An isolated microburst caused extensive damage at a resort community. A small cluster of intense thunderstorms over the northern end of the Land Between The Lakes area was responsible for the microburst.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
An isolated microburst caused extensive damage at a resort community. A small cluster of intense thunderstorms over the northern end of the Land Between The Lakes area was responsible for the microburst. A cold front extended from northwest Indiana across central Illinois and central Missouri. Thunderstorms developed in the warm and moist southwest flow ahead of this front.
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 17, 2:08 AM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Paducah KY 308 AM CDT Sun Jul 17 2022 .SHORT TERM...(Today through Monday night) Issued at 305 AM CDT Sun Jul 17 2022 Upper level energy will continue to move southeast across the region as a slow moving trof advances across the Upper Midwest, Great Lakes and Ohio Valley through tonight. We continue to see an uptick in showers and a few thunderstorms across the area early this morning. This trend will continue through the day. Should we attain decent instability this afternoon and evening, we may see a few strong to locally severe thunderstorms as we also see better mid level lapse rates and a slight increase in overall shear. Locally heavy rain is also a concern through tonight. Most of the rain will be beneficial as antecedent soil moisture conditions show us anomalously dry. The chance for showers and thunderstorms will diminish from northwest to southeast Monday through Monday night. We stayed fairly close to NBM for temps. Readings early this morning running warmer than forecast. Used better verifying LAV, GLAMP through daybreak. We blended CONSShort guidance in for the rest of the day, to lower temps slightly from southern IL into southwest IN. Rainfall amounts overall should range from near 1 inch to a few areas seeing up to 2 inches. Locally higher amounts will be possible. .LONG TERM...(Tuesday through Saturday) Issued at 305 AM CDT Sun Jul 17 2022 Hot and dry conditions will be the main story from Tuesday into next weekend. The highest heat indices will likely occur Wednesday, when it appears peak heat indices will exceed 105. The heat will start to build from west to east on Tuesday as the Plains 500 mb ridge elongates eastward. Westernmost areas around kpof will likely reach the upper 90s for actual high temps, while highs struggle to reach 90 in sw Indiana. On Wednesday, a narrow plume of 850 mb temps around 25C will extend eastward from the Plains to the lower Ohio Valley. These are among the highest 850 temps so far this year. Actual highs will likely eclipse 100 in se Missouri, while places farther east will reach the mid to upper 90s. An increasing westerly component to the surface winds could lower dew points a tad, but heat indices will still climb above 105 in most places. Wednesday night, a strong 500 mb shortwave will move east-southeast across the Great Lakes region. An associated cold front or surface trough will cause winds to shift into the northwest. Dew points will be several degrees lower Thursday and Friday. Actual highs will be a few degrees cooler, but still in the 90s. It appears peak heat indices will be just a bit shy of the century mark Thursday. Saturday, the ecmwf and gfs ensemble means indicate the 500 mb ridge will build strongly eastward into the lower Ohio Valley. This will result in another uptick in temps, similar to Wednesday's readings. Little if any rainfall is expected through the period. The weak frontal passage Wednesday night still looks to be dry, though an isolated thunderstorm is possible. Very warm temps near 20 Celsius in the 750 to 800 mb layer will tend to act as a cap. && .AVIATION... Issued at 1205 AM CDT Sun Jul 17 2022 In general, cigs/vsbys across the region are expected to stay VFR through mid-morning Sun. However, brief reductions in vsby may occur with shower and mostly isolated tstm activity that will continue to develop and move in overnight from the northwest. The area with the greatest probability of MVFR cigs will be southern IL/southwestern IN from mid-morning through much of the afternoon. This will be tied with the best probability of rainfall, which will likely restrict vsbys intermittently. Winds outside of tstms will be on the light side and mainly southwesterly to southerly overnight, picking up only a little (AOB 10 knots sustained) in the daytime, but may tend to be quite variable in direction through the period. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...None. MO...None. IN...None. KY...None. && CN/MY/DB
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Paducah KY 313 AM CDT Sun Jul 17 2022 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-181000- 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- 313 AM CDT Sun Jul 17 2022 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 for a few strong to locally severe thunderstorms across the area through tonight. The best chance should be this afternoon and evening. Damaging wind is the most likely hazard. Hail up to or slightly greater than 1 inch is possible. A brief tornado or two may occur, and produce narrow paths of wind damage similar to any straight line wind damage. Locally heavy rain is possible through tonight. While most of the area will benefit from the heavier rainfall, isolated instances of minor flooding cannot be ruled out. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday Thunderstorm chances will diminish from northwest to southeast Monday through Monday night. Daily peak heat indices are forecast to become potentially hazardous Tuesday and Wednesday. Peak heat indices will likely reach at least 100 degrees on Tuesday and 105 on Wednesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be requested later this afternoon and evening.
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:10 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The community of Kuttawa was struck by a microburst that downed numerous trees. Some of the trees were two to three feet in diameter. Extensive damage occurred at Kuttawa Harbor. Numerous boats and docks were damaged in the harbor. Three docks were extensively damaged.
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