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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 179, NWS Paducah, KY

July 2, 2002Fulton County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2002, 4:11 PM CDT for Fulton County, Kentucky. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 2, 2002, 4:11 PM CDT (21:11 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2002, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fulton County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jul 2, 2:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 2:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 2, 2:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
231 PM CDT TUE JUL 02 2002

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

0205 PM    GUTHRIE                   KY   1.00 INCH HAIL
07/02/02   TODD                           REPORTED BY GUTHRIE P.D.

0215 PM    ELKTON                    KY   4.50 INCH HAIL
07/02/02   TODD                           REPORTED BY GUTHRIE P.D.
                                          SOFTBALL HAIL REPORTED
                                          JUST SOUTH OF ELKTON
                                          ALONG HWY 181

Local storm report, Jul 2, 2:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 1:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Todd	50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2002 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.