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Freeze Warning 4, NWS Paducah, KY

April 7, 200722 counties in Kentucky; 19 counties in Illinois; 11 counties in Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this freeze warning at Apr 7, 2007, 3:34 AM CDT for 22 counties in Kentucky; 19 counties in Illinois; 11 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Apr 7, 2007, 9:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr. 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, 2007, 3:34 AM CDT (08:34 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 7, 2007, 9:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 8, 2007, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
All 52 counties

Alexander County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Ballard County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Perry County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 232 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2007-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2007-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1135 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
101 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Apr 7, 2:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 2:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
227 AM CDT SAT APR 7 2007

.DISCUSSION...

AT EARLY MORNING A LARGE POLAR VORTEX CONTINUED TO CHURN OVER THE
NORTHEAST CONUS. ON THE WEST SIDE OF THIS VORTEX...A LOBE OF
VORTICITY COMBINED WITH SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL RH HAD PRODUCED A
SOUTHWARD MOVING LAYER OF STRATO-CU WHOSE LEADING EDGE IS ACROSS THE
NORTHERN SECTIONS OF OUR CWA AT THE TIME OF THIS WRITING. MODELS
HAVENT HANDLED SOME OF THESE LOWER CLOUD LAYERS THAT WELL
LATELY...SO ALTHOUGH MODELS DO NOT INDICATE THIS DECK MAKING IT ANY
FURTHER SOUTH...WILL BRING IT ACROSS THE CWA...AT LEAST THROUGH THE
MID MORNING HOURS BEFORE DRY AIR ALOFT MIXES IT OUT. SOME WEAK
RETURNS NOTED ON RADAR OVER CENTRAL IL BUT NO PRECIP SHOWING UP IN
OBS DUE TO VERY DRY LAYER NEAR THE SURFACE.

OUTSIDE OF PRECIP CHANCES STARTING NEXT TUESDAY...THE BIGGEST
CHALLENGE OF THE HERE AND NOW IS WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO
BOTTOM OUT TONIGHT (SAT NIGHT) AND SUNDAY NIGHT. ALTHOUGH FOR
THURSDAY NIGHTS LOWS THE WARMER NAM/WRF 2 METER TEMPERATURES WORKED
OUT SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN MOS NUMBERS...DONT THINK THAT IS GOING TO
HAPPEN FOR THE NEXT TWO NIGHTS. FOR EXAMPLE...CURRENT TEMPS ARE
ALREADY WHERE THE NAM/WRF SAYS THEY SHOULD BE AT 12Z THIS MORNING.
EVEN THOUGH WINDS ARE UP A BIT...DRIER AND COOLER AIR IS STILL
UPSTREAM. THE ONLY FLY IN THE OINTMENT IS THE AFOREMENTIONED LAYER
OF LOW CLOUDS WHICH WOULD HAVE THE TENDENCY TO KEEP TEMPS UP A
COUPLE OF DEGREES. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHERE TEMPS BOTTOM
OUT AROUND 12Z THIS MORNING.

GETTING A BETTER HANDLE ON TONIGHTS LOWS LOOKS LIKE MORE OF A SURE
BET. THERE IS LESS OF A CHANCE FOR ANY CLOUD COVER TONIGHT...THE
WINDS WILL BE VERY LIGHT IF NOT CALM...AND EXTREMELY DRY AIR AT THE
SURFACE. THIS COMBINATION SETS THE STAGE FOR THE BOTTOM TO FALL OUT
OF THE TEMPERATURES TONIGHT. AS A RESULT...WILL CHANGE FREEZE WATCH
TONIGHT TO FREEZE WARNING...AND ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMER
SUNDAY NIGHT...THEY SHOULD STILL BE WELL BELOW FREEZING...SO WILL
ISSUE A FREEZE WATCH FOR THAT PERIOD.

MODELS BEGIN BRINGING IN DEEPER MOISTURE LATE MONDAY NIGHT IN
ADVANCE OF THE APPROACHING SYSTEM...BUT SOUNDINGS OVER MY WESTERN
COUNTIES DONT SHOW LOW LEVEL SATURATION UNTIL 12Z TUESDAY...SO
RAISED POPS A LITTLE BUT WILL KEEP DRY FOR NOW. WILL MAKE NO CHANGES
BEYOND SIXTH PERIOD.

&&

.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...FREEZE WARNING 11 PM TONIGHT TO 10 AM CDT SUNDAY ALL COUNTIES.

     FREEZE WATCH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH 9 AM MONDAY MORNING ALL
     COUNTIES.

MO...FREEZE WARNING 11 PM TONIGHT TO 10 AM CDT SUNDAY ALL COUNTIES.

     FREEZE WATCH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH 9 AM MONDAY MORNING ALL
     COUNTIES.

IL...FREEZE WARNING 11 PM TONIGHT TO 10 AM CDT SUNDAY ALL COUNTIES.

     FREEZE WATCH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH 9 AM MONDAY MORNING ALL
     COUNTIES.

IN...FREEZE WARNING 11 PM TONIGHT TO 10 AM CDT SUNDAY ALL COUNTIES.

     FREEZE WATCH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH 9 AM MONDAY MORNING ALL
     COUNTIES.

&&

JAP
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 6, 4:18 AM CDT, 23 hours 16 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 3:34 AM CDTFreeze WatchPAHBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more11 hr
Apr 7, 4:33 AM CDTRed Flag WarningPAHBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more13 hr
Apr 7, 2:12 PM CDTFreeze WarningPAHBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more44 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Kentucky, 2007Freeze Warnings in Illinois, 2007Freeze Warnings in Missouri, 2007Every freeze warning in 2007

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.