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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Paducah, KY

June 2, 1998Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1998, 9:52 PM CDT for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 53 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
Jun 2, 1998, 9:52 PM CDT (02:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1998, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Muhlenberg County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 2, 9:56 PM CDTHail 1Midland, KY
Jun 2, 10:09 PM CDTHail 1.75Greenville, KYGolf ball size hail was reported on the Western Kentucky Parkway near Greenville.

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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 1998-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3179 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 1998-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
3179 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1434 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
6.0

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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
Jun 2, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHLivingston42 min
Jun 2, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHopkins39 min
Jun 2, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCrittenden47 min
Jun 2, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian50 min
Jun 2, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHTodd52 min
Jun 2, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell47 min
Jun 2, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Trigg48 min
Jun 2, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPope42 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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.