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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Paducah, KY

July 8, 1995Fulton County, Kentucky; New Madrid County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1995, 7:09 AM CDT for Fulton County, Kentucky; New Madrid County, Missouri. It was in force for 23 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 1995, 7:09 AM CDT (12:09 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1995, 7:32 AM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fulton County, KY, New Madrid County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 392 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1995-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1059 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1995-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1059 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1095 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
0.5

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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.