An isolated damaging wind event occurred during the heat of the late afternoon hours. The storm formed in a broad west-southwest wind flow at the surface and near a weakness in a 500 mb ridge that extended from the western Great Lakes to the western Gulf coast.
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The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
An isolated damaging wind event occurred during the heat of the late afternoon hours. The storm formed in a broad west-southwest wind flow at the surface and near a weakness in a 500 mb ridge that extended from the western Great Lakes to the western Gulf coast.
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 2, 1:24 PM CST, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Paducah KY 224 PM CDT Fri Jun 2 2023 .SHORT TERM...(Tonight through Sunday night) Issued at 224 PM CDT Fri Jun 2 2023 This afternoon and Tonight...Isolated to scattered convection has blossomed across southeast Missouri this afternoon on the nose of a pseudo dryline feature that is pushing southwest through the region. There is little relief from the heat behind this feature, as temperatures in most locations have still reached the upper 80s to lower 90s. Tonight, convection will diminish as diurnal heating wanes and the dryline feature clears the area. Low temperatures will fall into the lower to middle 60s under mostly clear skies and light winds. Saturday and Saturday night...The hottest temperatures of the season so far are forecast across the area for Saturday. Still expecting 850 mb temperatures to climb near 20C in the afternoon. With very low humidity expected (dew points will mix down into the lower 50s in the afternoon), high temperatures in the lower to middle 90s are forecast, which will be approaching record values at our climate sites. Saturday night temperatures will cool into the middle to upper 60s under mostly clear skies. Sunday and Sunday night...Model guidance has trended towards the region coming more under the influence of a troughing feature located across the northeast CONUS. This will allow another backdoor cold front/moisture gradient to push through the region Sunday afternoon. This will not bring much relief from the heat, but will provide forcing to initiate some widely scattered thunderstorms during the heat of the day Sunday. Coverage will be quite low, and organized convection is not expected. High temperatures will again reach the lower 90s in the majority of locations. Sunday night will again be warm and quiet, with overnight low temperatures falling into the middle and upper 60s. .LONG TERM...(Monday through Friday) Issued at 224 PM CDT Fri Jun 2 2023 For the long term portion of the forecast, model guidance has trended towards the GFS solution from a few days ago showing more troughing from the northeast CONUS retrograding into the forecast area. The overall omega block will still develop, but the main ridge axis looks to shift west of the region by the early to middle part of next week. In terms of sensible weather, this means that our weekend heat wave will only last through Monday or Tuesday of next week before a significant cool down arrives for the latter half of next week. As small disturbances ripple through the mid-level flow in the troughing regime, low PoP chances will return to the forecast during the heat of the day Monday and Tuesday. High temperatures on both days will reach the upper 80s to lower 90s, with overnight low temperatures will remain in the lower to middle 60s. As the troughing becomes more pronounced, H5 thicknesses will drop, and high temperatures for the Wednesday through Friday period will cool into the lower to middle 80s, with low temperatures dipping into the 50s and 60s. Despite the cool down, there is still no sign of widespread significant rainfall that would aide in alleviating the worsening drought conditions across the region. && .AVIATION... Issued at 1204 PM CDT Fri Jun 2 2023 The TAFs are VFR. Diurnal convection development will stay well west of the terminals this afternoon, though FEW-SCT diurnal CU will develop with bases around 6kft through the afternoon. Tonight and through the rest of the forecast period, skies will be clear. Steady E-NE winds around 7-12 kts through this afternoon will relax tonight and become light and variable. The wind will pick up after 15z Saturday from the NE AOA 5 kts. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...None. MO...None. IN...None. KY...None. && SHORT TERM...DWS LONG TERM...DWS AVIATION...DWS
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Paducah KY 231 PM CDT Fri Jun 2 2023 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-031945- 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- 231 PM CDT Fri Jun 2 2023 /331 PM EDT Fri Jun 2 2023/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, western Kentucky, and southeast Missouri. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will persist through late this afternoon across the Ozark Foothills of southeast Missouri. Frequent lightning strikes and locally heavy rain will be the primary hazards. Air quality alerts for ozone remain in effect until midnight for southern Illinois and southwest Indiana. Refer to the air quality alert text for additional information. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday An air quality alert for ozone will be in effect Saturday for all of southwest Indiana. Refer to the air quality alert text for additional information. Isolated heat of the day thunderstorms return to the forecast Sunday through Tuesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. DWS
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 135 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:45 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A metal carport was lofted and thrown into a nearby field.
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