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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Paducah, KY

April 16, 1998Calloway County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1998, 3:59 AM CDT for Calloway 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
Apr 16, 1998, 3:59 AM CDT (08:59 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 1998, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
46 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 09:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 16, 4:14 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Hazel, KYTrees were down on U.S. Highway 641.

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
Apr 16, 1:45 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 1998-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 449 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
449 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1158 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.6

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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 16, 2:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 2:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 15, 10:26 PM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1026 PM CDT WED APR 15 1998

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

1015 PM    AVA                       IL   WIND DAMAGE
04/15/98   JACKSON                        TREES DOWN
Local storm report, Apr 16, 12:34 AM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1234 AM CDT THU APR 16 1998

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

1217 AM    OTWELL                    IN   TORNADO
04/16/98   PIKE                           INDIANA STATE POLICE
                                          REPORTED A TORNADO
                                          TOUCHDOWN NEAR OTWELL.
                                          STATE POLICE REPORT A BARN
                                          AND 2 HOUSES DAMAGED.
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 2:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 11:55 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHUnion35 min
Apr 16, 1:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHUnion, Webster35 min
Apr 16, 9:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Todd49 min
Apr 16, 1:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFulton32 min
Apr 16, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGraves, Hickman41 min
Apr 16, 1:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway, Marshall31 min
Apr 16, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian34 min
Apr 16, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHTodd49 min
Apr 16, 3:02 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHTodd18 min
Apr 15, 7:23 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJefferson52 min
Apr 15, 8:34 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJackson56 min
Apr 15, 9:30 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJackson, Williamson45 min
Apr 15, 9:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHJackson2 hr
Apr 15, 9:42 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHFranklin48 min
Apr 15, 10:02 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJackson58 min
Apr 15, 10:02 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJackson63 min
Apr 15, 10:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHFranklin, Williamson3 hr
Apr 15, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHamilton, White54 min
Apr 15, 11:10 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHFranklin50 min
Apr 15, 11:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHEdwards, Wabash, White4 hr
Apr 15, 11:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHHamilton4 hr
Apr 15, 11:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHPerry3 hr
Apr 15, 11:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHJackson3 hr
Apr 15, 11:55 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHUnion40 min
Apr 16, 1:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHFranklin, Williamson4 hr
Apr 15, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPerry57 min
Apr 15, 8:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHPerry3 hr
Apr 15, 9:01 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBollinger49 min
Apr 15, 9:01 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBollinger44 min
Apr 15, 9:36 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPerry49 min
Apr 15, 11:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHBollinger, Perry3 hr
Apr 15, 11:55 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCape Girardeau35 min
Apr 16, 12:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHCape Girardeau3 hr
Apr 16, 7:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler37 min
Apr 16, 7:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHNew Madrid36 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.