FEBRUARY CONTINUES...
February 16, 2006
BIG THUNDERSTORMS today followed by two chances for snow and ice.
Looks like the area will be under the gun for severe thunderstorms through tonight.  Tornadoes are possible - high winds - and so on.  MUCH colder 
air behind the front could bring snow by Friday Night and again on Sunday.  Active weather.

LINE OF SEVERE STORMS FORMING IN MISSOURI
 

Radar 6 p.m. Thursday Evening...Severe thunderstorms lining up to the west of Paducah


Storms heading for Ashcreek...strong winds likely with this storm

Friday, February 17, 2006
WINTER STORM LIKELY TO HIT THE AREA ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.  
MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW OF THE SEASON IS EXPECTED.
IT APPEARS 2-4 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY!

SNOW IS HEADING OUT WAY FOR FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...EXPECT 2-4 INCHES ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN KENTUCKY AND EXTREME SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.  VERY COLD AIR WILL FILTER IN AFTER THE SNOW.  TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ON SATURDAY NIGHT. 

ANOTHER CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  SIGNIFICANT SNOW IS NOT LIKELY WITH THE SUNDAY SYSTEM.  MORE SNOW OR RAIN IS LIKELY BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WORK WEEK.

 

Saturday, February 18, 2006

Snow fell overnight.  Accumulations of 2-5 inches across most of Western Kentucky!  Biggest snow of the winter so far. 

This comes after Thursdays tornadoes and severe thunderstorms.  WILD weather to say the least.

PAH put out this statement on the tornado that hit Scott County, Missouri (west of here)

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
453 PM CST FRI FEB 17 2006

...DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR SCOTT COUNTY MISSOURI...

THE FOLLOWING IS A PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FOR THE SCOTT
COUNTY MISSOURI TORNADO.


* EVENT DATE: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2006

* EVENT TYPE: TORNADO - F1 /PRELIMINARY FIELD ESTIMATE/

* ESTIMATED START TIME: 718 PM CST

* ESTIMATED END TIME:   720 PM CST

* EVENT LOCATION: ONE MILE NORTHEAST OF BENTON ON HIGHWAY E.

* PEAK WIND: 110 MPH

* DAMAGE AREA DIMENSIONS:

 PATH LENGTH - APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE
 MAXIMUM WIDTH - 225 YARDS
 PATH ORIENTATION - NORTH NORTHEAST

* INJURIES: NONE

* FATALITIES: NONE

* DAMAGE:

SEVERAL STRUCTURES DAMAGED. ONE LARGE SHED COMPLETELY LEVELED.
PARTIAL ROOF DAMAGE TO ANOTHER SHED AND A HOUSE. SEVERAL LARGE TREES
SNAPPED OFF NEAR THE BASE OR UPROOTED. VARIOUS OBJECTS FOUND IMPALED
IN THE HOUSE AND GARAGE.

$$

THE FOLLOWING IS A PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FOR THE SCOTT
COUNTY MISSOURI DOWNBURST.


* EVENT DATE: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2006

* EVENT TYPE: DOWNBURST  /PRELIMINARY FIELD ESTIMATE/

* ESTIMATED START TIME: 715 PM CST

* ESTIMATED END TIME:   720 PM CST


* EVENT LOCATION: FROM THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 77 AND HIGHWAY E
TO 1.7 MILES NORTHEAST OF BENTON ALONG HIGHWAY E.

* PEAK WIND: 80 MPH

* DAMAGE AREA DIMENSIONS:

 PATH LENGTH - APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE
 MAXIMUM WIDTH - 1.7 MILES
 PATH ORIENTATION - NORTH NORTHEAST

* INJURIES: NONE

* FATALITIES: NONE

* DAMAGE:

MINOR TO MODERATE ROOF DAMAGE TO SEVERAL STRUCTURES. MANY LARGE
TREES SNAPPED OFF AT VARIOUS LEVELS OR UPROOTED.

$$

JAP/RS

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Photos from Paducah - Saturday Morning


Ashcreek this morning :)  Almost 4 inches as of 9 a.m.
 


Snowing hard!



Lone Oak, Kentucky



Slick roads in Paducah, KY



Baptist Church looks nice in the snow!



Lone Oak, Kentucky



Paducah, Kentucky



Joey in the snow at Noble Park




Lot of snow in my front yard :)




Rural Kentucky :)  February Snow!

 

Sunday, February 19, 2006

MORE SNOW IN PADUCAH!

Second winter storm hits!



SNOWING AGAIN!


ASHCREEK IN THE FRESH SUNDAY SNOW!



Joey out in the snow

 


Beau in the snow :)  - Ashcreek



ASHCREEK - SUNDAY EVENING - SNOW!!!!!

 







 

February 27, 2006

:)  Things are amazing here.  We have come SOOOOOO far :)  Just wow!

I miss Heaven!  I wonder if there will EVER be another place like this...


Sigh

 

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