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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Paducah, KY

May 18, 1995Ballard County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1995, 2:06 PM CDT for Ballard County, Kentucky. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 1995, 2:06 PM CDT (19:06 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1995, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Ballard County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 18, 2:12 PM CDTTornado F1Fulton, KYThe tornado entered Kentucky from Lake County, Tennessee near State Route 94. It tracked northeast through Fulton County parallel to and one mile south of the Illinois Central Gulf railroad tracks. It finally lifted after passing about two miles south of Hick

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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

Local storm report, May 18, 10:18 AM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1017 AM CDT THU MAY 18 1995

TIME (CDT) ...CITY LOCATION...    STATE
           ...COUNTY LOCATION...            ...EVENT/REMARKS...

1145 PM    BENTON                    IL   SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS
05/17/95   FRANKLIN                       ROAD

0050 AM    CAPE GIRARDEAU            MO   ROOF BLOWN OFF TRAILER 1054
05/18/95   CAPE GIRARDEAU                 COUNTY LINE ROAD

0105 AM    CAPE GIRARDEAU            MO   NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED DOWN
05/18/95   CAPE GIRARDEAU                 IN THE COUNTY

0115 AM    COUNTY LINE ROAD          IL   NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS THE
05/18/95   ALEXANDER                      ROAD
0150 AM    UNIONVILLE                IL   SEVERAL TREES DOWN SOUTH
05/18/95   MASSAC                         OF UNIONVILLE

0200 AM    ELIZABETHTOWN             IL    TWO TREES DOWN ON ROADWAY
05/18/95   HARDIN                          4 MILES NE OF ELIZABETHTOWN

0225 AM    BROOKPORT                 IL    NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON POWER
05/18/95   MASSAC                          LINES AND ROADWAYS

0230 AM    BARDWELL                  KY    SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON ROADWAYS
05/18/95   CARLISLE                        AND POWER LINES

0240 AM    NEW LIBERTY               KY    SEVERAL TREES DOWN ALONG THE
05/18/95   LIVINGSTON                      OHIO RIVER

0310 AM    EDDYVILLE AND FREDONIA    KY   NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON COUNTY
05/18/95   LYON                           ROADS

0315 AM    DALTON                    KY   NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
05/18/95   CRITTENDON

0315 AM    MARION                    KY   SEVERAL TREES DOWN SOUTH
05/18/95   CRITTENDON                     OF MARIONl
Local storm report, May 18, 10:43 AM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 1:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard53 min
May 18, 1:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarlisle, McCracken58 min
May 18, 2:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHLivingston59 min
May 18, 2:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMarshall63 min
May 18, 2:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Lyon72 min
May 18, 4:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMarshall19 min
May 18, 2:03 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHFulton27 min
May 18, 2:16 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHHickman29 min
May 18, 2:37 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHGraves38 min
May 18, 2:48 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHHickman12 min
May 18, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHLyon, Marshall51 min
May 18, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway51 min
May 18, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway, Graves47 min
May 18, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFulton47 min
May 18, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHTrigg55 min
May 18, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHTrigg35 min
May 18, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway30 min
May 17, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFranklin28 min
May 17, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHamilton35 min
May 18, 12:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHFranklin3 hr
May 18, 12:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHJackson, Williamson3 hr
May 18, 12:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHHamilton, Saline3 hr
May 18, 12:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHamilton32 min
May 18, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHAlexander, Union59 min
May 18, 1:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJohnson, Massac, Pulaski58 min
May 18, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPope, Saline61 min
May 18, 1:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHardin52 min
May 18, 2:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHSaline59 min
May 18, 1:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJackson29 min
May 18, 1:46 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHAlexander, Union44 min
May 18, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJohnson35 min
May 18, 12:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHBollinger, Cape Girardeau3 hr
May 18, 12:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHNew Madrid69 min
May 18, 1:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMississippi42 min
May 18, 1:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHNew Madrid, Stoddard38 min
May 18, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCape Girardeau45 min
May 18, 1:26 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCape Girardeau, Scott34 min
May 18, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMississippi, New Madrid34 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.