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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 29, 2008, 5:40 PM CST for Spencer County, Warrick County, Indiana; Daviess County, Henderson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 29, 2008, 5:40 PM CST (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 29, 2008, 6:30 PM CST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Spencer County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Daviess County, KY, Henderson County, KY
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 6:00 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Rockport, IN | COUNTYWIDE REPORTS OF TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE REPORTS TO ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 5:07 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 113 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1331 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 366 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 395 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KPAH 292340
SVRPAH
INC147-173-KYC059-101-300030-
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0021.080129T2340Z-080130T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
540 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY
EASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY
SPENCER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
EASTERN WARRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
* UNTIL 630 PM CST.
* AT 534 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
DAYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 80 MPH. WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE HAS BEEN
REPORTED IN EVANSVILLE.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SANTA
CLAUS...ROCKPORT...OWENSBORO AND ST. MEINRAD.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
LAT...LON 3793 8698 3790 8697 3791 8693 3788 8690
3783 8691 3784 8686 3780 8682 3771 8686
3767 8683 3763 8696 3756 8705 3768 8742
3816 8729 3817 8702 3821 8703 3821 8679
3813 8681 3811 8678 3801 8677
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 255DEG 71KT 3803 8725
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KPAH 300011
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
611 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
INC173-KYC101-300021-
/O.CAN.KPAH.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080130T0030Z/
WARRICK IN-HENDERSON KY-
611 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN WARRICK COUNTY IN
SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND EASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST
KENTUCKY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3793 8698 3790 8697 3791 8693 3788 8690
3783 8691 3784 8686 3780 8682 3771 8686
3767 8683 3763 8696 3756 8705 3768 8741
3802 8702 3820 8690 3821 8680 3813 8681
3811 8678 3801 8677
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 255DEG 71KT 3819 8650
$$
INC147-KYC059-300030-
/O.CON.KPAH.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080130T0030Z/
SPENCER IN-DAVIESS KY-
611 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST
FOR SPENCER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND DAVIESS COUNTY IN
NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
AT 605 PM CST/705 PM EST/...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 70 MPH. NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS WERE REPORTED DOWN. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF ST. MEINRAD...MOVING EAST AT 80 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
LAT...LON 3793 8698 3790 8697 3791 8693 3788 8690
3783 8691 3784 8686 3780 8682 3771 8686
3767 8683 3763 8696 3756 8705 3768 8741
3802 8702 3820 8690 3821 8680 3813 8681
3811 8678 3801 8677
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 255DEG 71KT 3819 8650
$$000
WWUS53 KPAH 300021
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
620 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
INC147-300030-
/O.CAN.KPAH.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080130T0030Z/
SPENCER IN-
620 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SPENCER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST
INDIANA IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3771 8686 3767 8683 3763 8696 3756 8705
3763 8724 3778 8707 3793 8698 3790 8697
3791 8693 3788 8690 3783 8691 3784 8686
3780 8682
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 260DEG 57KT 3768 8705
$$
KYC059-300030-
/O.CON.KPAH.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080130T0030Z/
DAVIESS KY-
620 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST
FOR EASTERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
AT 618 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SUTHERLAND...MOVING
EAST AT 65 MPH. STORMS WILL BE MOVING OUT OF THE AREA IN THE NEXT 10
MINUTES...THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PHILPOT...GRANDVIEW...WHITESVILLE AND GATEWOOD.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
LAT...LON 3771 8686 3767 8683 3763 8696 3756 8705
3763 8724 3778 8707 3793 8698 3790 8697
3791 8693 3788 8690 3783 8691 3784 8686
3780 8682
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 260DEG 57KT 3768 8705
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 11:42 PM CST | Wind Advisory | PAH | Gibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 16 hr |
| Jan 29, 4:04 PM CST | High Wind Warning | PAH | Gibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 8 hr |
| Jan 29, 5:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gibson, Posey | 38 min |
| Jan 29, 5:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gibson | 19 min |
| Jan 29, 5:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 46 min |
| Jan 29, 5:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Vanderburgh, Warrick | 24 min |
| Jan 29, 5:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gibson, Pike, Warrick | 30 min |
| Jan 29, 4:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Crittenden, Livingston, McCracken | 47 min |
| Jan 29, 4:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, McCracken | 41 min |
| Jan 29, 5:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall and 2 more | 46 min |
| Jan 29, 5:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Calloway, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg | 42 min |
| Jan 29, 5:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Webster | 55 min |
| Jan 29, 5:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd, Trigg | 49 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.