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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Paducah, KY

February 18, 2000Henderson County, Union County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 18, 2000, 2:19 PM CST for Henderson County, Union County, Kentucky. It was in force for 26 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: Feb 18, 2000, 2:19 PM CST (20:19 UTC)
Expired: Feb 18, 2000, 2:45 PM CST
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Henderson County, KY, Union County, KY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 18, 2:40 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind	Dixie, KY	Trees were down, and an unoccupied trailer was blown over.

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 nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 205 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -162 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 608 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 541 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 683 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KPAH 182021
SVRPAH
KYC101-225-182045-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
219 PM CST FRI FEB 18 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY
  UNION COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 245 PM CST

* AT 219 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
    INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
    UNIONTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  OVER CORYDON AT 225 PM CST
  NEAR HENDERSON AT 235 PM CST

DIME SIZE HAIL IS THE MAIN THREAT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE DESTRUCTIVE WIND...LARGE DAMAGING
HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. IF SEVERE WEATHER
APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. STAY AWAY FROM
CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN PADUCAH.

SPODEN

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 Feb 18, 2:09 PM CST, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 18, 2:09 PM CST, 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
209 PM CST FRI FEB 18 2000

SHARPENING NEGATIVELY TILTED TROF AND CLOSED LOWS IS PROGGED TO MOVE
TWD THE CA COASTLINE THROUGH MON MORNING. THE END RESULT FOR THE PAH
FORECAST AREA WL BE TO SHARPEN THE RIDGE TO THE WEST AND DEEPEN A
TROF OVER THE ERN 1/2 OF THE U.S.

TIMING OF FRONTAL PASSAGE THROUGH FORECAST AREA WL BE A LTL TRICKY
FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...UNTIL THE COLD FRONT
INTERSECTS THE PRE-FRONTAL AND ACCELERATES SEWD INTO TN AND CNTRL KY
THIS EVENING.

GIVEN THE MOIST AND STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER BEHIND THE FRONT...WL
LEAVE MENTION OF LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE IN POST FRONTAL ZONES...AS
LONG AS CHANNELED VORT AND WK LIFT PERSIST ACR SERN MO AND SIL
OVERNIGHT.

LEANED TWD AVN PKG FOR GENL GUIDANCE...AS IT...ALONG WITH NGM SEEMED
TO ADDRESS THE LOW LEVEL THERMAL AND FRONTAL PTTN BETTER THAN THE
ETA.

GROUND OVER FORECAST AREA IS DEFINATELY MORE SATURATED THAN EARLIER
THIS WEEK. EXPECT SOME PONDING OF WATER THROUGH THE
EVENING...FOLLOWING FROPA...BUT DO NOT BELIEVE THREAT WL BE
LONG-LIVED TO WARRANT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

IN THE EXTENDED FCST PD...A WEAK S/WV WL MOVE SEWD INTO THE MAIN
TROF WITH A SMALL CHANCE FOR RAIN POSSIBLE FOR NRN PTNS OF THE
FORECAST AREA LATER IN THE DAY ON MONDAY. MRF STILL PROGS THE 500 MB
LOW OFF THE CA COAST SUN NIGHT...TO MOVE INTO THE CNTRL ROCKIES
MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUES. AS WITH THIS PAST WEDNESDAYS MRF MODEL RUN
...THIS SYSTEM LOOKS TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT WAA AND INSTABILITY AS
IT MOVES INTO THE MID-MS VALLEY BY WED. THIS SYSTEM COULD BECOME
ANOTHER GOOD HEAVY RAIN MAKER OR SVR WX MAKER...DEPENDING ON THE
TRACK OF THE SYSTEM. WL START CHC MENTION OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS BEGINING LATE TUE AND ALL DAY ON WED. WL LEAN SLIGHTLY
WARMER THAN CURRENT FMR MOS GUIDANCE FOR MAX/MINS IN THE EXTENDED
FCST.

.PAH...NONE.

SMITH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 18, 11:12 AM CST, 3 hours 7 minutes before

ILZ077-078-082-083-085>094-INZ081-082-085>087-KYZ014-018-MOZ087-
109>111-181830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1112 AM CST FRI FEB 18 2000

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE REGION...

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE
NORTHEAST FROM MISSOURI INTO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST
INDIANA.  REPORTS OF PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED
WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS.

COMMUNITIES ALONG AND NEAR THIS LINE...FROM EVANSVILLE INDIANA TO
SHAWNEETOWN...VIENNA AND JONESBORO ILLINOIS...AND ACROSS MISSOURI
NEAR CHARLESTON SHOULD EXPECT THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS THROUGH
1230 PM WITH SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE.

SDB

Local storm report, Feb 18, 11:14 AM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1114 AM CST FRI FEB 18 2000

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

1100 AM    DELTA                     MO   .75 INCH HAIL
02/18/00   CAPE GIRARDEAU                 REPORTED BY MEDIA.

Special weather statement, Feb 18, 11:22 AM CST, 2 hours 57 minutes before

ILZ081-082-084>086-088-089-181800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1122 AM CST FRI FEB 18 2000

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE REGION...

A SMALL AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...OVER UNION COUNTY ILLINOIS
AT 1120 AM CDT...WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THESE STORMS
ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL OF 1/2 INCH ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOURS. IF THESE STORMS INTENSIFY...THEY MAY BECOME
SEVERE.
C
THESE STORMS WILL BE AFFECTING THE COMMUNITIES OF MARION BY 1130
AM...AND MCLEANSBORO BY NOON.

PS

Special weather statement, Feb 18, 11:35 AM CST, 2 hours 44 minutes before

ILZ081-084-085-181815-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1135 AM CST FRI FEB 18 2000

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE REGION...

A SMALL AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...OVER NORTHERN UNION COUNTY
ILLINOIS AT 1135 AM CDT...WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THESE
STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL OF 1/2 INCH ALONG WITH
TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. IF THESE STORMS INTENSIFY...THEY MAY BECOME
SEVERE.

THESE STORMS WILL BE AFFECTING THE COMMUNITIES OF CARBONDALE
BY 1145 AM...AND BENTON BY 1205 PM.

PS

Special weather statement, Feb 18, 1:31 PM CST, 48 minutes before

ILZ086-087-090-091-INZ085-KYZ014-182005-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
131 PM CST FRI FEB 18 2000

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE REGION...

A SMALL LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR RIDGWAY
ILLINOIS IN GALLATIN COUNTY TO JUST NORTH OF VIENNA IN JOHNSON
COUNTY AT 130 PM. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH AND
ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO 1/2 INCH ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOURS. IF THESE STORMS INTENSIFY...THEY MAY BECOME SEVERE.

PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THE STORM IN GALLATIN COUNTY AT 130
PM.

THESE STORMS WILL BE AFFECTING THE COMMUNITIES OF MOUNT
VERNON INDIANA BY 150 PM...SHAWNEETOWN AND; EDDYVILLE ILLINOIS AROUND
200 PM.

PS

Local storm report, Feb 18, 2:05 PM CST, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
205 PM CST FRI FEB 18 2000

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

0158 PM    EVANSVILLE                IN   .75 INCH HAIL
02/18/00   VANDERBURGH                    REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 18, 2:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Henderson, Union	33 min
Feb 18, 3:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard, McCracken	27 min
Feb 18, 3:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Daviess	45 min
Feb 18, 3:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Livingston, Marshall	32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.