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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Paducah, KY

May 1, 2002Christian County, Todd County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2002, 2:18 AM CDT for Christian County, Todd 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 1, 2002, 2:18 AM CDT (07:18 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2002, 3:00 AM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Christian County, KY, Todd County, KY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 1, 2:30 AM CDT	Hail 1	Hopkinsville, KY

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 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 105 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: 10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -152 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 708 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 209 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 240 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 1, 2:00 AM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 2:00 AM CDT, 18 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
200 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2002

PRIMARY FORECAST CHALLENGE REMAINS THE INCOMING FRONTAL SYSTEM AND
ITS SVR WX THREAT. NEW SWODY1 HAS MOST OF FA IN MDT RISK...WITH
HIGHEST THREAT AREA INVOF SFC LOW. BUT THERE ARE TWO ROUNDS OF WX TO
CONTEND WITH ON THE ZONE PACKAGE.

1ST BOUT OF PCPN IS DEPARTING AM MCS...NORTH OF WARM FRONT ANAYLYZED
FM CNTL OK-CNTL AR-NRN MS AT 06Z. 88D SHOWS BULK OF THIS PCPN
PUSHING THRU ERN PTNS FA AT 07Z...AND IR LOOPS REVEAL LTL
DEVELOPMENT IN ITS WAKE. ETA PERHAPS HAS BEST HANDLE ON THIS
FEATURE...GIVEN AVN AND NGM ARE TOO AGGRESSIVE WITH MOISTURE AND DO
NOT DEPICT THE MCS DEPARTURE AS SHARPLY. AM THEREFORE INCLINED TO
LEAN PACKAGE MORE TOWARD ETA SOLUTION...ALTHOUGH ALL SYNCHRONIZE
THEIR SOLUTIONS BY PM/EVENING FRONTAL PASSAGE/MAIN SVR THREAT. WL
WAIT TIL PRESS TIME FOR ANY AM MENTION FOR ERN ZONES...THEN FOCUS ON
LATE DAY/EARLY NIGHT THREAT.

AFT AM BOUT...WARM FRONT RETURNS NORTH AND TDS ALREADY IN L60S SOUP
UP INTO U60S/NR 70F. SHEAR LAYER DEEPENS AND LOWER TROP DESTABILIZATION
CONTINUES THRU THE DAY...WITH 00Z THU INDICES ALL INDICATING A
HIGHLY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT. ABOUT THE ONLY NEGATING FACTOR IS THE MID LVL
WARMING THAT WL OCCUR WITH WARM FROPA...AS H7 10C READINGS BUMP INTO
SRN PTNS FA. THIS COULD RESULT IN MORE SCT CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT
INITIALLY...AND THEREFORE WEVE TWEEKED BACK DAYTIME (PM) POPS (AM
POPS SCENARIO NOT WITHSTANDING). ACTUALLY IT COULD BE EERILY QUIET
FOR MUCH OF THE DAY...WITH NEW MODEL SOLUTIONS ALL INDICATING UP TO
6 HR SLOWER DEVELOPMENT OF SFC LOW/FROPA COMPARED TO YDAY AT THIS
TIME. AS A RESULT...HAVE SHIFTED PRIMARY EMPHASIS LATER AND
INCREASED POPS IN THE WED NIGHT PERIOD CONSIDERABLY. WHILE WELL
MAINTAIN GOING STRONG-SVR STORM MENTION TODAY INTO TONIGHT...BELIEVE
HIGHEST SVR THREAT WL BE IMMEDIATELY POST 00Z AS SURFACE LOW
DEVELOPS AND RACES EAST ACROSS PAH FA WITH ITS ATTENDANT COLD FRONT.

WL LIKEWISE LINGER SMALL POP INTO THU AS BOTH ETA/AVN DEPICT HIGH
POST FRONTAL MOISTURE SWING AROUND BACK SIDE. SLOWER SOLUTION ALSO
RESULTS IN EARLY AM LINGER OF THUNDER SE-MOST PTNS FA. OTHERWISE WL
AWAIT NEW EXTENDED GUIDANCE FOR ANY NEEDED MODIFICATIONS...BUT MAIN
EMPHASIS IS ON THE NEAR TERM.

MAIN GUIDANCE DIFFERENCE IS IN POST FRONTAL TEMPS...AND BELIEVE
ZONAL UPR FLOW PATTERN AND SYNOPTIC EXPECTATION ENCOURAGES USE OF
WARMER MOS OVERALL.

.PAH...NONE.
DH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 30, 10:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1005 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2002

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

1000 PM    CLINTON                   KY   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/30/02   HICKMAN                        REPORTED BY HICKMAN
                                          COUNTY DES OFFICE

Local storm report, Apr 30, 10:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION TO DATES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1005 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2002

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

1000 PM    CLINTON                   KY   0.75 INCH HAIL
04/30/02   HICKMAN                        REPORTED BY HICKMAN
                                          COUNTY DES OFFICE

Local storm report, Apr 30, 10:12 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1012 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2002

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

1000 PM                              KY   1.50 INCH HAIL
05/30/02   HICKMAN                        3 MILES EAST OF HICKMAN
                                          ALONG HIGHWAY 58 EAST.
                                          SPOTTER RELAYED THAT HAIL
                                          WAS SMALLER THAN GOLFBALL
                                          SIZE. REPORTED BY HICKMAN
                                          COUNTY DES OFFICE.

Local storm report, Apr 30, 10:12 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION TO DATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1012 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2002

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

1000 PM                              KY   1.50 INCH HAIL
04/30/02   HICKMAN                        3 MILES EAST OF HICKMAN
                                          ALONG HIGHWAY 58 EAST.
                                          SPOTTER RELAYED THAT HAIL
                                          WAS SMALLER THAN GOLFBALL
                                          SIZE. REPORTED BY HICKMAN
                                          COUNTY DES OFFICE.

Local storm report, Apr 30, 11:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1128 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2002

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

1010 PM    PILOT OAK                 KY   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/30/02   GRAVES                         REPORTED BY GRAVES COUNTY
                                          DES.

1015 PM    CUBA                      KY   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/30/02   GRAVES                         REPORTED BY GRAVES COUNTY
                                          DES.

1020 PM    4E WINGO                  KY   WIND DAMAGE
05/30/02   GRAVES                         SEVERAL TREES AND
                                          POWERLINES DOWN. REPORTED
                                          BY GRAVES COUNTY DES.

1015 PM    WATER VALLEY              KY   WIND DAMAGE
05/30/02   GRAVES                         SEVERAL TREES AND
                                          POWERLINES DOWN. REPORTED
                                          BY GRAVES COUNTY DES.

DLL

Local storm report, Apr 30, 11:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION TO DATES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1128 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2002

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

1010 PM    PILOT OAK                 KY   0.75 INCH HAIL
04/30/02   GRAVES                         REPORTED BY GRAVES COUNTY
                                          DES.

1015 PM    CUBA                      KY   0.75 INCH HAIL
04/30/02   GRAVES                         REPORTED BY GRAVES COUNTY
                                          DES.

1020 PM    4E WINGO                  KY   WIND DAMAGE
04/30/02   GRAVES                         SEVERAL TREES AND
                                          POWERLINES DOWN. REPORTED
                                          BY GRAVES COUNTY DES.

1015 PM    WATER VALLEY              KY   WIND DAMAGE
04/30/02   GRAVES                         SEVERAL TREES AND
                                          POWERLINES DOWN. REPORTED
                                          BY GRAVES COUNTY DES.

DLL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 30, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hickman	25 min
Apr 30, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Fulton, Graves	28 min
May 1, 2:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Wayne	46 min
May 1, 3:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wabash	40 min
May 1, 3:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Wabash	17 min
Apr 30, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Cape Girardeau	16 min
Apr 30, 9:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Bollinger	24 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.