Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 461, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2006, 2:39 PM CDT for Hopkins County, Kentucky. It was in force for 51 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
- Jul 21, 2006, 2:39 PM CDT (19:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2006, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hopkins 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 156 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1442 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1197 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jul 21, 2:18 PM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 2:18 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 218 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006 .DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERNS ARE CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL OVER THE FIRST 24 HOURS. THE COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY POSITIONED JUST NORTHWEST OF THE CWA...WHILE MAIN MID-LEVEL TROUGH WAS LOCATED FURTHER NORTHWEST OVER SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI. ONGOING CONVECTION WILL RUN ITS COURSE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH PRIMARY WIND DAMAGE THREAT ACROSS THE EVANSVILLE TRI STATE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH HEAVY RAIN MORE OF A PROBLEM IN TRAILING BAND OF CONVECTION ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIP OF ILLINOIS. LARGE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM THIS CONVECTION WILL LIKELY SCOUR OUT THE AIRMASS OVER ALL BUT FAR WESTERN COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. MODELS ARE OF LITTLE USE TODAY...SO WILL HAVE TO GO IT ALONE FOR TONIGHT. IN THE WAKE OF THIS AFTERNOONS CONVECTION THERE WILL BE A WEDGE OF UNSTABLE SURFACE AIR LEFT OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT THAT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. SEEING NO SIGN OF NEW CONVECTION TO THE NORTHWEST OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI...DO NOT THINK MUCH OF THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION DEVELOPING ON THE HEELS OF THE ONGOING STUFF. WILL TRY TO FOCUS CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL OVER WESTERN ZONES TONIGHT...WITH A MORE GENERAL PRECIPITATION THREAT OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA...SIMILAR TO WHAT IS GOING ON OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS RIGHT NOW. MAY TWEAK POPS DOWN TO LIKELY FOR TONIGHT...BUT WILL NOT MAKE ANY RADICAL CHANGES AT THIS TIME. THERE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERAL UPDATES THROUGH THE EVENING TO DEAL WITH THE WATCH AND LATEST CONVECTIVE TRENDS. THE PRIMARY AREA OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE OUT OF THE AREA BY 12Z SATURDAY...BUT THERE WILL BE SOME POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA...MAINLY EARLY SATURDAY. WILL LEAVE THE 20-30 POPS GOING FOR SATURDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES BEYOND SATURDAY. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && DRS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 11:25 AM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1125 AM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-221630- 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- 1125 AM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA TODAY. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE MAIN THREATS...WITH SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE LARGE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR IN THE ATMOSPHERE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN MOVING INTO THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A LINGERING CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY... HOWEVER...NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVIATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 21, 1:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
116 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0108 PM TSTM WND DMG DU QUOIN 38.00N 89.24W
07/21/2006 PERRY IL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN CITY WIDE
&&
JGLocal storm report, Jul 21, 1:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
118 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0108 PM TSTM WND DMG MURPHYSBORO 37.77N 89.34W
07/21/2006 JACKSON IL EMERGENCY MNGR
POWER LINES DOWN
&&
JGLocal storm report, Jul 21, 1:42 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
142 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 PM TSTM WND DMG DAISY 37.52N 89.79W
07/21/2006 CAPE GIRARDEAU MO DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
3 INCH DIAMETER TREES DOWN
&&
JGLocal storm report, Jul 21, 1:44 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
144 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 PM TSTM WND DMG DAISY 37.52N 89.79W
07/21/2006 CAPE GIRARDEAU MO DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
3 FOOT DIAMETER TREES DOWN
&&
JGLocal storm report, Jul 21, 1:51 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
151 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0110 PM TSTM WND DMG MOUNT VERNON 38.32N 88.91W
07/21/2006 JEFFERSON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
SEMI-TRUCK BLOWN OVER ON I-57...TREES DOWN...MODULAR
HOMES BLOWN ACROSS INTERSTATE
0130 PM TSTM WND DMG ELDORADO 37.81N 88.44W
07/21/2006 SALINE IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN BETWEEN EL DORADO AND CARRIER MILLS AND
RALIEGH
&&
JGLocal storm report, Jul 21, 2:39 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
239 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 S HENDERSON 37.80N 87.58W
07/21/2006 HENDERSON KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWERLINES DOWN NEAR CHANDLER SCHOOL ROAD AND HWY 60
&&
JGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Union | 38 min |
| Jul 21, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Henderson | 56 min |
| Jul 21, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Webster | 52 min |
| Jul 21, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, McLean | 59 min |
| Jul 21, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Livingston, Marshall | 50 min |
| Jul 21, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Henderson | 31 min |
| Jul 21, 3:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess | 33 min |
| Jul 21, 12:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jefferson, Perry | 67 min |
| Jul 21, 12:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 38 min |
| Jul 21, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin | 53 min |
| Jul 21, 12:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton, Wayne | 58 min |
| Jul 21, 12:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson | 67 min |
| Jul 21, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Saline, Union, Wabash, White, Williamson | 76 min |
| Jul 21, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gallatin | 61 min |
| Jul 21, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski | 72 min |
| Jul 21, 2:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | White | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 12:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Perry | 51 min |
| Jul 21, 12:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Perry | 26 min |
| Jul 21, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger | 65 min |
| Jul 21, 1:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau | 53 min |
| Jul 21, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Perry | 30 min |
| Jul 21, 5:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Butler | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ripley | 50 min |
| Jul 21, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Stoddard | 63 min |
| Jul 21, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler | 57 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006
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.