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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Paducah, KY

April 12, 2005Jefferson County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 12, 2005, 1:47 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Illinois. It was in force for 43 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: Apr 12, 2005, 1:47 PM CDT (18:47 UTC)
Expired: Apr 12, 2005, 2:30 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jefferson County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 12, 11:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

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 Apr 12, 1:30 PM CDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 1:30 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 12, 4:48 AM CDT, 8 hours 59 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 12, 1:25 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 12, 1:25 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 12, 1:31 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
131 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2005

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

0117 PM     HAIL             ALBION                  38.38N 88.06W
04/12/2005  0.75 INCH        EDWARDS            IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

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Local storm report, Apr 12, 1:32 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
132 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2005

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

0125 PM     HAIL             WEST FRANKFORT          37.90N 88.93W
04/12/2005  0.75 INCH        FRANKLIN           IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WIND GUST ESTIMATED TO 30 MPH WITH STORM.

&&

SMITTY

Local storm report, Apr 12, 1:37 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
137 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2005

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

0135 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     2 W JACKSON             37.38N 89.69W
04/12/2005                   CAPE GIRARDEAU     MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FUNNEL CLOUD MOVING NORTHEAST.

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SMITTY

Local storm report, Apr 12, 1:41 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 12, 12:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson	31 min
Apr 12, 12:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	White	25 min
Apr 12, 12:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards	52 min
Apr 12, 1:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wayne	37 min
Apr 12, 1:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Perry	57 min
Apr 12, 1:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin	54 min
Apr 12, 2:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander	33 min
Apr 12, 2:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jefferson	49 min
Apr 12, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander	52 min
Apr 12, 4:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Pulaski	41 min
Apr 12, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Perry	44 min
Apr 12, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard	54 min
Apr 12, 11:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Perry	24 min
Apr 12, 12:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Cape Girardeau	43 min
Apr 12, 1:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Cape Girardeau	46 min
Apr 12, 2:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Cape Girardeau	38 min
Apr 12, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Cape Girardeau	48 min
Apr 12, 2:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Cape Girardeau	3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2005 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.