Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 193, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2008, 4:57 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Illinois. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 2008, 4:57 PM CDT (21:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2008, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Jefferson County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 5:49 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 Ese Mount Vernon, IL | ROTATING WALL CLOUD PRODUCED A BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD. OBSERVED FROM JUNCTION OF INTERSTATES 64 AND 57 LOOKING EAST. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 301 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1261 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 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 27, 1:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 1:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 12:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1250 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 ILZ085>094-INZ086>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ086-087-100-107>112-114- 281000- WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-HARDIN-ALEXANDER- PULASKI-MASSAC-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-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU- WAYNE MO-CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI- NEW MADRID- 1250 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AN ISOLATED STRONGER STORM COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OR FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...THE PRIMARY THREATS IF A STORM DEVELOPS. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON THE MISSISSIPPI AND BIG MUDDY RIVERS... INCLUDING MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING ON PARTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. REFER TO THE LATEST WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...ESPECIALLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...IN ADDITION TO LOCALIZED FLOODING FROM VERY HEAVY RAIN. FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE A HAZARD. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND THE PENNYRILE REGION OF WESTERN KENTUCKY...EAST OF THE LAKES. HOWEVER WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MAINTAIN A WEATHER WATCH IN CASE THEIR ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED THROUGH SATURDAY. ILZ075>078-080>084-INZ081-082-085-MOZ076-281000- JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-PERRY MO- 1250 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO THREATS THAT CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON THE MISSISSIPPI AND BIG MUDDY RIVERS... INCLUDING MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING ON PARTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. REFER TO THE LATEST WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...ESPECIALLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...IN ADDITION TO LOCALIZED FLOODING FROM VERY HEAVY RAIN. FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE A HAZARD. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND THE PENNYRILE REGION OF WESTERN KENTUCKY...EAST OF THE LAKES. HOWEVER WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MAINTAIN A WEATHER WATCH IN CASE THEIR ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED THROUGH SATURDAY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 8:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Gallatin | 2 hr |
| Jun 27, 4:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Perry | 2 hr |
| Jun 27, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Perry | 39 min |
| Jun 27, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 35 min |
| Jun 27, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jefferson, Perry | 36 min |
| Jun 27, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wayne | 44 min |
| Jun 27, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton, White | 38 min |
| Jun 27, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Union | 43 min |
| Jun 27, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Wayne | 27 min |
| Jun 27, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Williamson | 33 min |
| Jun 27, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton, White | 31 min |
| Jun 27, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Saline | 47 min |
| Jun 27, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Hamilton, Wabash, Wayne, White | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 42 min |
| Jun 26, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger | 41 min |
| Jun 26, 8:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 9:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Bollinger | 114 min |
| Jun 27, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau | 25 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.