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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 198, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2003, 9:33 AM CDT for Edwards County, Illinois. It was in force for 32 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 15, 2003, 9:33 AM CDT (14:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2003, 10:05 AM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Edwards County, IL
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 15, 1:42 AM CDT, 7 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 15, 1:42 AM CDT, 7 hours 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 142 AM CDT THU MAY 15 2003 PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERN REMAINS THE PERIODIC CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF THE CWA AS A RESULT OF UPPER LEVEL ENERGY AND VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS. EXPECT THE SEVERITY OF THESE STORMS TO SLOWLY DIMINISH. A WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PROGRESS SLOWLY ACROSS THE REGION TODAY IN RESPONSE TO AN UPPER LEVEL LOW DIGGING SOUTHEAST FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES REGION. AS A RESULT...WILL KEEP POPS EVERYWHERE TODAY WITH HIGHEST CHANCES (50) OVER THE NORTHEAST SECTIONS. STEEPEST MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES (>6.25 C/KM) WILL REMAIN OVER THE NE SECTIONS ALSO. FEEL THAT BEST CHANCES FOR RW/TRW WILL BE MAINLY THIS MORNING AS AXIS OF UPPER TROF AND VORT MAX WILL PASS EAST OF THE REGION BETWEEN 18Z AND 00Z. AREA SHOULD BE DRY TONIGHT WITH FRONT TO THE SOUTH. WILL REINTRODUCE POPS (RW/TRW) ON FRIDAY AS A VIGOROUS SYSTEM LIFTS EAST NORTHEAST OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THIS SYSTEM WILL LIFT THE AFOREMENTIONED FRONT BACK UP TO THE MO/AR AND KY/TN BORDERS ON FRIDAY. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A GOOD OVERRUNNING SCENARIO THAT DUE TO THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. ETA/GFS/NGM SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT IN THEIR HANDLING OF THIS SYSTEM WITH GFS BEING MOST AGGRESSIVE...SO WILL GO WITH A COMPROMISE ON TIMING OF THE RETURN OF PRECIP ON FRIDAY. SHOWALTER INDICES REMAIN AT OR BELOW ZERO SO WILL EXPECT ELEVATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. WILL INCREASE POPS INTO THE LIKELY CATEGORY FOR FRIDAY...FRIDAY NIGHT...AND SATURDAY. WILL MAKE NO CHANGES BEYOND FIFTH PERIOD. .PAH...NONE. JAP
Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 4:26 AM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Union | 24 min |
| May 15, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess | 47 min |
| May 15, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Todd | 30 min |
| May 14, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson, Perry | 51 min |
| May 15, 9:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wabash | 34 min |
| May 14, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Perry | 48 min |
| May 14, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carter, Wayne | 47 min |
| May 14, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, Wayne | 49 min |
| May 14, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Stoddard | 45 min |
| May 15, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger | 32 min |
| May 15, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Stoddard | 30 min |
| May 15, 2:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Mississippi | 23 min |
| May 15, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Mississippi | 30 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.