Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1997, 6:41 PM CDT for Daviess County, Henderson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 64 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
- Jul 14, 1997, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1997, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Daviess County, KY, Henderson County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 6:47 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Owensboro, KY | Damaging thunderstorm winds knocked down numerous trees and power lines. A large window was blown out of a store in Owensboro. A tree fell through the roof of a garage, damaging a vehicle inside. A major thoroughfare was blocked by a fallen tree. |
| Jul 14, 7:06 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Henderson, KY | Power lines were down across the county. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 287 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3436 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 931 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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.
NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 14, 1:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 1:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 115 PM CDT MON JUL 14 1997 EARLY DAY CONVECTION AND WARM MID LEVEL TEMPS HAS PERHAPS PUT BRIEF HOLD ON TSM DEVELOPMENT TIL LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. LATE MORNING SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS COLD FRONT HAS MADE GOOD PROGRESS ON NRN END IN GREAT LAKES...BUT LITTLE/NO PROGRESS ON SRN PTN IN WRN MO. SOUPY AIR OUT AHEAD OF FRONT EXHIBITED BY DEW POINTS POOLING IN MID 70S. ADAP SFC LIS ALREADY DESTABILIZED TO BETTER THAN MINUS 10 ACROSS ENTIRE PAH FA. NEW MODELS CONT TO DRAG FRONT THROUGH FA TONIGHT DESPITE HINTS AT SRN PTN BECOMING MORE W-E ORIENTED. WITH HIGH INSTABILITY AND PLENTIFUL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...LIKE GOING CHC CATEGORY POPS IN FCST WITH APPROACHING FRONT. SLIGHTLY COOLER/DRIER AIR FILTERING IN BEHIND FRONT TOMORROW WITH UPPER TROF MOVING EAST OF FA SHOULD LEAD TO DRY FCST...IE RECOMMEND NO MENTION OF POP FOR TUE PER FWC. DH
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 14, 6:03 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
603 PM CDT MON JUL 14 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0552 PM CARMI IL WIND DAMAGE
07/14/97 WHITE 45 TO 50 MPH WIND GUSTS
REPORTED NEAR CARMI
ILLINOISLocal storm report, Jul 14, 6:04 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
603 PM CDT MON JUL 14 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0552 PM CARMI IL WIND DAMAGE
07/14/97 WHITE 45 TO 50 MPH WIND GUSTS
REPORTED NEAR CARMI
ILLINOIS
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 6:16 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
ILZ083-086-087-089>094-INZ082-085>088-KYZ004-005-007-010-014-015-018- 150215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 616 PM CDT MON JUL 14 1997 ...STRONG STORMS MAY CAUSE LOCALLIZED WIND DAMAGE THIS EVENING... A COLD FRONT MOVING SLOWLY EAST INTO THE REGION HAS TRIGGERED A LINE OF STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. AT 610 PM CDT THE STORMS WERE STRETCHING FROM NEAR PRINCETON...IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...TO NEAR CARBONDALE ILLINOIS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THIS AREA THROUGH 1100 PM. ALTHOUGH SOME STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE...MOST WILL REMAIN SLIGHTLY BELOW OFFICIAL SEVERE STORM CRITERIA. HOWEVER...THEY CAN STILL PRODUCE MINOR WIND DAMAGE...SUCH AS SNAPPING TREE LIMBS AND DAMAGING LOOSE AND UNSECURED ITEMS. SMALL HAIL CAN ALSO OCCUR. AND AS ALWAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE A THREAT. THE STORMS SHOULD BE FROM NEAR EVANSVILLE TO CAIRO BY 630 PM...MOVING INTO WESTERN KENTUCKY AFTER 700 PM. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. SDB
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 6:17 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
ILZ083-086-087-089>094-INZ082-085>088-KYZ004-005-007-010-014-015-018- 150215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 616 PM CDT MON JUL 14 1997 ...STRONG STORMS MAY CAUSE LOCALLIZED WIND DAMAGE THIS EVENING... A COLD FRONT MOVING SLOWLY EAST INTO THE REGION HAS TRIGGERED A LINE OF STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. AT 610 PM CDT THE STORMS WERE STRETCHING FROM NEAR PRINCETON...IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...TO NEAR CARBONDALE ILLINOIS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THIS AREA THROUGH 1100 PM. ALTHOUGH SOME STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE...MOST WILL REMAIN SLIGHTLY BELOW OFFICIAL SEVERE STORM CRITERIA. HOWEVER...THEY CAN STILL PRODUCE MINOR WIND DAMAGE...SUCH AS SNAPPING TREE LIMBS AND DAMAGING LOOSE AND UNSECURED ITEMS. SMALL HAIL CAN ALSO OCCUR. AND AS ALWAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE A THREAT. THE STORMS SHOULD BE FROM NEAR EVANSVILLE TO CAIRO BY F630 PM...MOVING INTO WESTERN KENTUCKY AFTER 700 PM. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. SDB
Local storm report, Jul 14, 6:33 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry | 70 min |
| Jul 14, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau | 38 min |
| Jul 14, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger | 65 min |
| Jul 14, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wayne | 66 min |
| Jul 14, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 56 min |
| Jul 14, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton | 68 min |
| Jul 14, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wayne | 71 min |
| Jul 14, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson, Perry | 67 min |
| Jul 14, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wabash | 74 min |
| Jul 14, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Williamson | 67 min |
| Jul 14, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Union | 75 min |
| Jul 14, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Saline | 75 min |
| Jul 14, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson | 66 min |
| Jul 14, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Pope | 65 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997
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.