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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Paducah, KY

April 27, 1994Caldwell County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 27, 1994, 5:55 PM CDT for Caldwell County, Kentucky. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 27, 1994, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 1994, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Whole counties

County Caldwell County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 74 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1797 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 618 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 4.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPAH 272255
SVRPAH
KYC033-280000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
555 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST KENTUCKY
 
   ...CALDWELL COUNTY
 
AT 555 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN
CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF
CADIZ KENTUCKY...OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOPKINSVILLE KENTUCKY.
 
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND HAS
PRODUCED SMALL HAIL IN CADIZ KENTUCKY.
 
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.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
POOLE
 
 
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

Local storm report, Apr 27, 12:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
1235 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994

PRELIMINARY STORM REPORTS FOR SEVERE WEATHER EVENT APRIL 26-27 1994.

1140 PM CDT...WAYNE COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED WIND DAMAGE TO
              HOMES IN COUNTY.

1140 PM CDT...CLAY COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN
              DOWN THROUGHOUT LOUISVILLE AND 2 BARNS DESTROYED 6 MILES
              NORTH OF LOUISVILLE.

1153 PM CDT...WAYNE COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED BUILDINGS DESTROYED
              JUST NORTHWEST OF CISNE.

1205 AM CDT...CRAWFORD COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED TREES BLOWN DOWN
              IN OBLONG.
.
1225 AM CDT...KNOX COUNTY INDIANA...BRUCEVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED
              TREES BLOWN DOWN IN BRUCEVILLE.

1229 AM CDT...LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED TREES AND ELECTRICAL
              LINES BLOWN DOWN.

1250 AM CDT...CLAY COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL
              IN LOUISVILLE.

1250 AM CDT...DAVIESS COUNTY INDIANA DES REPORTED TREES BLOWN DOWN IN
              PLAINVILLE AND ELNORA.

239 AM CDT...RICHLAND COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL
             IN OLNEY.

329 AM CDT...JASPER INDIANA STATE POLICE REPORTED WIND GUSTS 50-60 MPH
             IN DUBOIS COUNTY.

745 AM CDT...EDMONSON COUNTY KENTUCKY SHERIFF REPORTED TREES AND POWER
             LINES BLOWN DOWN.

Local storm report, Apr 27, 12:36 PM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
1235 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994

PRELIMINARY STORM REPORTS FOR SEVERE WEATHER EVENT APRIL 26-27 1994.

1140 PM CDT...WAYNE COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED WIND DAMAGE TO
              HOMES IN COUNTY.

1140 PM CDT...CLAY COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN
              DOWN THROUGHOUT LOUISVILLE AND 2 BARNS DESTROYED 6 MILES
              NORTH OF LOUISVILLE.

1153 PM CDT...WAYNE COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED BUILDINGS DESTROYED
              JUST NORTHWEST OF CISNE.

1205 AM CDT...CRAWFORD COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED TREES BLOWN DOWN
              IN OBLONG.
.
1225 AM CDT...KNOX COUNTY INDIANA...BRUCEVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED
              TREES BLOWN DOWN IN BRUCEVILLE.

1229 AM CDT...LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED TREES AND ELECTRICAL
              LINES BLOWN DOWN.

1250 AM CDT...CLAY COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL
              IN LOUISVILLE.

1250 AM CDT...DAVIESS COUNTY INDIANA DES REPORTED TREES BLOWN DOWN IN
              PLAINVILLE AND ELNORA.

239 AM CDT...RICHLAND COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL
             IN OLNEY.

329 AM CDT...JASPER INDIANA STATE POLICE REPORTED WIND GUSTS 50-60 MPH
             IN DUBOIS COUNTY.

745 AM CDT...EDMONSON COUNTY KENTUCKY SHERIFF REPORTED TREES AND POWER
             LINES BLOWN DOWN.

MARCOTTE

Special weather statement, Apr 27, 5:23 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

INZ067>069-081>083-085>089-ILZ067-068-071>073-076>078-083-087-
KYZ014>023-026-027-061>063-070>075-272300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
522 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNTIL
10 PM CDT...

AT 515 PM CDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN SOUTHCENTRAL KENTUCKY IN
LOGAN COUNTY. THE LOGAN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN THE
TOWN OF ADAIRVILLE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING VERY LITTLE TO THE EAST.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM MOVE INDOORS.

NIEMEIER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 27, 6:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Trigg	26 min

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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.