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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Paducah, KY

April 11, 1995Trigg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 1995, 11:11 AM CDT for Trigg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 27 min.

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The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 1995, 11:11 AM CDT (16:11 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 1995, 11:38 AM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Trigg County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 1995-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1995-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 145 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1616 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
204 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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