Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2000, 7:32 PM CDT for Todd County, Kentucky. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 2000, 7:32 PM CDT (00:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2000, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Todd County, KY
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 |
| May 23, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 1386 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1168 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 6.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
876 WUUS53 KPAH 240037 SVRPAH KYC219-240130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTION SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 732 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... TODD COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 732 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELKTON...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH. STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. MOVE INTO A STURDY PLACE OF SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY SHOULD ONE BE SIGHTED...OR A WARNING BE ISSUED. LAT...LON 3666 8734 3666 8708 3704 8706 3704 8726 DH
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, 5 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 23, 2:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 32 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, 6:53 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
653 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0919 AM BROWNS VALLEY KY 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 DAVIESS
0910 AM BROWNS VALLEY KY 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 DAVIESS
0933 AM CHRISNEY IN .88 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 SPENCER
0938 AM CUNNINGHAM KY 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 CARLISLE
0939 AM GRANDVIEW IN .75 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 SPENCER
0950 AM MELBER KY .75 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 GRAVES
0630 PM BEAVER DAM MO .75 INCH HAIL
05/22/00 RIPLEY
0517 PM BENTON MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 SCOTT
0540 PM LUSK MO 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 SCOTT
0613 PM 1 W BENTON KY TORNADO
05/23/00 MARSHALL FUNNEL CLOUD EXTENDED MORE
THAN HALF WAY DOWN TO THE
GROUND. REPORTED BY
NUMEROUS SPOTTERS.
0618 PM BENTON KY TORNADO
05/23/00 MARSHALL FUNNEL CLOUD EXTENDED MORE
THAN HALF WAY DOWN TO
GROUND. REPORTED BY
NUMEROUS SPOTTERS.
0618 PM BENTON KY TORNADO
05/23/00 MARSHALL
0618 PM BENTON KY TORNADO
05/23/00 MARSHALL
0618 PM SYMSONIA KY 1.50 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 GRAVES
0618 PM BENTON KY 1.50 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 MARSHALL
0633 PM HARDIN KY .75 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 MARSHALL
0615 PM SYMSONIA KY 1.50 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 GRAVES
0633 PM 2 S HARDIN KY TORNADO
05/23/00 CALLOWAY SEVERAL BRIEF TOUCHDOWNS.
0615 PM SYMSONIA KY 1.50 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 GRAVES
KHLocal storm report, May 23, 7:02 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
702 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0919 AM BROWNS VALLEY KY 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 DAVIESS
0910 AM BROWNS VALLEY KY 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 DAVIESS
0933 AM CHRISNEY IN .88 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 SPENCER
0938 AM CUNNINGHAM KY 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 CARLISLE
0939 AM GRANDVIEW IN .75 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 SPENCER
0950 AM MELBER KY .75 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 GRAVES
0630 PM BEAVER DAM MO .75 INCH HAIL
05/22/00 RIPLEY
0517 PM BENTON MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 SCOTT
0540 PM LUSK MO 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 SCOTT
0613 PM 1 W BENTON KY TORNADO
05/23/00 MARSHALL FUNNEL CLOUD EXTENDED MORE
THAN HALF WAY DOWN TO THE
GROUND. REPORTED BY
NUMEROUS SPOTTERS.
0618 PM BENTON KY TORNADO
05/23/00 MARSHALL FUNNEL CLOUD EXTENDED MORE
THAN HALF WAY DOWN TO
GROUND. REPORTED BY
NUMEROUS SPOTTERS.
0618 PM BENTON KY TORNADO
05/23/00 MARSHALL
0618 PM BENTON KY TORNADO
05/23/00 MARSHALL
0618 PM SYMSONIA KY 1.50 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 GRAVES
0618 PM BENTON KY 1.50 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 MARSHALL
0633 PM HARDIN KY .75 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 MARSHALL
0615 PM SYMSONIA KY 1.50 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 GRAVES
0633 PM 2 S HARDIN KY TORNADO
05/23/00 CALLOWAY SEVERAL BRIEF TOUCHDOWNS.
TREES DOWN ON MOBILE HOME.
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
0615 PM SYMSONIA KY 1.50 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 GRAVES
KHLocal storm report, May 23, 7:11 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
711 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0633 PM HARDIN KY .75 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 MARSHALL TORNADO IN PROGRESS MOVING
SOUTH.
0615 PM SYMSONIA KY 1.50 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 GRAVES TORNADO IN PROGRESS MOVING
SOUTH.
KHLocal storm report, May 23, 7:12 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
712 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0919 AM BROWNS VALLEY KY 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 DAVIESS
0910 AM BROWNS VALLEY KY 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 DAVIESS
0933 AM CHRISNEY IN .88 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 SPENCER
0938 AM CUNNINGHAM KY 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 CARLISLE
0939 AM GRANDVIEW IN .75 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 SPENCER
0950 AM MELBER KY .75 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 GRAVES
0630 PM BEAVER DAM MO .75 INCH HAIL
05/22/00 RIPLEY
0517 PM BENTON MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 SCOTT
0540 PM LUSK MO 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 SCOTT
0613 PM 1 W BENTON KY TORNADO
05/23/00 MARSHALL FUNNEL CLOUD EXTENDED MORE
THAN HALF WAY DOWN TO THE
GROUND. REPORTED BY
NUMEROUS SPOTTERS.
0618 PM BENTON KY TORNADO
05/23/00 MARSHALL FUNNEL CLOUD EXTENDED MORE
THAN HALF WAY DOWN TO
GROUND. REPORTED BY
NUMEROUS SPOTTERS.
0618 PM BENTON KY TORNADO
05/23/00 MARSHALL
0618 PM BENTON KY TORNADO
05/23/00 MARSHALL
0618 PM SYMSONIA KY 1.50 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 GRAVES
0618 PM BENTON KY 1.50 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 MARSHALL
0633 PM HARDIN KY .75 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 MARSHALL
0615 PM SYMSONIA KY 1.50 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 GRAVES
0633 PM 2 S HARDIN KY TORNADO
05/23/00 CALLOWAY SEVERAL BRIEF TOUCHDOWNS.
TREES DOWN ON MOBILE HOME.
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
0615 PM SYMSONIA KY 1.50 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 GRAVES
0705 PM 5 W HAMLIN KY TORNADO
05/23/00 CALLOWAY TORNADO IN PROGRESS MOVING
SOUTH.
KHLocal storm report, May 23, 7:27 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
727 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0633 PM HARDIN KY .75 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 MARSHALL
KHLocal storm report, May 23, 7:30 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
730 PM CDT TUE MAY 23 2000
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0919 AM BROWNS VALLEY KY 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 DAVIESS
0910 AM BROWNS VALLEY KY 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 DAVIESS
0933 AM CHRISNEY IN .88 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 SPENCER
0938 AM CUNNINGHAM KY 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 CARLISLE
0939 AM GRANDVIEW IN .75 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 SPENCER
0950 AM MELBER KY .75 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 GRAVES
0630 PM BEAVER DAM MO .75 INCH HAIL
05/22/00 RIPLEY
0517 PM BENTON MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 SCOTT
0540 PM LUSK MO 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 SCOTT
0613 PM 1 W BENTON KY TORNADO
05/23/00 MARSHALL FUNNEL CLOUD EXTENDED MORE
THAN HALF WAY DOWN TO THE
GROUND. REPORTED BY
NUMEROUS SPOTTERS.
0618 PM BENTON KY TORNADO
05/23/00 MARSHALL FUNNEL CLOUD EXTENDED MORE
THAN HALF WAY DOWN TO
GROUND. REPORTED BY
NUMEROUS SPOTTERS.
0618 PM BENTON KY TORNADO
05/23/00 MARSHALL
0618 PM BENTON KY TORNADO
05/23/00 MARSHALL
0618 PM SYMSONIA KY 1.50 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 GRAVES
0618 PM BENTON KY 1.50 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 MARSHALL
0633 PM HARDIN KY .75 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 MARSHALL
0615 PM SYMSONIA KY 1.50 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 GRAVES
0633 PM 2 S HARDIN KY TORNADO
05/23/00 CALLOWAY SEVERAL BRIEF TOUCHDOWNS.
TREES DOWN ON MOBILE HOME.
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
0615 PM SYMSONIA KY 1.50 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 GRAVES
0705 PM 5 W HAMLIN KY TORNADO
05/23/00 CALLOWAY TORNADO IN PROGRESS MOVING
SOUTH.
0721 PM HOPKINSVILLE KY .75 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 CHRISTIAN
0721 PM HOPKINSVILLE KY .75 INCH HAIL
05/23/00 CHRISTIAN
KHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway | 30 min |
| May 23, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson | 47 min |
| May 23, 10:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Livingston | 29 min |
| May 23, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Union | 38 min |
| May 23, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Webster | 42 min |
| May 23, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 83 min |
| May 23, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hopkins, McLean | 51 min |
| May 24, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | McLean, Muhlenberg | 47 min |
| May 24, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Trigg | 50 min |
| May 24, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Todd | 47 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000
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.