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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Paducah, KY

July 14, 1997Calloway County, Christian County, Trigg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1997, 8:04 PM CDT for Calloway County, Christian County, Trigg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 86 min. 3 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, 8:04 PM CDT (01:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1997, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Calloway County, KY, Christian County, KY, Trigg County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 14, 8:20 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Murray, KYScattered trees were down across the county.
Jul 14, 8:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Canton, KYTrees were blown down at Barkley Lodge.
Jul 14, 8:45 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Hopkinsville, KYTrees were blown 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 14, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 00:00Z on 1997-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3428 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1997-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3428 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1180 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, 6 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 1:15 PM CDT, 6 hours 49 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

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 7:53 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
ILZ077-078-083-INZ081-082-085>088-150345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
748 PM CDT MON JUL 14 1997

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
AND ALL OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

AT 750 PM CDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IS PADUCAH SHOWED THE LINE OF
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS HAD MOVED SOUTH INTO KENTUCKY AND EXTREME
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.

WITH THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NOW DIMINISHED..0.THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR GIBSON...POSEY...VANDERBURGH
...SPENSER...PIKE AND WARRICK COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND FOR
EDWARDS...WABASH AND WHITE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

SDB
Local storm report, Jul 14, 7:54 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
753 PM CDT MON JUL 14 1997

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

0742 P6M    METROPOLIS                IL   57 MPH TSTM GUST
07/14/97   MASSAC                         POWER LINES DOWN AND TREE
                                          LIMBS DOWN IN METROPOLIS
Local storm report, Jul 14, 8:00 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHUnion, Webster60 min
Jul 14, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard, McCracken77 min
Jul 14, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHLivingston77 min
Jul 14, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMcLean43 min
Jul 14, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Hopkins, Lyon83 min
Jul 14, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGraves, Marshall83 min
Jul 14, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarlisle83 min
Jul 14, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHickman86 min
Jul 14, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFulton71 min
Jul 14, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWayne77 min
Jul 14, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHStoddard86 min
Jul 14, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHRipley53 min
Jul 14, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler75 min
Jul 14, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHNew Madrid, Scott75 min
Jul 14, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMassac, Pulaski69 min
Jul 14, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHAlexander69 min
Jul 14, 7:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHPope2 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.