AWUS83 KPAH 041957 RWSPAH ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-050930- WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 235 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009 OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLED ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST KENTUCKY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MORE SCATTERED IN NATURE ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON. BECAUSE OF THE RAIN...TEMPERATURES IN THE NORTH HAD A HARD TIME MAKING IT INTO THE 70S. TEMPERATURES ACTUALLY MADE IT INTO THE 80S ALONG THE SOUTHERN TREK FROM POPLAR BLUFF TO HOPKINSVILLE. LOW PRESSURE WILL TREK ACROSS THE QUAD STATE REGION THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. LINGERING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT BEFORE THE LOW PRESSURE AREA AND ITS ASSOCIATED FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVE SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION ON SUNDAY. AFTER THAT...HIGH PRESSURE WILL RE-TAKE CONTROL...AND RESULT IN DRY WEATHER FOR THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. A RETURN TO VERY WARM AND HUMID WEATHER IS EXPECTED NEXT WEEK AS WELL. $$