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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Paducah, KY

September 26, 1996Fulton County, Hickman County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 26, 1996, 7:25 PM CDT for Fulton County, Hickman County, Kentucky. It was in force for 50 min. 2 reports 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
Sep 26, 1996, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired
Sep 26, 1996, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fulton County, KY, Hickman County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 26, 7:55 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Columbus, KY
Sep 26, 8:07 PM CDTThunderstorm WindBrownsville, 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 nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 213 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1996-09-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 94 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1996-09-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 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
94 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
731 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 26, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMassac40 min
Sep 26, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPope45 min
Sep 26, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGraves45 min

Nearby

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.