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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Paducah, KY

March 20, 1995Lyon County, Marshall County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 20, 1995, 3:33 PM CST for Lyon County, Marshall County, Kentucky. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 20, 1995, 3:33 PM CST (21:33 UTC)
Expired
Mar 20, 1995, 4:15 PM CST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 170 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1995-03-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1995-03-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 244 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1885 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
232 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPAH 202136 RRA
SVRPAH
KYC143-157-202215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
333 PM CST MON MAR 20 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST KENTUCKY
 
   ...LYON COUNTY...EASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY
 
THE BRIENSBURG FIRE CHIEF REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT 3:30 PM CST.
AT 3:30 PM THE DOPPLER RADAR IN PADUCAH SHOWED THE STORM LOCATED OVER
SOUTHEAST MARSHALL COUNTY NEAR KENTUCKY LAKE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE
STORM IS EXPECTED TO PASS OVER SOUTHERN LYON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE THE
LAKE BARKLEY AREA.
 
FISHERMEN AND OTHERS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ON THE LAKES SHOULD
MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE.  RESIDENTS OF THE TOWNS OF CONFEDERATE AND LAMASCO
SHOULD EXPECT THESE STORM CONDITIONS BEFORE 4:15 PM.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
ShTRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
 
 
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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, Mar 20, 3:08 PM CST, 25 minutes before
KYZ001-002-003-004-005-006-007-008-009-010-011-012-013-202215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
308 PM CST MON MAR 20 1995

AT 3:00 PM CST DOPPLER RADAR IN PADUCAH SHOWED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING LINE
OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR MARION KENTUCKY SOUTHWEST TO JUST
NORTH OF CALVERT CITY KENTUCKY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
MARION POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY
RAIN IN SOUTHERN CRITTENDON COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWN OF FRANCES.

THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO WEBSTER...HOPKINS AND CALDWELL COUNTIES
BEFORE 3:30 PM CST AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF MADISONVILLE..DIXON AND
PRINCETON.  SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 45 MPH
ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE..PREFERABLY A
BASEMENT OR THE GROUND FLOOR OF A REINFORCED BUILDING.  RELAY REPORTS OF
SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL POLICE OR SHERRIFFS OFFICE.

SDB
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Special weather statement, Mar 20, 3:11 PM CST, 22 minutes before
KYZ001-002-003-004-005-006-007-008-009-010-011-012-013-202215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
308 PM CST MON MAR 20 1995

AT 3:00 PM CST DOPPLER RADAR IN PADUCAH SHOWED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING LINE
OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR MARION KENTUCKY SOUTHWEST TO JUST
NORTH OF CALVERT CITY KENTUCKY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
MARION POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY
RAIN IN SOUTHERN CRITTENDON COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWN OF FRANCES.

THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO WEBSTER...HOPKINS AND CALDWELL COUNTIES
BEFORE 3:30 PM CST AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF MADISONVILLE..DIXON AND
PRINCETON.  SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 45 MPH
ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE..PREFERABLY A
BASEMENT OR THE GROUND FLOOR OF A REINFORCED BUILDING.  RELAY REPORTS OF
SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL POLICE OR SHER(RIFFS OFFICE.

SDB
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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.