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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2008, 7:10 PM CDT for Edwards County, Wayne County, Illinois. It was in force for 35 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 15, 2008, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2008, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Edwards County, IL, Wayne County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -245 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1985 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 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 Jun 15, 3:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 3:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 300 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008 .DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERNS FOR THIS FORECAST CONTINUE TO BE POPS TONIGHT AND MONDAY...AND HOW MUCH OF A COOL DOWN WILL OCCUR FOR TUESDAY AND BEYOND. CURRENT PREDICAMENT IS HOW THE MCS CURRENTLY OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI WILL AFFECT OUR CWA. DECIDED TO ADD POPS OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS THIS EVENING JUST IN CASE IT HOLDS TOGETHER ENOUGH TO BRUSH THAT AREA. AFTER MIDNIGHT AS A WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM SLIDES INTO THE NORTHWESTERN HALF OF OUR CWA...COULD SEE A FEW RW/TRW DEVELOP...SO KEPT SCHC-CHC POPS THERE. ON MONDAY AS THE BOUNDARY MOVES ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE CWA...SCATTERED CONVECTION LOOKS REASONABLE GIVEN DECENT INSTABILITY AND LIMITED MOISTURE. WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...DONT THINK ANY PRECIP WILL LINGER BEYOND 00Z TUESDAY...SO KEPT IT DRY. THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL NOT ONLY KEEP THE REGION DRY THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY...IT WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITIES AT VERY PLEASANT LEVELS FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. THURSDAY NIGHT AS THE NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHES OUR CWA...WE MAY SEE SCATTERED RW/TRW OVER THE FAR WESTERN COUNTIES...THEN EXPANDING ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE CWA ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE FRONT SLOWLY PUSHES THROUGH. LAST COUPLE OF DAYS OF THE FORECAST PERIOD LOOKING DRY UNDER SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AND NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. && .AVIATION... CURRENT FORECAST IN PLACE HAS MINIMAL CHANCES FOR CONVECTION IN PLACE WITH LITTLE OR NO CEILINGS BELOW 5KFT IN PLACE UNTIL UNTIL AFTER 12Z MONDAY FOR KCGI/KEVV/KOWB TO ACCOUNT FOR ANTICIPATED LEFTOVER CONVECTION FROM REDEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS /MCS/ TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY MONDAY. OTHERWISE THE ONLY FORECAST CEILINGS AT THIS TIME THROUGH 12Z MONDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE DUE TO HIGH LEVEL CIRRUS CLOUDS. THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT WRINKLE IN THE CURRENT AVIATION FORECAST IN EFFECT IS THAT SPC HAS EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT THE INSTABILITY ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE CONVECTIVE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OVER WEST CENTRAL MO AND NWRN IL MAY OVERTURN THE ATMOSPHERE ENOUGH ACROSS THE KCGI AREA ENOUGH TO WARRANT THE INCLUSION OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE KCGI TAF SITE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE TAFS WILL BE MONITORED FOR THIS CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL...BUT AM CURRENTLY CONCERNED THAT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE IS SPOTTY ENOUGH TO LIMIT COVERAGE OF CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IN AND NEAR KCGI. GIVEN THE LATER DISSIPATION OF FOG THIS MORNING AND THE LACK OF CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT OVER THE TAF SITES THIS AFTERNOON /DURING THE PEAK HEATING TIME PERIOD/...IT WILL TAKE SIGNIFICANT AND FOCUSED LIFT TO GENERATE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THAT CAN ENTRAIN DRIER AIR ALOFT TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS IN THE VICINITY OF KCGI AND NEARBY TAF SITES. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && PUBLIC...JAP AVIATION...KES
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 3:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 343 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-161045- 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- 343 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM BOONVILLE INDIANA TO DEXTER MISSOURI. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF A FEW STORMS BECOMING SEVERE NORTH OF A LINE FROM BOONVILLE INDIANA TO PERRYVILLE MISSOURI. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE QUAD STATE ON MONDAY AS A FRONTAL SYSTEM CROSSES THE REGION. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM MOUNT VERNON ILLINOIS TO HICKMAN KENTUCKY...THEN OVER THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE REGION FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM AFFECTS THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING NORTH OF A LINE FROM BOONVILLE INDIANA TO PERRYVILLE MISSOURI. JAP
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 6:22 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 622 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008 ILZ075>078-080>082-084-160030- JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION... MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO... CARBONDALE 622 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THIS EVENING IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS... A CLUSTER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...HALF INCH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS THROUGH 730 PM. LOCATIONS MOST LIKELY IMPACTED INCLUDE AREAS FROM NEAR AVA...TO MOUNT VERNON...TO WAYNE CITY AND FAIRFIELD. ISOLATED STORMS MAY EVEN GROW TO SEVERE LEVELS THIS EVENING.
Local storm report, Jun 15, 6:43 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton, Wayne | 36 min |
| Jun 15, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Williamson | 20 min |
| Jun 15, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton, White | 21 min |
| Jun 16, 11:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | PAH | Jackson | 24 days |
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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.