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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Paducah, KY

April 15, 1998Union County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 1998, 11:55 PM CDT for Union County, Kentucky. It was in force for 35 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 15, 1998, 11:55 PM CDT (04:55 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 1998, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Union County, KY

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 15, 8:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 208 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 tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Apr 15, 10:55 PM CDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 10:55 PM CDT, 1 hour before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
955 PM CST WED APR 15 1998

COORDINATED WITH THE LINCOLN IL OFFICE EARLIER THIS EVENING ABOUT A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH. CONVECTION CONTINUES TO FIRE OVER NORTHERN
ARKANSAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE OVER
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...WHERE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING STRONG/SEVERE TSTMS
ARE ONGOING. LATEST RUC MODEL DATA SHOWS H8 THETA-E RIDGE STILL
ACROSS SE MISSOURI INTO SRN IL...WITH K-INDICES APPROACHING 30-40
FCST AFT 06Z. WILL CARRY THE LINCOLN TREND SOUTHWARD...FROM THERE
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THEIR FA. FFG 1
AND 3 HOUR GUIDANCE VALUES ARE FAIRLY LOW...AND WE COULD SEE LOCALLY
2-4 INCHES OF RAIN IN SOME LOCATIONS. THIS FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL
NOT INCLUDE THE BOTTOM LAND AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI NEAR THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT THIS TIME...WHERE FLASH FLOODING IS NOT NEARLY
AS LIKELY.

NOLES

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 15, 8:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
812 PM CDT WED APR 15 1998

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

0805 PM    CRAVAT                    IL   TORNADO
04/15/98   JEFFERSON                      DAMAGE TO RESIDENCE 1 MILE
                                          EAST OF US HWY 51 ON
                                          DIX/IRVINGTON ROAD...OR
                                          HWY 177
Local storm report, Apr 15, 9:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
918 PM CDT WED APR 15 1998

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

0910 PM    PATTON                    MO   1.5 INCH HAIL
04/15/98   BOLLINGER                      EOC REPORTED AROUND AND
                                          SOUTHWEST OF PATTON.
Local storm report, Apr 15, 9:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
943 PM CDT WED APR 15 1998

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

0939 PM    DE SOTO                   IL   TORNADO
04/15/98   JACKSON                        CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR DE
                                          SOTO BY VOLUNTEER FIRE
                                          DEPARTMENT
Local storm report, Apr 15, 9:55 PM CDT, 2 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
955 PM CDT WED APR 15 1998

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

0950 PM    ROYALTON                  IL   WIND DAMAGE
04/15/98   FRANKLIN                       ROOF DAMAGE TO RESIDENCES
                                          REPORT FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY
                                          SHERIFF
Local storm report, Apr 15, 9:55 PM CDT, 2 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
955 PM CDT WED APR 15 1998

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

0950 PM    ROYALTON                  IL   WIND DAMAGE
04/15/98   FRANKLIN                       ROOF DAMAGE TO RESIDENCES
                                          REPORT FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY
                                          SHERIFF
Local storm report, Apr 15, 10:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
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, 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

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.