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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Paducah, KY

June 13, 2008Franklin County, Jefferson County, Perry County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2008, 12:36 PM CDT for Franklin County, Jefferson County, Perry County, Illinois. It was in force for 24 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
Jun 13, 2008, 12:36 PM CDT (17:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Franklin County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Perry County, IL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 11:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 229 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2008-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2008-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -43 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-228 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1389 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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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 Jun 13, 2:30 AM CDT, 10 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 2:30 AM CDT, 10 hours 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 11:58 AM CDT, 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1158 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008

ILZ088>094-KYZ001>013-015>017-020>022-MOZ086-087-100-107>112-114-
141000-
UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-FULTON-
HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-
CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-
MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-
RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
1158 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. A COLD FRONT WILL
APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON...AND SWEEP
ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. THE MAIN HAZARDS FROM ANY STRONGER STORMS
WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION...THE
STORMS COULD BRING HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE AREA...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
THE LOWER WABASH RIVER VALLEY OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST
INDIANA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRIMARILY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT NORTH OF A PINCKNEYVILLE TO MOUNT
CARMEL ILLINOIS LINE. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION SUNDAY
AND STORMS THAT DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FRONT MAY BE
CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON PORTIONS OF AREA RIVERS AND FLOOD
WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED FOR MORE
DETAILED INFORMATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD MAINTAIN ALERT STATUS IN CASE THEIR ACTIVATION IS
REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.

ILZ075>078-080>087-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ014-018-019-MOZ076-
141000-
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-
WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-
VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER-UNION KY-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-PERRY MO-
1158 AM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 522 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM. REFER TO
THE WATCH FOR MORE DETAILED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INFORMATION.

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF AREA RIVERS. REFER TO
THE FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRIMARILY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT NORTH OF A PINCKNEYVILLE TO MOUNT
CARMEL ILLINOIS LINE. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION SUNDAY
AND STORMS THAT DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FRONT MAY BE
CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON PORTIONS OF AREA RIVERS AND FLOOD
WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED FOR MORE
DETAILED INFORMATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION REQUESTED THROUGH 800 PM FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH 522.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 11:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPerry29 min
Jun 13, 1:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWayne32 min
Jun 13, 4:41 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHMassac2 hr
Jun 13, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian25 min
Jun 13, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWebster29 min
Jun 13, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHDaviess34 min
Jun 13, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarlisle, Hickman23 min
Jun 13, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarlisle, Hickman25 min
Jun 13, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGraves46 min
Jun 13, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHickman10 min
Jun 13, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway, Marshall42 min
Jun 13, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Lyon, Trigg39 min
Jun 13, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway, Graves23 min
Jun 13, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarter43 min
Jun 13, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler, Carter, Ripley44 min
Jun 13, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHButler29 min
Jun 13, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBollinger, Perry54 min
Jun 13, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCape Girardeau, Perry39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.