAR INTERSECTION OF COUNTY
            ROAD 400 NORTH. PARTS OF THE ROAD HAVE
            WASHED AWAY.

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DWS

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
949 AM CDT Wed May 29 2019

INZ087-088-KYZ014>016-018>020-291530-
Warrick IN-Spencer IN-Henderson KY-Webster KY-Union KY-McLean KY-
Hopkins KY-Daviess KY-
949 AM CDT Wed May 29 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN WARRICK...SOUTHERN
SPENCER...EASTERN HENDERSON...DAVIESS...NORTHWESTERN MCLEAN...
NORTHEASTERN HOPKINS...SOUTHEASTERN UNION AND WEBSTER COUNTIES UNTIL
1030 AM CDT...

At 949 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Henderson to near Sturgis. Movement was
east at 40 mph.

Torrential rainfall, half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph
will be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Evansville, Owensboro, Rockport, Calhoun, Sebree, Dixon, Grandview,
Robards, St. Joseph, Stanley, Eureka, Beech Grove, Troy, Slaughters,
Wheatcroft, Moseleyville, Hebbardsville and Waitman.

LAT...LON 3799 8686 3794 8692 3793 8698 3792 8697
      3790 8699 3791 8694 3790 8691 3788 8689
      3787 8691 3784 8691 3783 8689 3784 8685
      3748 8731 3749 8795 3790 8747 3801 8677
      3800 8677
TIME...MOT...LOC 1449Z 263DEG 35KT 3786 8748 3752 8791

JGG

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
959 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0958 AM     FLASH FLOOD      3 SW ELBERFELD          38.12N 87.48W
05/29/2019                   VANDERBURGH        IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            BASELINE ROAD FLOODED WEST OF PETERSBURG
            ROAD.

&&

DWS

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
1026 AM CDT Wed May 29 2019

INZ088-KYZ018-019-291615-
Spencer IN-Henderson KY-Daviess KY-
1026 AM CDT Wed May 29 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SPENCER...EAST
CENTRAL HENDERSON AND DAVIESS COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 AM CDT...

At 1025 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
St. Joseph, or near Owensboro, moving east at 30 mph.

Torrential rainfall, half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph
will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Owensboro, Whitesville, Masonville, Stanley, Knottsville, St. Joseph
and Moseleyville.

LAT...LON 3762 8692 3763 8694 3762 8696 3764 8731
      3765 8733 3782 8733 3786 8691 3784 8691
      3783 8690 3784 8686 3779 8682 3774 8682
      3771 8686 3767 8682
TIME...MOT...LOC 1525Z 269DEG 25KT 3774 8724

JGG