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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Paducah, KY

August 27, 2003Daviess County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2003, 6:35 PM CDT for Daviess County, Kentucky. It was in force for 40 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
Aug 27, 2003, 6:35 PM CDT (23:35 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2003, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Daviess County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 190 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 2003-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2226 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 2003-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2226 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
999 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
17 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.

985 
WUUS53 KPAH 272335
SVRPAH
KYC059-280015-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
635 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 635 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF OWENSBORO...OR ABOUT 6        
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROCKPORT...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE MOSELEYVILLE

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TAKE
COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

LAT...LON 3761 8726 3783 8731 3785 8718 3780 8712
          3782 8706 3788 8705 3790 8701 3774 8691

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian31 min
Aug 27, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHTodd49 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.