Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 470, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2006, 7:29 PM CDT for Ballard County, Carlisle County, McCracken County, Kentucky. It was in force for 46 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, 7:29 PM CDT (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2006, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Ballard County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, McCracken County, KY
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -439 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1221 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -289 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -85 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, 5 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 2:18 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 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, 8 hours 4 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, 5:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
555 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0145 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 N PERRYVILLE 37.77N 89.87W
07/21/2006 PERRY MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 5...ABOUT 3
MILES NORTH OF PERRYVILLE
&&
JGLocal storm report, Jul 21, 6:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
616 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0315 PM TSTM WND DMG BENTON 36.85N 88.36W
07/21/2006 MARSHALL KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY...ROOF BLOWN OFF
MOBILE HOME NEAR OAK LEVEL HIGHWAY
&&
JGLocal storm report, Jul 21, 6:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
617 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0305 PM TSTM WND DMG SMITHLAND 37.14N 88.40W
07/21/2006 LIVINGSTON KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY
&&
JGLocal storm report, Jul 21, 6:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
621 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 PM TSTM WND DMG SEBREE 37.60N 87.53W
07/21/2006 WEBSTER KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN IN NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY
&&
JGLocal storm report, Jul 21, 6:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
623 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0310 PM TSTM WND DMG MADISONVILLE 37.34N 87.51W
07/21/2006 HOPKINS KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF MADISONVILLE
AND JUST NORTHWEST OF MADISONVILLE
&&
JGLocal storm report, Jul 21, 6:38 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
638 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 PM TSTM WND DMG MCLEANSBORO 38.09N 88.53W
07/21/2006 HAMILTON IL EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY...TREE FELL UPON AND
DESTROYED A MOBILE HOME IN MCLEANSBORO
&&
JGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton, Hickman | 64 min |
| Jul 21, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves | 50 min |
| Jul 21, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Lyon, Trigg | 51 min |
| Jul 21, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 53 min |
| Jul 21, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | New Madrid | 36 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.