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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Paducah, KY

May 4, 2003Crittenden County, Webster County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2003, 2:37 PM CDT for Crittenden County, Webster County, Kentucky. It was in force for 38 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: May 4, 2003, 2:37 PM CDT (19:37 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2003, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Crittenden County, KY, Webster County, KY

The radar

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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 4, 3:20 AM CDT, 11 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 3:20 AM CDT, 11 hours 17 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
320 AM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003

FORECAST CHALLENGE IS TIMING OF PRECIP AND SVR WX.

HIGH CIRRUS PRESENTLY SHOULD QUICKLY GIVE WAY TO LOWER CLOUDINESS
TODAY AS A SIGNIFICANT S/WV APPROACHES THE FCST AREA. A CLOSED SFC
LOW IS ALSO PROGGED TO SWEEP ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST. GFS/ETA ARE
FAIRLY SIMILIAR AS FAR AS OVERALL TIMING...WITH QPF DIFFERENCES.
HOWEVER...MODELS SUGGEST THAT TONITE SHOULD BE A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR
POSSIBLE HEAVY RAIN. IN ADDITION...SVR WX CHANCES SHOULD PICK UP
ESPECIALLY AFT 00Z MON AS UPPER JET NOSES IN AND ATMOSPHERE
DESTABILIZES...AND A WARM FRONT SWEEPS NORTH THRU THE AREA. SEE
SWODY1 FOR DETAILS.

IT APPEARS NOW THAT AS THE UPPER/SFC LOW GRADUALLY MEANDERS ACROSS
THE UPPER MIDWEST AND FILLS...THE ATTENDANT COLD FRONT MAY NOT MAKE
IT THRU THE FCST AREA TIL TUE...THUS LEAVING US IN SW LOW LEVEL
FLOW. GFS SHOWS THE TRANSITION OF SFC WINDS TO THE WEST MORE CLEARLY
THAN ETA...BUT IMBEDDED IMPULSES IN THE GENERAL FLOW WILL PROBABLY
COAX THE FRONT BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE FOUR STATE AREA FOR MUCH OF
THE WEEK. THE FIRST SUCH IMPULSE WILL BE MON NITE...WHICH SHOULD
RESULT IN HIER CHANCES OF TSTMS SOUTH AND EAST OF THE OHIO
RIVER...WITH A SLGT RISK OF SVR. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF REPRIEVE FROM
THE SOGGY WX FOR MUCH OF THE DAY TUE BEFORE THE NEXT...MORE
SIGNIFICANT IMPULSE CHARGES INTO THE FOUR STATE AREA OUT OF AR TUE
NITE/WED. THE GULF WILL REMAIN OPEN FOR BUSINESS AS A PAIR S/WVS IN
THE GENERAL SW TO NW UPPER FLOW HEAD ACROSS NRN PARTS OF THE OHIO
RIVER VALLEY THU AND FRI. SAT MAY PROVIDE A PARTLY CLOUDY DAY...BUT
NOT WITHOUT A LINGERING CHANCE OF PCPN.

AS FOR TEMPS...ONCE AGAIN MEX GUIDANCE IS SHOWING A WARMER TREND WED
THRU FRI ESPECIALLY FOR THE OVERNITE HOURS...WILL LEAN THE GRIDS
TOWARD THAT.

.PAH...NONE.

DB

Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 2:22 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 4, 11:52 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1152 AM CDT SUN MAY 04 2003

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

1150 AM    RAGLAND                   KY   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   MCCRACKEN                      REPORTED BY MCCRACKEN
                                          COUNTY DES

1150 AM    GRAHAMVILLE               KY   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   MCCRACKEN                      REPORTED BY TRAINED
                                          SPOTTERS

Local storm report, May 4, 12:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1207 PM CDT SUN MAY 04 2003

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

1158 AM    MASSAC                    KY   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   MCCRACKEN                      REPORTED BY MCCRACKEN
                                          COUNTY DES

1201 PM    LONE OAK                  KY   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   MCCRACKEN                      REPORTED BY MCCRACKEN
                                          COUNTY DES

1203 PM    LONE OAK                  KY   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   MCCRACKEN                      REPORTED BY MCCRACKEN
                                          COUNTY DES REPORTED BY
                                          TRAINED SPOTTERS

1204 PM    LONE OAK                  KY   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   MCCRACKEN                      REPORTED BY MCCRACKEN
                                          COUNTY DES

1205 PM    LONE OAK                  KY   2.50 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   MCCRACKEN                      REPORTED BY MCCRACKEN
                                          COUNTY DES.  SOME HAIL
                                          WAS NEAR BASEBALL SIZE
                                          HAIL

1209 PM    PADUCAH                   KY   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   MCCRACKEN                      REPORTED BY TRAINED
                                          SPOTTERS

Local storm report, May 4, 12:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 4, 1:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 4, 1:48 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 4, 2:32 PM CDT, 5 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
May 4, 11:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard	43 min
May 4, 11:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	McCracken	35 min
May 4, 12:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Livingston	49 min
May 4, 12:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Marshall	43 min
May 4, 12:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Lyon	38 min
May 4, 1:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell	41 min
May 4, 1:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Crittenden, Livingston	34 min
May 4, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Union	46 min
May 4, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hopkins	38 min
May 4, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Henderson	22 min
May 4, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	McLean, Muhlenberg	33 min
May 4, 9:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Perry	45 min
May 4, 12:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Mississippi	31 min
May 4, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	New Madrid	34 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.