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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 169, NWS Paducah, KY

June 13, 2008Calloway County, Graves County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2008, 6:37 PM CDT for Calloway County, Graves County, Kentucky. It was in force for 23 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, 6:37 PM CDT (23:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Calloway County, KY, Graves County, KY

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

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, 1:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 1:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
101 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008

.DISCUSSION...

SVR TSM WATCH 522 TIL 01Z NRN PTNS FA MAY TRANSLATE SOUTH EARLY
TONIGHT BUT W/LOSS OF DIURNALLY DESTABILIZED LOWER ATMOS MAY NOT
MAINTAIN WATCH STATUS JUST TSMS CHANCE/MAINLY +RA THREAT. HPC QPF
AREAL AVERAGES 3/4-1 IN LOWER WABASH EXASPERATING ONGOING FLOOD
CONDITIONS...BUT SHORT FUSE FLOODING SHOULD BE RESTRICTED TO MORE
URBAN/SMALL STREAM & STREET/LOW LANDS DUE TO FRONT/STORMS MOVING ON
THRU AND NOT STALLING. MODELS IN FAIR SYNCHRONICITY NOW IN PUSHING
IT ALL THRU TONIGHT W/ALL BUT FAR SRN/SERN PTNS FA (PENNYRILE WKY)
MAINLY EAST OF LAKES LINGERING A SLGT CHANCE MENTION EARLY SAT AM.

12Z NAM CONTINUES ITS TREND OF PUSHING FRONT THRU BUT ALSO
RETURNING SOME WARM AIR OVERRUNNING THE BOUNDARY THATS JUST SOUTH
AND EAST OF THE FA TOMORROW PM. HOWEVER ITS THE ONLY MODEL DOING
SO AND AS A RESULT WELL KEEP THE POPS OUT AND JUST HIT THE SKY
GRID A LITTLE FOR ENHANCED DIURNAL SC/CU.

SAT NIGHT-SUN WE ARE BEHIND THE BOUNDARY BUT NOT REALLY
COOLER/DRIER JUST YET...AS THE REINFORCING COOL/DRY SHOT COMES
THRU SUN NIGHT-MON. WELL ACCOMPANY SMALL POP WITH IT IN NWLY FLOW
PATTERN...THEN ALL MODEL MOS SUGGESTS NICE COOL OFF/DRY OFF IN
AIRMASS THAT FILTERS IN THERAFTER FOR TUE BUT ESP WED-FRI. NEW HPC
AND MEX MOS EVEN DIPS DOWN INTO U50S/U70S WITH L60S-L80S WIDESPREAD.

WL CONTINUE TO MONITOR NEAR TERM CONDITIONS THRU PRESS TIME BUT
ONGOING POPS TO PEAK IN LIKELY CATEGORY EARLY TONIGHT WITH
BOUNDARY PASSAGE. COLLAB CONSIDERATIONS WILL NOTWITHSTANDING THE
REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST IS LITTLE CHANGED AND ALIGNS FAIRLY CLOSELY
TO THE INHERITED PACKAGE & HPC LEAD IN THE LONG RANGE.

&&

.AVIATION...
DIURNALLY ENHANCED CU FIELDS PRODUCING SCT CB/TSRA IN HEAT OF DAY
STORMS MAY SUBSIDE KPAH THIS EVENING BEFORE BUBBLING UP AGAIN WITH
BOUNDARY PASSAGE OVERNIGHT. MORE NRN/WRN TAF SITES WL HAVE BOUNDARY
MOVING INTO VICINITY 00Z-06Z AND INCREASING TSRA COVERAGE THRU
EVENING HOURS...WITH LOWER CIGS PREVAILING AFT FROPA AFT 06Z.
TEMPO IFR RESTRICTIONS TO VSBYS POSSIBLE IN HEAVIER SHRA/TSRA
OTHERWISE ANTICIPATE GRADUAL RETURN TO LOW VFR CIGS DURING
DAYLIGHT HOURS SAT W/EVENTUAL SCATTER OUT BY/BEFORE 18Z.

&&

.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

KY...NONE.
MO...NONE.
IL...NONE.
IN...NONE.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 5:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
531 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008

ILZ088>094-KYZ001>013-015>017-020>022-MOZ086-087-100-107>112-114-
141015-
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-
531 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ENDING AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS
ACROSS THE REGION. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS SHIFTING SOUTH
WITH THE FRONT TONIGHT.

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 CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AS
ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION.

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 ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY ANY REPORTS OF WEATHER.

ILZ075>078-080>087-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ014-018-019-MOZ076-
141015-
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-
531 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. REFER TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 525 FOR MORE DETAILED 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 CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AS
ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION.

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 IS REQUESTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH 525.

In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Jun 13, 6:00 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
600 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008

ILZ084-088-092-MOZ087-109>111-140000-
JACKSON-UNION IL-ALEXANDER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARBONDALE...JONESBORO...CAIRO...
CAPE GIRARDEAU...POPLAR BLUFF...BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON
600 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008

...WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE WITH STORMS MOVING
ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...

AT 550 PM...THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH...STRETCHED
FROM PERRYVILLE...ONWARD TO GRASSY...SHOOK AND DONIPHAN MISSOURI.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 35 MPH AND WILL LIKELY
ACCELERATE AS THEY MOVE EAST THIS EVENING.

SHOULD THESE STORMS MOVE AT THE CURRENT SPEED...THE LEADING EDGE
OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NEAR A LINE FROM JACKSON...ADVANCE...POPLAR
BLUFF MISSOURI BY 630 PM...AND A MURPHYSBORO ILLINOIS...SCOTT
CITY AND DEXTER MISSOURI LINE BY 7 PM.

PERSONS TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 55...HIGHWAY 60 IN SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI AND ROUTE 3 IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS SHOULD EXPECT GUSTY
WINDS ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE STORMS...WHICH MAY CAUSE
DIFFICULTY IN CONTROLLING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SUCH AS SEMI
TRACTOR TRAILERS AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES.

IN ADDITION...SMALL BRANCHES AND TREES WEAKENED BY THE HEAVY RAIN
MAY BE DOWNED DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTDOORS
WILL ALSO BE TOSSED AROUND BY THE GUSTY WINDS.

AFTER THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS MOVES THROUGH THE
AREA...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL FOLLOW FOR UP TO A HALF HOUR.

SMITH
Local storm report, Jun 13, 6:25 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
625 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0540 PM     HAIL             SPRING HILL             36.74N 88.97W
06/13/2008  E1.00 INCH       HICKMAN            KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

AD
Local storm report, Jun 13, 6:37 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
637 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0445 PM     TORNADO          GRANDIN                 36.83N 90.82W
06/13/2008                   CARTER             MO   PUBLIC

            TREES DOWN, ROOF MISSING FROM BARN, HOUSE DAMAGED NEAR
            PARK. SEVERAL EYEWITNESSES TO TOUCHDOWN. DAMAGE SURVEY
            WILL BE CONDUCTED ON SATURDAY.

&&

AD

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, 12:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFranklin, Jefferson, Perry24 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, 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

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.