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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Paducah, KY

April 13, 1998Calloway County, Marshall County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 13, 1998, 11:22 PM CDT for Calloway County, Marshall County, Kentucky. It was in force for 38 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 13, 1998, 11:22 PM CDT (04:22 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 1998, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Calloway County, KY, Marshall County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 13, 11:30 PM CDT	Hail 1	Hardin, KY
Apr 13, 11:40 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52	Dexter, KY	Numerous trees were down in northern Calloway 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 13, 10:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 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 13, 1:15 PM CDT, 10 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 1:15 PM CDT, 10 hours 7 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
115 PM CDT MON APR 13 1998

THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL/SEVERITY NEXT FEW DAYS IS MAIN CONCERN.

VORTICITY CENTER NOTED ON SATELLITE LOOPS OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI
SEEMINGLY HANDLED A BIT BETTER BY ETA. VORTICITY CENTER MOVES INTO
CENTRAL ILLINOIS BY 00Z WITH TAIL PORTION INTO NORTHERN ARKANSAS.
ATMOSPHERE STILL CAPPED AND SFC-BASED LIFTED INDICIES SUGGEST CURRENT
STORMS MOVING INTO SEMO/S IL MAY REMAIN BLO SEVERE LIMITS. DEWPOINT
INCREASE HAS BEEN SLOW...WITH VALUES LOWER THAN ETA FORECASTS. ALSO
THE EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER ACROSS REGION HAS NOT HELPED TO FURTHER
DESTABILIZE THE AIRMASS.  SO ETA FORECAST LI/CAPE ETC MAY BE SOMEWHAT
OVERDONE IN THIS AREA.  HOWEVER...WITH H5 JET MAX AND H3 DIFFLUENCE
AND HIGHER DEWPOINTS AND TAIL OF VORT... ANOTHER LINE OF STORMS IS
LIKELY TO FORM OVER MISSOURI/ARKANSAS AND MOVE THIS WAY.  THEREFORE
MENTION OF STORMS FOR ALL ZONES THIS EVENING...PERHAPS ALL-NIGHT
MENTION FOR EASTERNMOST AREAS.
.
AS LIFT AND DEEPER MOISTURE SHIFTS EAST LATE TONIGHT/TUESDAY
SHOULD BE ONLY MINIMAL CHANCES OF STORMS TUESDAY...PERHAPS
WAITING UNTIL TUESDAY NIGHT/WEDNESDAY AS NEXT VORT CENTER
APPROACHES IN BROAD SW UPPER FLOW.

SFC WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE GUSTY THROUGH EVENING HOURS.  SEVERAL
SITES HAVE NEARLY REACHED WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA OVER SEMO AND
S IL...BUT NOT WIDESPREAD ENOUGH AS YET TO ISSUE.  SUGGEST
CONTINUING TO MENTION WINDY IN EVENING FORECASTS...BUT TRENDING
DOWNWARD OVERNIGHT AS TIGHT GRADIENT LIFTS EAST.

NUMERICAL GUIDANCE IS CLOSE ON TEMPS AND SEE NO REASON TO SUGGEST
MUCH DEVIATION.

SDB

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 13, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard	50 min
Apr 13, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	McCracken	49 min
Apr 13, 9:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Crittenden, Livingston	49 min
Apr 13, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Marshall	48 min
Apr 13, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle	48 min
Apr 13, 10:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Graves, McCracken	42 min
Apr 13, 10:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Lyon	39 min
Apr 13, 10:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle	43 min
Apr 13, 10:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Graves	48 min
Apr 13, 10:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Lyon, Trigg	32 min
Apr 13, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander	37 min
Apr 13, 7:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Jefferson	40 min
Apr 13, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Perry	51 min
Apr 13, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Pulaski	55 min
Apr 13, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander	42 min
Apr 13, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jackson	52 min
Apr 13, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Johnson, Massac	50 min
Apr 13, 8:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Johnson, Massac	41 min
Apr 13, 9:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Pulaski	26 min
Apr 13, 9:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Pope	38 min
Apr 13, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Cape Girardeau	44 min
Apr 13, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wayne	41 min
Apr 13, 7:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Scott, Stoddard	44 min
Apr 13, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Cape Girardeau	27 min
Apr 13, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Stoddard	50 min
Apr 13, 9:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Scott, Stoddard	42 min
Apr 13, 10:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Mississippi	43 min
Apr 13, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	New Madrid	45 min

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1998 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.