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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Paducah, KY

June 1, 2004Union County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2004, 7:16 PM CDT for Union County, Kentucky. It was in force for 44 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, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2004, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Union 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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 208 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: 429 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1670 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

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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, 4 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 2:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 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, 4 hours 44 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, 6:26 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 1, 6:39 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 1, 6:47 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

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

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

0639 PM     HAIL             HERRIN                  37.80N 89.03W
06/01/2004  0.75 INCH        WILLIAMSON         IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

0640 PM     HAIL             CARTERVILLE             37.76N 89.08W
06/01/2004  0.25 INCH        WILLIAMSON         IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STRONG LIGHTING

0642 PM     HAIL             HERRIN                  37.80N 89.03W
06/01/2004  0.88 INCH        WILLIAMSON         IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAILED VARIED FROM PENNY TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL. REPORT
            RECEIVED BY TRAINED STORM SPOTTER / LAW ENFORCEMENT
            OFFICIALS ON NORTHWEST SIDE OF HERRIN

&&

LUECKE

Local storm report, Jun 1, 6:55 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

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

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

0650 PM     HAIL             1 S ELDORADO            37.80N 88.44W
06/01/2004  0.88 INCH        SALINE             IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

0650 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     5 S ELDORADO            37.74N 88.44W
06/01/2004                   SALINE             IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ROUTE 13

&&

LUECKE

Local storm report, Jun 1, 6:57 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

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

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

0656 PM     HAIL             EQUALITY                37.74N 88.34W
06/01/2004  0.75 INCH        GALLATIN           IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

LUECKE

Local storm report, Jun 1, 7:07 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

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

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

0704 PM     HAIL             EQUALITY                37.74N 88.34W
06/01/2004  1.00 INCH        GALLATIN           IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED JUST EAST OF EQUALITY AT ROUTE
            1 AND ROUTE 13.

&&

LUECKE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Williamson	37 min
Jun 1, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Saline	27 min
Jun 1, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin	49 min
Jun 1, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Williamson	48 min
Jun 1, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Saline	46 min
Jun 1, 7:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Saline	3 hr
Jun 1, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin	31 min
Jun 1, 7:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Union	48 min
Jun 1, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Webster	43 min
Jun 1, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Union	39 min
Jun 1, 8:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Hopkins, Webster	30 min
Jun 1, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Daviess, McLean	48 min
Jun 1, 8:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	McLean	40 min
Jun 1, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Union, Webster	42 min
Jun 1, 8:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Union	114 min
Jun 1, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	McLean, Muhlenberg	50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2004 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.