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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Paducah, KY

May 2, 1997Christian County, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 1997, 3:29 PM CDT for Christian County, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 46 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
May 2, 1997, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 1997, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Christian County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 2, 3:40 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52South Carrollton, KYLarge tree limbs were across a road, resulting in a vehicle accident.

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
May 2, 1:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 12:00Z on 1997-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1997-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 160 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2241 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
297 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 1:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBollinger, Perry41 min
May 2, 1:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHRipley28 min
May 2, 1:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPerry38 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.