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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Paducah, KY

June 1, 2004Henderson County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2004, 6:24 PM CDT for Henderson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 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: Jun 1, 2004, 6:24 PM CDT (23:24 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2004, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Henderson County, KY

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 1, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 204 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 80 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -169 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1546 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 229 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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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 Jun 1, 2:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 2:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
245 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2004

.DISCUSSION...

NOT MUCH CHANGE EXHIBITED IN LATEST MODEL RUNS...ALTHOUGH THERE IS
SOME MINOR DISAGREEMENT AMONGST THE MODELS ON OUR NEXT PCPN CHANCE.
THE GFS IS MOST AGGRESSIVE...BRINGING IT IN AS EARLY AS LATE TUE PM
WITH A MORE VIGOROUS SHORT WAVE EJECTION. ETA/NGM ARE MUCH
CLOSER/SIMILAR AND AS SUCH SEEM TO HAVE THE BETTER GRASP ON THE
SCENARIO. ANY WAY YOU CUT IT WE ARE TALKING A SMALL CHC PCPN TUE
NIGHT-WED...AS THE MID-UPPER TROP CURVE COOLS A LTL AND THE LOWER
TROP CURVE WARMS A LTL...SUFFICIENTLY ENOUGH FOR INCOMING
FRONT/BOUNDARY TO POSSIBLY TAP A TSM OR TWO.

AFTER THAT ITS DRY WX INTO THE WEEKEND...THEN THE NEXT CHC OF PCPN
WITH THE APPROACH OF THE NEXT SYSTEM DAYS 6-7. WE STAYED IN THE
BALLPARK OF MOS TEMPS AND GENERALLY ITS POPS THROUGHOUT THE
PACKAGE...WITH SUBTLE LEANS IN THE NEAR TERM BASED ON PREFERRED
MODEL CHOICES OF ETA/NGM.

&&

.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...NONE
MO...NONE
IL...NONE
IN...NONE

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 2:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
232 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2004

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100-
107>112-114-021000-
ALEXANDER IL-BALLARD KY-BOLLINGER MO-BUTLER MO-CALDWELL KY-
CALLOWAY KY-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-CARLISLE KY-CARTER MO-CHRISTIAN KY-
CRITTENDEN KY-DAVIESS KY-EDWARDS IL-FRANKLIN IL-FULTON KY-
GALLATIN IL-GIBSON IN-GRAVES KY-HAMILTON IL-HARDIN IL-HENDERSON KY-
HICKMAN KY-HOPKINS KY-JACKSON IL-JEFFERSON IL-JOHNSON IL-
LIVINGSTON KY-LYON KY-MARSHALL KY-MASSAC IL-MCCRACKEN KY-MCLEAN KY-
MISSISSIPPI MO-MUHLENBERG KY-NEW MADRID MO-PERRY MO-PERRY IL-PIKE IN-
POPE IL-POSEY IN-PULASKI IL-RIPLEY MO-SALINE IL-SCOTT MO-SPENCER IN-
STODDARD MO-TODD KY-TRIGG KY-UNION KY-UNION IL-VANDERBURGH IN-
WABASH IL-WARRICK IN-WAYNE MO-WAYNE IL-WEBSTER KY-WHITE IL-
WILLIAMSON IL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIKESTON...POPLAR BLUFF...PERRYVILLE...
CAPE GIRARDEAU...PADUCAH...OWENSBORO...MURRAY...MAYFIELD...
MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...EVANSVILLE...HERRIN...
HARRISBURG...CARMI...CARBONDALE AND CAIRO
232 PM CDT TUE JUN 1 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH
10 PM. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS
AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND SOUTHWEST
INDIANA. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY DURING THE
EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE
STORMS.

MINOR RIVER FLOODING IS OCCURRING ON PARTS OF THE
MISSISSIPPI...OHIO...GREEN...AND BIG MUDDY RIVERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND. THOUGH NO
ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...ISOLATED
SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

FLOODING OF SOME RIVERS WILL CONTINUE. THE FLOOD CREST ON THE OHIO
RIVER WILL REACH SOUTHWEST INDIANA THIS WEEKEND...FINALLY REACHING
CAIRO EARLY NEXT WEEK. FLOODING MAY REACH MODERATE LEVELS UPRIVER
FROM THE CONFLUENCE WITH THE TENNESSEE RIVER. FLOODING ON THE
MISSISSIPPI...GREEN...AND BIG MUDDY RIVERS IS MINOR AND WILL BEGIN TO
RECEDE BY THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

YORK

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 1, 5:44 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
544 PM CDT TUE JUN 01 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0540 PM     HAIL             14 W MORGANFIELD        37.68N 88.16W
06/01/2004  0.75 INCH        GALLATIN           IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

LUECKE

Local storm report, Jun 1, 5:48 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
548 PM CDT TUE JUN 01 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0544 PM     HAIL             PRINCETON               38.36N 87.57W
06/01/2004  0.88 INCH        GIBSON             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

LUECKE

Local storm report, Jun 1, 5:56 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
556 PM CDT TUE JUN 01 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0550 PM     HAIL             2 N ZEIGLER             37.93N 89.05W
06/01/2004  0.75 INCH        FRANKLIN           IL   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

LUECKE

Local storm report, Jun 1, 6:00 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
600 PM CDT TUE JUN 01 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0558 PM     HAIL             OAKLAND CITY            38.34N 87.35W
06/01/2004  0.25 INCH        GIBSON             IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

LUECKE

Local storm report, Jun 1, 6:12 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
612 PM CDT TUE JUN 01 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0600 PM     HAIL             2 N WEST FRANKFORT      37.93N 88.93W
06/01/2004  0.25 INCH        FRANKLIN           IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

0515 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MOUNT CARMEL            38.42N 87.77W
06/01/2004                   WABASH             IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE LIMBS DOWN AND POWER LINES DOWN.

&&

LUECKE

Local storm report, Jun 1, 6:19 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
619 PM CDT TUE JUN 01 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0615 PM     HAIL             STENDAL                 38.29N 87.13W
06/01/2004  0.50 INCH        PIKE               IN   CO-OP OBSERVER

0605 PM     HAIL             PRINCETON               38.36N 87.57W
06/01/2004  0.50 INCH        GIBSON             IN   BROADCAST MEDIA

0614 PM     HAIL             4 S HENDERSON           37.78N 87.58W
06/01/2004  0.25 INCH        HENDERSON          KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

0616 PM     HAIL             HENDERSON               37.84N 87.58W
06/01/2004  0.50 INCH        HENDERSON          KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

LUECKE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Johnson	41 min
Jun 1, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Pope, Saline	35 min
Jun 1, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wabash	40 min
Jun 1, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin	26 min
Jun 1, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin	52 min
Jun 1, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Saline, Williamson	38 min
Jun 1, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin	41 min
Jun 1, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Union	25 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.