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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Paducah, KY

July 23, 2003Hopkins County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2003, 3:17 PM CDT for Hopkins County, Kentucky. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 23, 2003, 3:17 PM CDT (20:17 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2003, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hopkins County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 146 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2003-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 346 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2003-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
346 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
842 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

620 
WUUS53 KPAH 232017
SVRPAH
KYC107-232045-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
316 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 316 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HANSON...OR ABOUT 5 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF MADISONVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE EARLINGTON...MADISONVILLE...MORTONS
  GAP...NORTONVILLE AND WHITE PLAINS

LARGE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER.

LAT...LON 3727 8738 3719 8731 3713 8736 3713 8750
          3745 8756 3746 8739 3733 8734

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 1:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMuhlenberg28 min
Jul 23, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHopkins31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.