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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Paducah, KY

April 7, 2006Lyon County, Trigg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 7, 2006, 6:42 PM CDT for Lyon County, Trigg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 48 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 7, 2006, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2006, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Lyon County, KY, Trigg County, KY

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 7, 10:20 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC10 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 7, 3:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 3:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
320 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006

.DISCUSSION...
ONGOING SEVERE WEATHER PRECLUDES LENGTHY DISCUSSION. TORNADO WATCH
#162 CURRENTLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT. FOR MORE DETAILED
INFORMATION REGARDING LATEST SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOKS AND
WATCHES...REFER TO LATEST PRODUCTS FROM STORM PREDICTION CENTER.

ROUND ONE WITH SEVERE WEATHER OVER WEST KENTUCKY HAS MOVED EAST OF
THE AREA. NUMEROUS LARGE HAIL REPORTS WERE RECEIVED. ROUND TWO IS
ONGOING OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...ALSO PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. AWAITING
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT.

ELONGATED AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE SOUTH AND EAST OF
THE REGION BY 06 UTC. THIS SHOULD PUSH THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW/TROUGH WILL PAST EAST
OF THE FORECAST AREA BY 12 UTC. UNTIL THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL
LINGER UNTIL AROUND DAYBREAK SATURDAY.

FROM PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...FOLLOWING THE DEPARTURE OF THE UPPER LOW
EARLY SATURDAY...SIGNIFICANT COLD/DRY AIR ADVECTION/MIXING WILL TAKE
PLACE ACROSS THE WFO PAH FORECAST AREA. ANY MIXING SHOULD DIMINISH
BY EARLY EVENING...PLACING THE WFO PAH FORECAST AREA IN IDEAL
CONDITIONS FOR FROST DEVELOPMENT. ALTHOUGH WE ARE IN THE EARLY PART
OF THE OUTDOOR GROWING SEASON...I WILL LEAVE ANY CONSIDERATION OR
MENTION OF FROST ADVISORY POTENTIAL TO THE (DAY AND) FOLLOWING
EVENING FORECAST CREWS. A CAUTIONARY STATEMENT WAS PLACED IN THE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AS A HEADS UP FOR AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS.

DRY WEATHER SHOULD PERSIST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. AT THIS
TIME...KEPT CURRENT MENTION OF THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THE SAME AS IN
PREVIOUS FORECAST PACKAGES.

&&

.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...TORNADO WATCH 162 UNTIL 01 UTC ALL COUNTIES.
MO...TORNADO WATCH 162 UNTIL 01 UTC ALL COUNTIES.
IL...TORNADO WATCH 162 UNTIL 01 UTC ALL COUNTIES.
IN...TORNADO WATCH 162 UNTIL 01 UTC ALL COUNTIES.

&&

ML
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 7:21 AM CDT, 11 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
721 AM CDT FRI APR 7 2006

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-081230-
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-
WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-
HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-
WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-
LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-
UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-
MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-
RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
721 AM CDT FRI APR 7 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST THIS AFTERNOON
INTO EARLY THIS EVENING FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE
FROM DEXTER AND CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI...EASTWARD TO BENTON AND
CARMI ILLINOIS...THEN ONWARD TO PRINCETON AND SANTA CLAUS INDIANA.

THE GREATEST CONCERN IN THIS RISK AREA WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES.

THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADO DEVELOPMENT WILL BE MOST LIKELY DURING
THE EARLY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE LOWER DELTA REGION OF EXTREME
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...EASTWARD INTO THE PURCHASE AND PENNYRILE
AREAS OF WEST KENTUCKY. THE TORNADO POTENTIAL SHOULD DIMINISH
MARKEDLY BY EARLY THIS EVENING.

A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK AREA MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
THE MAIN HAZARDS IN THIS AREA WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP DURING THE LATE MORNING
HOURS...WITH STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOST LIKELY TO BEGIN BETWEEN
NOON AND 2 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY START OUT IN SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...THEN SPREAD EAST THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

AREAS OF FROST WILL BE LIKELY SATURDAY NIGHT. AGRICULTURAL
INTERESTS WORKING WITH SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS OR TREES SHOULD
MAKE PLANS BY SATURDAY TO LESSEN ANY DAMAGE DUE TO THE FROST.

A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO RETURN LATE TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY. AT THIS TIME...THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS
WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUESTED THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

SMITH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 7, 6:25 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
625 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006

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

0620 PM     HAIL             4 W UNIONTOWN           37.77N 88.01W
04/07/2006  E0.75 INCH       UNION              KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 7, 6:33 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
633 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006

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

0615 PM     HAIL             HENDERSON               37.84N 87.58W
04/07/2006  E0.88 INCH       HENDERSON          KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MIKEN
Local storm report, Apr 7, 6:35 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
635 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006

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

0634 PM     HAIL             HARDIN                  36.76N 88.30W
04/07/2006  E1.00 INCH       MARSHALL           KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            THERE WAS ALSO 0.88 INCH DIAMETER HAIL REPORTED AT THIS
            LOCATION AT 632 PM.

&&

MIKEN
Local storm report, Apr 7, 6:37 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
637 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006

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

0615 PM     TSTM WND GST     SEDALIA                 36.64N 88.61W
04/07/2006  M64 MPH          GRAVES             KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MIKEN
Local storm report, Apr 7, 6:39 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
639 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006

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

0637 PM     HAIL             DEXTER                  36.74N 88.30W
04/07/2006  E0.75 INCH       CALLOWAY           KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MIKEN
Local storm report, Apr 7, 6:41 PM CDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
641 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006

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

0640 PM     HAIL             4 W ROCKPORT            37.88N 87.12W
04/07/2006  M0.75 INCH       SPENCER            IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SMITTY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 10:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway20 min
Apr 7, 11:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHTrigg63 min
Apr 7, 11:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian64 min
Apr 7, 11:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHopkins, Muhlenberg65 min
Apr 7, 11:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway48 min
Apr 7, 12:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Lyon47 min
Apr 7, 12:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHTrigg55 min
Apr 7, 12:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway47 min
Apr 7, 12:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMcLean38 min
Apr 7, 12:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Todd48 min
Apr 7, 1:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell28 min
Apr 7, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHDaviess56 min
Apr 7, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHopkins55 min
Apr 7, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway26 min
Apr 7, 1:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Crittenden27 min
Apr 7, 1:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWebster53 min
Apr 7, 1:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHTrigg21 min
Apr 7, 1:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian48 min
Apr 7, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMcLean36 min
Apr 7, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHenderson44 min
Apr 7, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMuhlenberg29 min
Apr 7, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHDaviess30 min
Apr 7, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCrittenden, Livingston48 min
Apr 7, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFulton, Hickman55 min
Apr 7, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarlisle, Graves61 min
Apr 7, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHUnion, Webster52 min
Apr 7, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHLyon, Marshall43 min
Apr 7, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson65 min
Apr 7, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway41 min
Apr 7, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHopkins, McLean40 min
Apr 7, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMarshall37 min
Apr 7, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHUnion, Webster32 min
Apr 7, 1:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPerry48 min
Apr 7, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJackson45 min
Apr 7, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFranklin, Jefferson56 min
Apr 7, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPerry42 min
Apr 7, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHamilton, Wayne60 min
Apr 7, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJackson21 min
Apr 7, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFranklin31 min
Apr 7, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHEdwards, Wabash42 min
Apr 7, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWhite25 min
Apr 7, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJackson58 min
Apr 7, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFranklin48 min
Apr 7, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGallatin, White36 min
Apr 7, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPerry56 min
Apr 7, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHNew Madrid37 min
Apr 7, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHNew Madrid42 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.