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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 29, 2008, 4:07 PM CST for 5 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 38 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
- Jan 29, 2008, 4:07 PM CST (22:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 29, 2008, 4:45 PM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Franklin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 11:32 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 553 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 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 Jan 29, 3:00 PM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 3:00 PM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 300 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 .DISCUSSION... THREE SYSTEMS OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS WITH MANY CHALLENGES...SO WILL TRY NOT TO GET TOO VERBOSE. INTENSE COLD FRONT JUST INSIDE THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF OUR CWA AT THE TIME OF THIS WRITING. EXPECT A SQUALL LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ALONG OR IMMEDIATELY AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND CROSS OUR CWA THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. EXPECT THE FRONT AND THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER TO EXIT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF OUR CWA BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM. TEMPERATURES AND DEWPOINTS WILL DROP OFF SHARPLY BEHIND THE FRONT...AND PRECIP WILL LIKELY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BEFORE ENDING BY MIDNIGHT WITH ONLY A DUSTING EXPECTED. NOT MUCH TIME IN BETWEEN THIS SYSTEM AND THE NEXT. MODELS BRINGING SYSTEM NUMBER TWO INTO THE REGION ON THURSDAY. AGAIN THE TRACK AND TIMING OF THE SYSTEM WILL MAKE ALL OF THE DIFFERENCE WHEN IT COMES TO SNOW POTENTIAL WITH THIS SYSTEM. GFS AND ECMWF KEEP THE SFC LOW A BIT FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST THAN THE NAM. THIS SCENARIO WOULD OBVIOUSLY YIELD A COLDER SOLUTION AND THUS A BETTER CHANCE FOR SNOW. ASSUMING THE STORM TAKES THE MORE SOUTHERLY TRACK...PRECIP SHOULD START OUT AS A MIX OVER THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS AND REMAIN A MIX THROUGHOUT THE DAY THERE WITH ALL LIQUID ELSEWHERE. EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW WILL BEGIN THURSDAY EVENING...AND ALL SNOW ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA AFTER MIDNIGHT. BY 12Z FRIDAY COULD SEE 2-4 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS ALL OF OF OUR CWA EXCEPT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER. EXPECT LIGHT SNOW TO FLURRIES ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE SYSTEM ON FRIDAY...BUT LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. NEXT SYSTEM TO MOVE INTO THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THIS EVENT WILL REMAIN ALL LIQUID. THE COLD FRONT WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE REGION ON TUESDAY. EXPECT LIGHT PRECIP TO LINGER BEHIND THE FRONT INTO TUESDAY EVENING. 1000-850 THICKNESS VALUES WOULD INDICATE A CHANGEOVER TO LIGHT SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO BE TOO WARM. WILL LIKELY HAVE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS WE DRAW NEARER TO THIS EVENT. && .AVIATION... CLEAR SLOT OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI IS ALLOWING FOR SUBSTANTIAL SURFACE HEATING IN THAT AREA LATE THIS MORNING. 60 DEGREE DEW POINTS EXTENDED UP TO CENTRAL ARKANSAS BY 16Z. THIS WILL FAVOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOW TOPPED CONVECTION ALONG THE VERY SHARP COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON...LIKELY OVER SE MISSOURI. PER SPC MCD...THE FORECAST AREA WILL BE UPGRADED TO MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE SHORTLY. FORECAST WAS UPDATED FOR SOMEWHAT WARMER TEMPS AND HIGHER DEW POINTS...MAINLY OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. THIS IS THE REGION WHERE SOME SUN IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AS THE DRY SLOT EDGES EASTWARD. TIMING OF THE ARRIVAL OF COLD AIR WAS PUSHED BACK JUST A FEW HOURS...SO MENTION OF SNOW FOR THIS AFTERNOON WAS TRIMMED BACK A COUPLE COUNTIES. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...WIND ADVISORY ALL COUNTIES TIL 06Z WEDNESDAY MO...WIND ADVISORY ALL COUNTIES TIL 06Z WEDNESDAY IL...WIND ADVISORY ALL COUNTIES TIL 06Z WEDNESDAY IN...WIND ADVISORY ALL COUNTIES TIL 06Z WEDNESDAY && PUBLIC...JP AVIATION...MY
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 29, 10:45 AM CST, 5 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1045 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-301045- 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- 1045 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008 ...MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... 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 FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY FROM THE CURRENT TIME UNTIL MID AFTERNOON. AROUND 200 PM...THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM A LINE JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. THIS LINE OF STORMS IS THEN EXPECTED TO RACE ACROSS THE REGION AT CLOSE TO 70 MPH. THE FRONT AND STORMS WILL LEAVE THE REGION BETWEEN 600 PM AND 700 PM THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS DUE TO POWERFUL WINDS ALOFT...HOWEVER AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST OUTSIDE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS FOR MOST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTH UNTIL SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE AT TIMES. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. REFER TO THE WIND ADVISORY FOR MORE DETAILS. ONCE THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH...SHARPLY COLDER AIR WILL QUICKLY DROP TEMPERATURES INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S BY 900 PM. WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE TEENS BY LATER THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF LIGHT WINTRY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW OR ICE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. SPODEN
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 29, 3:57 PM CST, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
357 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0352 PM HAIL AVA 37.89N 89.50W
01/29/2008 M0.25 INCH JACKSON IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
SMITTYLocal storm report, Jan 29, 4:00 PM CST, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
400 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0357 PM HAIL CAPE GIRARDEAU 37.31N 89.55W
01/29/2008 M0.50 INCH CAPE GIRARDEAU MO EMERGENCY MNGR
HAIL REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAYS 72 AND 34. WINDS ESTIMATED
GUST 50 MPH.
&&
SMITTYLocal storm report, Jan 29, 4:01 PM CST, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
401 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0348 PM TSTM WND DMG OAK RIDGE 37.50N 89.73W
01/29/2008 CAPE GIRARDEAU MO EMERGENCY MNGR
SHINGLES BLOWN OFF OF HOME.
&&
SMITTYLocal storm report, Jan 29, 4:02 PM CST, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
402 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0331 PM NON-TSTM WND GST POPLAR BLUFF 36.76N 90.41W
01/29/2008 M61 MPH BUTLER MO ASOS
LATE REPORT. WIND GUST ASSOCIATED WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE.
&&
SMITTYLocal storm report, Jan 29, 4:04 PM CST, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
404 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0344 PM HAIL MARBLE HILL 37.30N 89.98W
01/29/2008 M0.75 INCH BOLLINGER MO TRAINED SPOTTER
PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN COMMUNITY COVERING THE
GROUND.
&&
SMITTYLocal storm report, Jan 29, 4:05 PM CST, 2 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 11:42 PM CST | Wind Advisory | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 16 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson, Perry | 49 min |
| Jan 29, 3:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jefferson, Perry | 25 min |
| Jan 29, 3:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski, Union | 48 min |
| Jan 29, 4:04 PM CST | High Wind Warning | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 29, 4:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski, Union | 32 min |
| Jan 29, 4:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Jackson, Johnson, Saline and 3 more | 27 min |
| Jan 29, 4:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski and 1 more | 47 min |
| Jan 29, 4:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wayne | 27 min |
| Jan 29, 4:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hamilton, Saline, White, Williamson | 31 min |
| Jan 29, 4:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash | 23 min |
| Jan 29, 4:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash | 23 min |
| Jan 29, 5:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash, White | 38 min |
| Jan 29, 5:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gallatin, White | 46 min |
| Jan 29, 5:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hardin, Pope | 46 min |
| Jan 29, 4:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, McCracken | 41 min |
| Jan 29, 5:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Calloway, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg | 42 min |
| Jan 29, 5:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson | 50 min |
| Jan 29, 5:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Webster | 55 min |
| Jan 29, 5:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd, Trigg | 49 min |
| Jan 29, 1:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, Stoddard | 27 min |
| Jan 29, 3:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Perry | 24 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.