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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Paducah, KY

July 29, 1996Graves County, Hickman County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 1996, 8:52 AM CDT for Graves County, Hickman County, Kentucky. It was in force for 53 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: Jul 29, 1996, 8:52 AM CDT (13:52 UTC)
Expired: Jul 29, 1996, 9:45 AM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Graves County, KY, Hickman County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 29, 9:30 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Mayfield, KY

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.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 29, 8:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Fulton	53 min
Jul 29, 8:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Graves, Hickman	68 min
Jul 29, 8:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Fulton	68 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1996 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.