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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Paducah, KY

April 4, 2008Calloway County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 4, 2008, 1:30 AM CDT for Calloway County, Kentucky. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Apr 4, 2008, 1:30 AM CDT (06:30 UTC)
Expired: Apr 4, 2008, 2:15 AM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Calloway County, KY

The radar

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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 Apr 4, 1:00 AM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 1:00 AM CDT, 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
100 AM CDT FRI APR 4 2008

.DISCUSSION...
LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS LOW JUST WEST OF LWV WITH A WARM FRONT
EXTENDING EAST THROUGH CVG. A COLD FRONT ALSO EXTENDING
SOUTHWESTWARD FROM THE LOW ALONG THE NORTHWEST PERIPHERY OF THE PAH
CWA. REG RADAR LOOP SHOWS LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO
TRACK NE OUT OF AR INTO THE FA. LDS CHART INDICATE A FREQUENT CLOUD
TO GROUND LTG WITH THESE STORMS. STORM REPORTS INDICATE TREES DOWN
FROM LIGHTING AND NUMEROUS FLOODING REPORTS WITH SOME EVACUATIONS
DUE TO RISING WATER IN WEST KY. RAINFALL REPORTS AROUND MDNT WERE
INDICATING A COUPLE INCHES ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. WITH MORE STORMS
ON THE WAY THE 2 TO 4 INCH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS LOOKS GOOD
AND PLAN NO CHANGES THERE ATTM. RADAR IS STARTING SHOW A BETTER
DEFINED BACK EDGE. WILL MONITOR CLOSELY FOR POSSIBLE PARTIAL
CANCELLATION OF THE FFA FOR SOME COUNTIES STARTING FROM THE NW.

00Z FRI MODEL RUNS CONTINUE TO SHOW GOOD CONTINUITY WITH COLD FRONT
PROGRESSING SOUTHEAST AND BISECT THE FA BY 12Z. THIS SHOULD PUSH THE
THUNDER THREAT TO THE SOUTHEAST HALF (PRE FRONTAL). THEN THE FRONT
SORT OF STALLS UNTIL THE UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE ROTATES INTO THE
AREA AND PUSHES IT SOUTH AROUND MID DAY. SOME LINGERING PRECIP WILL
REMAIN POSSIBLE POST FRONTAL AS THE SHORT WAVE APPROACHES THE AREA
FROM THE WEST. CURRENT GRIDS LOOK GOOD WITH THIS SCENARIO AND PLAN
VERY FEW CHANGES THROUGH TONIGHT. THEN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE
REGION FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT SHOULD MOVE
THROUGH OVER NIGHT SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. HAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE/CHANCE
WEST MONDAY NIGHT. MODELS ARE HINTING AT IT BUT VERY LITTLE QPF.
WILL LEAVE FOR NOW BUT MAY REMOVE IF MODELS DO SHOW A STRONGER
SIGNAL ON NEXT RUN. A MUCH MORE IMPRESSIVE FRONT EXPECTED BY LATE
TUESDAY THAT COULD BRING ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN.

AGAIN NO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE TEMPS EXCEPT FOR SOME MINOR TWEAKS TO
REFLECT LATEST MOS TRENDS AND/OR COLLABORATION NEEDS. ALTHOUGH MOS
IS SUGGESTING A FEW LOW 30S IN SEMO...MAINLY IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS. MAY HAVE TO MENTION SCT FROST IN THE AFOREMENTIONED
LOCATIONS FRI NIGHT IF THIS TREND CONTINUES.

&&

.AVIATION...

IFR CIGS AND VSBY PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING...CIGS BECOMING
MVFR BETWEEN 15 AND 20Z WITH MVFR CIGS PERSISTING THROUGH THE REMAINDER
OF THE FORECAST. PRECIP RESTRICTIONS TO VSBY BEGIN TO TAPER OFF
AROUND 12Z WITH VSBY BECOMING VFR THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST.

&&

.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR BALLARD-CALDWELL-
     CALLOWAY-CARLISLE-CHRISTIAN-CRITTENDEN-DAVIESS-FULTON-
     GRAVES-HENDERSON-HICKMAN-HOPKINS-LIVINGSTON-LYON-MARSHALL-
     MCCRACKEN-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD-TRIGG-UNION KY-WEBSTER.

MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR BOLLINGER-BUTLER-
     CAPE GIRARDEAU-CARTER-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-PERRY MO-
     RIPLEY-SCOTT-STODDARD-WAYNE MO.

IL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALEXANDER-EDWARDS-
     FRANKLIN-GALLATIN-HAMILTON-HARDIN-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-
     MASSAC-PERRY IL-POPE-PULASKI-SALINE-UNION IL-WABASH-WAYNE
     IL-WHITE-WILLIAMSON.

IN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-
     SPENCER-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK.

&&

KH

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 7:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Alexander, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Perry and 3 more	6 hr
Apr 3, 8:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Massac, Pope and 4 more	6 hr
Apr 3, 9:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Daviess	6 hr
Apr 3, 9:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon, McLean and 2 more	5 hr
Apr 4, 12:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Ballard, McCracken	3 hr
Apr 4, 10:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Daviess	48 hr
Apr 4, 10:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Daviess, Henderson	25 hr
Apr 3, 10:03 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Wayne	34 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2008 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.