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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 187, NWS Paducah, KY

November 10, 1995Johnson County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 1995, 9:25 PM CST for Johnson County, Illinois. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 10, 1995, 9:25 PM CST (03:25 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 1995, 10:00 PM CST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Johnson County, IL

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 308 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1995-11-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 755 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1995-11-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 409 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
755 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
549 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
409 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
509 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.4

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 10, 10:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHRipley47 min
Nov 10, 11:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler29 min
Nov 10, 11:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHStoddard44 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.