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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Paducah, KY

April 30, 1997Calloway County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 1997, 8:32 PM CDT for Calloway County, Kentucky. It was in force for 43 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: Apr 30, 1997, 8:32 PM CDT (01:32 UTC)
Expired: Apr 30, 1997, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Whole counties

County Calloway County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 30, 8:45 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 55	Hazel, KY
Apr 30, 8:45 PM CDT	Hail 1	Hazel, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 30, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

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 Apr 30, 1:17 PM CDT, 7 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 1:17 PM CDT, 7 hours 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 30, 7:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 30, 7:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
724 PM CDT WED APR 30 1997

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

0720 PM  |  REIDLAND                  KY   65 MPH TSTM GUST
04/30/97   MCCRACKEN                      REPORTED BY NWS EMPLOYEE

SHANKLIN

Local storm report, Apr 30, 7:35 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 30, 7:38 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
735 PM CDT WED APR 30 1997

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

0728 PM    CALVERT CITY              KY   65 MPH TSTM GUST
04/30/97   MARSHALL                       REPORTED BY DES/RESCUE SQUAD

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Special weather statement, Apr 30, 8:21 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
821 PM CDT WED APR 30 1997

...WIND ADVISORY THIS EVENING HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE WIND ADVISORY HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...WEST KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA.  THE STRONG WINDS
FROM EARLIER THIS EVENING HAVE SLOWED.  WIND GUSTS OUTSIDE OF
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DROPPED BELOW 25 MPH ACROSS THE AREA.  THE AVERAGE
SPEED WILL HOLD AROUND 15 MPH TONIGHT.

PAUL W

Special weather statement, Apr 30, 8:22 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
821 PM CDT WED APR 30 1997

...WIND ADVISORY THIS EVENING HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE WIND ADVISORY HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...WEST KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA.  THE STRONG WINDS
FROM EARLIER THIS EVENING HAVE SLOWED.  WIND GUSTS OUTSIDE OF
THUNDERSTORMS HAVVE DROPPED BELOW 25 MPH ACROSS THE AREA.  THE AVERAGE
SPEED WILL HOLD AROUND 15 MPH TONIGHT.

PAUL W

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 30, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Fulton, Hickman	28 min
Apr 30, 7:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Graves, Lyon, McCracken, Marshall	57 min
Apr 30, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Lyon, Marshall	37 min
Apr 30, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Graves	43 min
Apr 30, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Christian	56 min
Apr 30, 9:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Todd	57 min
Apr 30, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin	43 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.