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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2000, 6:33 PM CDT for Calloway County, Trigg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 42 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
- May 23, 2000, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2000, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Calloway County, KY, Trigg County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Murray, KY | The supercell thunderstorm that produced the F-1 tornado near Almo Heights in Calloway County generated another weaker, short-lived tornado between Murray and Hamlin. Spotters and sheriff deputies chasing the funnel cloud clearly observed multiple brief touchd |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 147 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1129 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 311 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
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 May 23, 2:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 23, 2:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 200 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 2000 PRIMARY FORECAST CHALLENGE IS TIMING POPS WITH MOVEMENT/PLACEMENT OF WEAK SURFACE TROF(S). LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS WEAK TROF THAT HELPED FOCUS AM CONVECTION HAS SCOOTED EAST INTO CNTL KY...AND TAKEN MOST CONVECTION W/IT. WEAK TROF/COLD FRONT STRETCHES FROM NRN IN INTO CNTL MO...POISED TO ENTER FA LATE TODAY/EARLY TONIGHT AS NEXT NW FLOW PERTURBATION DROPS SE OUT OF IL. NEW MODEL RUNS SUGGEST DROPPING WAVE/WEAK FRONT WL ENCOUNTER SUFFICIENTLY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT OVER PAH FA BY 00Z WED. DEW POINT POOLING OF 70F PLUS NOTED FM NE AR-SEMO-SW IL...WHERE FRONT IS SAGGING SOUTH TOWARD. 12Z UA ANALYSIS REVEALS NOSE OF 130KT H3 JET IN DIFLUENT NW FLOW ALOFT PROGGED TO INTERACT W/NE PTNS FA BY TONIGHT. ONLY INHIBITING FACTOR IS BEST MEAN RH IS CONCENTRATED EAST OF FA...THOUGH BOTH ETA/NGM BACK-BUILD IT AND POOL IT ALONG/AHEAD OF WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY TONIGHT. LATEST SPC HAS ENTIRE FA IN SLGT RISK SVR TONIGHT. BELIEVE CONVECTION WL REMAIN SCATTERED WITH HIGHER MEAN RH EAST...THUS WL RETAIN CHC CATEGORY POPS ENTIRE FA THRU TONIGHT. WL MAINTAIN CLOSE MONITOR THRU PRESS TIME FOR ANY LAST MINUTE ADJUSTMENTS. AFT 24 HOURS IS WHERE MODELS DIVERGE SOMEWHAT. WHILE ENVIRONMENT REMAINS UNSTABLE WED...LOW LAYER CONVERGENCE DIMINISHES AS SURFACE FRONT IS DRAGGED EAST. WL THEREFORE BLEED TONIGHT POPS INTO EARLY WED FAR SRN/ERN PTNS FA...WHERE SPC DAY2 CONTINUES SLGT RISK. WL GO AHEAD AND DROP POPS OUT NORTH WHERE LOW LAYER WLYS TAKE OVER. ETA TRIES TO STALL BOUNDARY JUST TO SOUTH AND THEN RETURN IT NORTHWARD THRU OUR AREA LATE WED NIGHT INTO THU...WHILE NGM IS A LITTLE MORE AGGRESSIVE W/SOUTHWARD PUSH BUT NONETHELESS HINTS AT A SIMILAR RETURN NWARD FOR THU. AVN DIFFERS GREATLY FIRST 36 HOURS...BUT BEGINS TO PICK UP ON ETA/NGM SUGGESTION OF RETURNING BOUNDARY POST 48 HOURS. AM THUS INCLINED TO TWEEK THU/FRI PTNS FORECAST FOR EARLIER INTRO/DEPARTURE OF POPS...MORE IN TUNE W/ETA. TEMPS HAVE RUN BETWEEN FWC/FAN GUIDANCE LAST 24 HOURS. WL GENERALLY FOLLOW THEIR NOS AS 12Z RUN IS NOT TOO DISSIMILAR. .PAH...NONE. DH
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 23, 5:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
521 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0517 PM BENTON MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 SCOTT
HOOPERLocal storm report, May 23, 5:45 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
545 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0517 PM BENTON MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 SCOTT
0540 PM LUSK MO 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 SCOTT
HOOPERSpecial weather statement, May 23, 5:45 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
KYZ005-006-008-232314- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 545 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 2000 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS NORHTERN GRAVES AND SOUTHERN MCCRACKEN COUNTY... AT 543 PM CDT...THE STORM WAS JUST WEST OF SYMSONIA. RURAL AREAS IN NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY THIS STORM BY 600 PM CDT. ANTICIPATE VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. PGW
Local storm report, May 23, 6:18 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 5:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 27 min |
| May 23, 8:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Henderson | 28 min |
| May 23, 8:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess | 51 min |
| May 23, 9:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carlisle | 52 min |
| May 23, 9:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves | 60 min |
| May 23, 10:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Trigg | 57 min |
| May 23, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves, Marshall | 55 min |
| May 23, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Marshall | 42 min |
| May 23, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway | 24 min |
| May 23, 3:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wayne | 38 min |
| May 23, 9:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander | 60 min |
| May 23, 8:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger | 44 min |
| May 23, 8:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau | 26 min |
| May 23, 8:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Mississippi, Scott | 68 min |
| May 23, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau | 27 min |
| May 23, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Scott | 58 min |
| May 23, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Mississippi | 59 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.