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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Paducah, KY

January 24, 2002Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 24, 2002, 12:58 AM CST for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jan 24, 2002, 12:58 AM CST (06:58 UTC)
Expired: Jan 24, 2002, 1:45 AM CST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Muhlenberg County, KY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 24, 1:15 AM CST	Hail 0.75	Greenville, 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 134 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: 682 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 3.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KPAH 240658
SVRPAH
KYC177-240745-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1258 AM CST THU JAN 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MUHLENBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 145 AM CST

* AT 1248 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED 6 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF GREENVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE
  CENTRAL CITY
  POWDERLY
  BREMEN
  GREENVILLE

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE SEVERE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH IS LIKELY. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR LARGE HAIL. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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

LAT...LON 3727 8740 3706 8725 3709 8692 3733 8702
          3740 8725

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 23, 9:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Livingston	35 min
Jan 23, 10:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Daviess, Henderson, McLean	37 min
Jan 23, 11:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Lyon	46 min
Jan 24, 12:10 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Graves	35 min
Jan 24, 12:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Calloway, Marshall	49 min
Jan 24, 12:37 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hopkins	38 min
Jan 24, 1:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Christian, Todd	47 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.