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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Paducah, KY

May 28, 1995Livingston County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1995, 6:48 PM CDT for Livingston County, Kentucky. It was in force for 42 min.

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The facts

Issued
May 28, 1995, 6:48 PM CDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1995, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Livingston County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 1995-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 311 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1995-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 203 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
311 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
821 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
263 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.6

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