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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1995, 5:25 PM CDT for Union County, Illinois. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 19, 1995, 5:25 PM CDT (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 1995, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Union County, IL
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 300 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
- 1681 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1200 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Aug 19, 12:11 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
ILZ081-082-084>086-088>094-KYZ001>013-MOZ086-087-100-109>112-114-192315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1215 PM CDT SAT AUG 19 1995 ...A HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALL OF WESTERN KY...SOUTERN IL...AND SOUTHEAST MO THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES BEDTWEEN 95 AND 100 DEGREES...COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS AROUND 55 PERCENT...WILL PUSH THE HEAT INDEX INTO THE 110 TO 115 DEGREE RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. TRY TO AVOID BEING OUTSIDE TODAY. IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE...BE SMART. SUNSTROKE...HEAT CRAMPS...OR HEAT EXHAUSTION IS LIKELY WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE AND/OR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN THIS KIND OF HEAT. BE SURE TO GIVE YOURSELF NUMEROUS BREAKS...PREFERABLY OUT OF THE HOT SUN. AND REMEMBER TO DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO KEEP YOURSELF HYDRATED. HUMPHREY
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 12:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
ILZ081-082-084>086-088>094-KYZ001>013-MOZ086-087-100-109>112-114-192315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1215 PM CDT SAT AUG 19 1995 ...A HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALL OF WESTERN KY...SOUTERN IL...AND SOUTHEAST MO THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES BEDTWEEN 95 AND 100 DEGREES...COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS AROUND 55 PERCENT...WILL PUSH THE HEAT INDEX INTO THE 110 TO 115 DEGREE RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. TRY TO AVOID BEING OUTSIDE TODAY. IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE...BE SMART. SUNSTROKE...HEAT CRAMPS...OR HEAT EXHAUSTION IS LIKELY WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE AND/OR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN THIS KIND OF HEAT. BE SURE TO GIVE YOURSELF NUMEROUS BREAKS...PREFERABLY OUT OF THE HOT SUN. AND REMEMBER TO DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO KEEP YOURSELF HYDRATED. HUMPHREY
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 12:34 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
ILZ081-082-084>086-088>094-KYZ001>013-MOZ086-087-100-109>112-114-192315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1235 PM CDT SAT AUG 19 1995 ...A HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALL OF WESTERN KY...SOUTHERN IL...AND SOUTHEAST MO THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 95 AND 100 DEGREES...COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS AROUND 55 PERCENT...WILL PUSH THE HEAT INDEX INTO THE 110 TO 115 DEGREE RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. TRY TO AVOID BEING OUTSIDE TODAY. IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE...BE SMART. SUNSTROKE...HEAT CRAMPS...OR HEAT EXHAUSTION IS LIKELY WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE AND/OR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN TH2IS KIND OF HEAT. BE SURE TO GIVE YOURSELF NUMEROUS BREAKS...PREFERABLY OUT OF THE HOT SUN. AND REMEMBER TO DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO KEEP YOURSELF HYDRATED. HUMPHREY
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 12:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
ILZ081-082-084>086-088>094-KYZ001>013-MOZ086-087-100-109>112-114-192315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1235 PM CDT SAT AUG 19 1995 ...A HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALL OF WESTERN KY...SOUTHERN IL...AND SOUTHEAST MO THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 95 AND 100 DEGREES...COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS AROUND 55 PERCENT...WILL PUSH THE HEAT INDEX INTO THE 110 TO 115 DEGREE RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. TRY TO AVOID BEING OUTSIDE TODAY. IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE...BE SMART. SUNSTROKE...HEAT CRAMPS...OR HEAT EXHAUSTION IS LIKELY WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE AND/OR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN THIS KIND OF HEAT. BE SURE TO GIVE YOURSELF NUMEROUS BREAKS...PREFERABLY OUT OF THE HOT SUN. AND REMEMBER TO DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO KEEP YOURSELF HYDRATED. HUMPHREY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson | 38 min |
| Aug 19, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Massac | 25 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.