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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Paducah, KY

June 16, 20096 counties in Kentucky; Gallatin County, Hardin County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2009, 12:18 PM CDT for 6 counties in Kentucky; Gallatin County, Hardin County, Illinois. It was in force for 27 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 16, 2009, 12:18 PM CDT (17:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2009, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Gallatin County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Caldwell County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 16, 10:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

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 16, 7:37 AM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 7:37 AM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 5:24 AM CDT, 6 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
524 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2009

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-171000-
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-
524 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE
QUAD STATE REGION TODAY...AS A COUPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE. A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN
MISSOURI THIS MORNING MAY CARRY A SEVERE RISK IF IT MAINTAINS ITS
STRENGTH BY THE TIME IT ENTERS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...WHICH WOULD
LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 8 AND 9 AM AT PRESENT SPEED.

LATE THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...THE DEVELOPMENT
OF ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED AREA-WIDE
AS THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMES VERY UNSTABLE. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY
ORGANIZE INTO BOWING LING SEGMENTS...SO DAMAGING WIND APPEARS TO
BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN. LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE...AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT WHERE STORM
COMPLEXES INTERACT WITH EXISTING OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRIMARILY EAST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER WEDNESDAY...THEN ANOTHER CHANCE FRIDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

HOT...HUMID AIR IS FORECAST TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY. MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX VALUES BOTH AFTERNOONS MAY BE AROUND
100 DEGREES. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST WAVE OF HEAT TO AFFECT THE
REGION THIS SEASON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY ACROSS A LARGE PART
OF THE QUAD STATE REGION.

PRESLEY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 11:30 AM CDT, 48 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 16, 11:34 AM CDT, 44 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 16, 11:36 AM CDT, 42 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 16, 12:00 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 12:05 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 16, 12:15 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 11:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard, McCracken25 min
Jun 16, 11:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, McCracken26 min
Jun 16, 11:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCrittenden, Livingston, McCracken, Marshall26 min
Jun 16, 12:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway, Graves, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg26 min
Jun 16, 12:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway, Christian, Lyon, Trigg24 min
Jun 16, 12:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHenderson, Hopkins, McLean, Union, Webster33 min
Jun 16, 12:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Christian, Hopkins30 min
Jun 16, 1:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Todd, Trigg28 min
Jun 16, 1:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, McLean, Muhlenberg, Todd37 min
Jun 16, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHTodd32 min
Jun 16, 4:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJohnson, Massac, Union46 min
Jun 16, 10:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHAlexander, Jackson, Union38 min
Jun 16, 10:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHAlexander, Pulaski, Union31 min
Jun 16, 10:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBollinger, Stoddard, Wayne26 min
Jun 16, 10:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry35 min
Jun 16, 11:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMississippi, New Madrid32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2009Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.