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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Paducah, KY

April 16, 1998Calloway County, Marshall County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1998, 1:44 PM CDT for Calloway County, Marshall County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 1998, 1:44 PM CDT (18:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 1998, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Calloway County, KY, Marshall County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 1998-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 76 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 12:00Z on 1998-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
76 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 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.

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, 1:13 PM CDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 1:13 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 16, 11:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK - VALID UNTIL 6OO AM FRIDAY MORNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY          SOUTHEAST MO/SOUTH IL
1100 AM CDT THU APR 16 1998                  SOUTHWEST IN/WEST KY

...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL OF WESTERN
KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST KENTUCKY TODAY...

THE STORMS THAT PUSHED THROUGH THE AREA LAST NIGHT HAVE A PRODUCED AN
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OVER TENNESSEE. THIS BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO STAY
SOUTH OF THE AREA. WARM MOIST AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH AND LIFT
OVER THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY...REACHING WESTERN KENTUCKY.

MEANWHILE...A COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI
TO NEAR JONESBORO ARKANSAS. AS THIS FRONT MOVES EAST TODAY...REACHING
CENTRAL KENTUCKY BY 700 PM...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL END.

THE AMOUNT OF STORMS ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY WILL DEPEND UPON THE
AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE THAT OCCURS ACROSS THE AREA. SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW
MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS MOVING OVER THE AREA FROM THUNDERSTORMS
FARTHER SOUTH. WE DO EXPECT SOME CLEARING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON OVER
WESTERN KENTUCKY. FORECAST WIND FIELDS ALSO SUPPORT THE POSSIBILITY OF
SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.

MANY AREAS RECEIVED BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN LAST NIGHT AND WITH
THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
WEST KENTUCKY. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL OVER
ALREADY SATURATED GROUND.

MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL BE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS WESTERN
KENTUCKY.

SPODEN/LAMM
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 11:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK - VALID UNTIL 6OO AM FRIDAY MORNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY          SOUTHEAST MO/SOUTH IL
1100 AM CDT THU APR 16 1998                  SOUTHWEST IN/WEST KY

...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL OF WESTERN
KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON...
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST KENTUCKY TODAY...

THE STORMS THAT PUSHED THROUGH THE AREA LAST NIGHT HAVE A PRODUCED AN
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OVER TENNESSEE. THIS BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO STAY
SOUTH OF THE AREA. WARM MOIST AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH AND LIFT
OVER THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY...REACHING WESTERN KENTUCKY.

MEANWHILE...A COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI
TO NEAR JONESBORO ARKANSAS. AS THIS FRONT MOVES EAST TODAY...REACHING
CENTRAL KENTUCKY BY 700 PM...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL END.

THE AMOUNT OF STORMS ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY WILL DEPEND UPON THE
AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE THAT OCCURS ACROSS THE AREA. SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW
MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS MOVING OVER THE AREA FROM THUNDERSTORMS
FARTHER SOUTH. WE DO EXPECT SOME CLEARING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON OVER
WESTERN KENTUCKY. FORECAST WIND FIELDS ALSO SUPPORT THE POSSIBILITY OF
SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.

MANY AREAS RECEIVED BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN LAST NIGHT AND WITH
THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
WEST KENTUCKY. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL OVER
ALREADY SATURATED GROUND.

MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL BE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS WESTERN
KENTUCKY.

SPODEN/LAMM

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, 3:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway46 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, 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

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.