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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 260, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1998, 9:46 PM CDT for Hopkins County, McLean County, Webster County, Kentucky. It was in force for 44 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
- Jun 29, 1998, 9:46 PM CDT (02:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1998, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hopkins County, KY, McLean County, KY, Webster County, KY
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 9:55 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | Dixon, KY | Thunderstorm winds caused major damage at Webster County High School. A section of roof about 30 by 100 feet was ripped off the center of the school. Some roofing was blown several hundred feet away. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado 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 Jun 29, 1:20 PM CDT, 8 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 1:20 PM CDT, 8 hours 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 120 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1998 NOON SFC MAP SHOWED WARM FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA. ADAP AND ISOTHERM ANALYSIS SHOWS BEST INSTABILITY/DIFFERENTIAL IN TEMPERATURE ACROSS WESTERN MISSOURI. VIS AND KEAX LOOP SHOWS CONVECTION ROLLING OUT OF ERN KANSAS HEADED FOR THIS AREA. IN THE MEANTIME...CI DEBRIS CLOUDS AND 15Z RUC SHOWING EVIDENCE OF MORE STABLE/SUBSIDENCE TYPE CONDITIONS OVER OUR AREA...LIKELY INHIBITING TSTM DEVELOPMENT. MAIN ISSUE IS TSTM CHANCES FOR TONIGHT. HAVE TO LEAN TOWARD THE NGM A LITTLE...ALTHOUGH WOULD RATHER DEPEND ON SATELLITE TRENDS AND MESO ANALYSIS. EXPECT CONVECTION OVER WRN MISSOURI TO BECOME MORE ORGANIZED LATE TODAY AS AIRMASS BECOMES VERY UNSTABLE OVER MISSOURI. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD TRACK EAST ACROSS CENTRAL/NORTHCENTRAL MISSOURI...THEN TURN EAST/SOUTHEAST INTO OUR FA AFTER DARK. SHOULD BECOME A WELL ORGANIZED MCS WITH GOOD 35KT INFLUX OF H8 AIR...BEST THETA-E ADVT INTO ECNTRL MO/SW IL BY MIDNIGHT. H8/H3 MEAN WIND VECTOR SUPPORTS ACTIVITY SHIFTING SE INTO THE AREA...AND THUS EXPECT HIGHEST POPS NRN 2/3...LOWEST POPS SW 1/3 FOR OVERNIGHT. FFA NOT RECOMMENDED AT THIS TIME...THINKING WE CAN MONITOR FOR NOW. DO SUGGEST MENTION OF HEAVY RAIN AS IS ALREADY DONE IN SOME ZONES. FWC NOS APPEAR ON TRACK FOR LOWS AGAIN OVERNIGHT. STRENGTHENING WIND FIELDS...DEGREES OF INSTABILITY COULD DEVELOP DECENT REAR INFLOW JETS AND STRONG WINDS MOST LIKELY IN MODERATE RISK. PROBABLY NEED MENTION CHC OF SVR IN ZONES AS WELL...MAINLY RISK AREA FOR NOW. .END...
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 6:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 110>112-114-300000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 604 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1998 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY THIS EVENING. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL REACH INTERSTATE 64 FROM MOUNT VERNON ILLINOIS TO EVANSVILLE INDIANA BETWEEN 745 AND 915 PM. AFTER 915 PM...THE LINE WILL LIKELY CROSS THE OHIO RIVER INTO PARTS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY. THE TORNADO WATCH...NUMBER 704...IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. IT INCLUDES CAPE GIRARDEAU...PERRY...SCOTT...AND MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. ALL OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...WESTERN KENTUCKY... AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA IS ALSO IN THE WATCH. THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WINDS TO 70 MPH ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS IN THE PAST HOUR. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. IF A WARNING IS ISSUED...GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. YORK
Local storm report, Jun 29, 8:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
812 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0810 PM IL 50 MPH TSTM GUST
06/29/98 JEFFERSON NUMEROUS TREES AND
POWERLINES DOWN IN
NORTHERN PART OF THE
COUNTYLocal storm report, Jun 29, 8:49 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
849 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1998
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0735 PM IL WIND DAMAGE
06/29/98 WAYNE SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN
NORTHERN PART OF COUNTYLocal storm report, Jun 29, 9:15 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 12:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Livingston, McCracken, Marshall | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 12:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 12:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Graves | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 1:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Lyon, Trigg | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 1:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Christian | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 1:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Fulton, Hickman | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 1:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Calloway | 4 hr |
| Jun 29, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wayne | 68 min |
| Jun 29, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wabash | 68 min |
| Jun 29, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 62 min |
| Jun 29, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Perry | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton, White | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin | 33 min |
| Jun 29, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Williamson | 43 min |
| Jun 29, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Williamson | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 10:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Perry, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson | 45 min |
| Jun 29, 11:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin, Saline | 2 hr |
| Jun 29, 11:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Pope | 2 hr |
| Jun 29, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Union | 48 min |
| Jun 30, 12:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin, Pope, Saline | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 12:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Alexander, Johnson, Massac, Pulaski, Union | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 12:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Perry, Williamson | 4 hr |
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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.