Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1998, 2:26 PM CDT for Christian County, Kentucky. It was in force for 34 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 16, 1998, 2:26 PM CDT (19:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 1998, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Christian County, KY
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 2:35 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Peedee, KY | Wind gusts between 55 and 60 MPH accompanied a thunderstorm across much of the county. |
| Apr 16, 2:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 85 | Hopkinsville, KY | Thunderstorm winds possibly as high as 100 MPH levelled three barns and demolished a mobile home. A metal farm building was blown from its foundation. Several homes were damaged. This phenomenon, known as a downburst, was between one half and three quarters of |
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 16, 1:45 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 11:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Union | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Union, Webster | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 3:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 9:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 49 min |
| Apr 16, 1:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves, Hickman | 41 min |
| Apr 16, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Marshall | 31 min |
| Apr 16, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Todd | 49 min |
| Apr 16, 3:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Todd | 18 min |
| Apr 15, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 52 min |
| Apr 15, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson | 56 min |
| Apr 15, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson, Williamson | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 9:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Jackson | 2 hr |
| Apr 15, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 10:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson | 58 min |
| Apr 15, 10:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson | 63 min |
| Apr 15, 10:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Franklin, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton, White | 54 min |
| Apr 15, 11:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin | 50 min |
| Apr 15, 11:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash, White | 4 hr |
| Apr 15, 11:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Hamilton | 4 hr |
| Apr 15, 11:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Perry | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 11:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 11:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Union | 40 min |
| Apr 16, 1:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Franklin, Williamson | 4 hr |
| Apr 15, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Perry | 57 min |
| Apr 15, 8:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Perry | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger | 44 min |
| Apr 15, 9:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Perry | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 11:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Perry | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 11:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 12:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 7:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler | 37 min |
| Apr 16, 7:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | New Madrid | 36 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.