Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1992, 4:54 PM CDT for Hickman County, Kentucky. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1992, 4:54 PM CDT (21:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1992, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hickman County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 50 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPAH 042154 SVRPAH KYC105-042245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 454 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST KENTUCKY ...HICKMAN COUNTY AT 450 PM CDT PADUCAH RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PADUCAH OR 15 MILES WEST OF CLINTON KENTUCKY. ALONG THE FULTON - HICKMAN COUNTY LINE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. OAKTON AND CLINTON KENTUCKY ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM AND SHOULD GO DIRECTLY TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. NNNN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 3:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
KYZ001-MOZ022-023-ILZ013>015-042200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KENTUCKY 315 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR BUTLER AND WAYNE COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... AT 300 PM CDT PADUCAH RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST TO THE NORTH OF POPLAR BLUFF. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE NORTH PART OF BUTLER COUNTY THROUGH 415 PM CDT AND INTO SOUTH STODDARD COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...REACHING DEXTER MISSOURI BY 500 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...MOVE TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF A BRIEF PERIOD OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND...VIVID DEADLY LIGHTNING AND EVEN SOME SMALL HAIL. RADAR ALSO SHOWED A FEW SHOWERS 30 MILES WEST OF MOUNT VERNON ILLINOIS AND 10 MILES SOUTH OF HICKMAN KENTUCKY. REPORTS INDICATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NOT ALL THAT FAR WEST OF POPLAR BLUFF AND PIEDMONT MISSOURI. IF YOU ARE IN THE WEST PART OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...OUSIDE OR IN OR NEAR WATER...YOU SHOULD BEGIN TO PACK IT UP AND HEAD FOR SAFE HARBOR AND THEN A STURDY INDOOR STRUCTURE. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. DIGIORGI
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 3:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
KYZ001-MOZ022-023-ILZ013>015-042200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KENTUCKY 345 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR BUTLER AND WAYNE COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... AT 340 PM CDT PADUCAH RADAR SHOWED STORMS STRENGTHENING RAPIDLY ACROSS BUTLER...STODDARD AND NEW MADRID COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 5 MILES NORTH OF POPLAR BLUFF. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL TRACK ACROSS THE NORTH PART OF BUTLER COUNTY...NEW MADRID...MISSISSIPPI AND SCOTT COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI THROUGH 500 PM. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF POPLAR BLUFF...DEXTER...CHARLESTON AND VANDUSER. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORMS...MOVE TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WIND...VIVID DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HAIL. ANYONE ON THE WATER SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR AT ONCE. ANYONE OUTSgIDE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A SAFE...STURDY... INSIDE STRUCTURE NOW. LISTEN TO LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS OVER NOAA WEATHER RADIO. DIGIORGI
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 4:22 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
KYZ001-MOZ022-023-ILZ013>015-042230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KENTUCKY 420 PM CDT SAT JUL 4 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR BUTLER AND WAYNE COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... AT 415 PM CDT PADUCAH RADAR SHOWED STRONG STORMS IN A SMALL AREA FROM 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI TO 5 MILES NORTH OF DYERSBURG TENNESSEE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. REPORTS INDICATED THAT THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL...1/4 INCH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT EAST STODDARD...SCOTT...MISSISSIPPI AND EAST NEW MADRID COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM CDT. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF NEW MADRID...VANDUSER AND CHARLESTON. THE STORMS WILL CROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO WEST KENTUCKY BY 530 PM...AFFECTING FULTON...HICKMAN AND CARLISLE COUNTIES. SEVERE STORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING...ACCORDING TO REPORTS...40 TO 50 MILES WEST OF A POPLAR BLUFF - PIEDMONT MISSOURI LINE. THESE STORMS SHOULD BE MOVING INTO EXTREME WEST PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AROUND 600 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...MOVE TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. ANYONE STILL ON THE WATER IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI OR EXTREME WEST PARTS OF WEST KENTUCKY SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR AT ONCE. ANYONE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A SAFE...STURDY...STRUCTURE. LISTEN TO LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS OVER NOAA WEATHER RADIO. DIGIORGI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton | 29 min |
| Jul 4, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard | 42 min |
| Jul 4, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton | 40 min |
| Jul 4, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | McCracken | 47 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.