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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Paducah, KY

June 15, 2008Edwards County, Wayne County, Illinois

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2008-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 55 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 00:00Z on 2008-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 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
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

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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 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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHamilton, Wayne36 min
Jun 15, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFranklin, Williamson20 min
Jun 15, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHamilton, White21 min
Jun 16, 11:06 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHJackson24 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.