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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 2009, 1:25 AM CDT for 5 counties in Kentucky; Pope 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
- Apr 10, 2009, 1:25 AM CDT (06:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2009, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Pope County, IL, Calloway County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:27 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1711 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 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 Apr 9, 1:41 PM CDT, 11 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 1:41 PM CDT, 11 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 141 PM CDT THU APR 9 2009 .DISCUSSION... RADAR SHOWS DEVELOPING SHOWERS MOVING INTO/ACROSS WRN FA ATTM...AND MODELS CONTINUE TO SPREAD THIS EAST ACROSS ENTIRE REGION THIS EVENING...AS WARM FRONT JUST TO OUR SOUTH LIFTS NORTH. INSTABILITY ATTM IS ELEVATED...AND ALL MODEL FORECAST ELEVATED INSTABILITY PARAMETERS REMAIN SUPPORTIVE OF THUNDER THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SURFACE BASED INSABILITY EXISTS IN THE WARM SECTOR...AND ENTERS THE WRN FA AROUND 03Z AND LASTS THROUGH THE WARM FROPA THROUGH ABOUT 09Z. THIS LOOKS TO BE THE BEST CHANCE TIME PERIOD FOR SVR...BUT MORE DEFINITIVELY ITLL BE A HEAVY RAIN EVENT WITH UPWARDS OF 1-1.5 ANTICIPATED ALONG/NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY ACROSS MAINLY THE NRN 1/2 OF THE FA...WITH MORE LIKE 1/2-1 POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTH/EAST. POPS DIMINISH WEST-EAST FRI-EARLY FRI NIGHT AS THE LOW RACES EAST. THEN WE FOLLOW WITH A COUPLE OF NICE EASTER WEEKEND DAYS. ON SUNDAY THE HIGH PRESSURE WHICH GAVE US THE NICE WEEKEND WILL SHIFT EAST AND THE NEXT DEVELOPING SYSTEM WILL RACE IN FROM THE SOUTH/WEST. POPS WILL ENTER THE MO OZARKS BY LATE IN THE DAY BUT AFFECT MOST OF THE FA SUN NIGHT. THIS LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAIN EVENT WITH ANYWHERE FROM 1-2 OR 2.5 POSSIBLE...MAKING FOR ACCUMULATED TOTALS OF 2-4 WHICH WELL CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT ON THE HWO. THERE WILL BE A COINCIDENT SVR THREAT SUN NIGHT-MON TOO...BUT IT LOOKS RIGHT NOW THAT THE BETTER SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY WILL BE JUST TO OUR SOUTH. MON-TUE THE LOW LIFTS ACROSS THE LOWER OH VALLEY SO THEY STILL LOOK LIKE CLOUDY/POTENTIALLY SHOWERY DAYS BEFORE NICE SPRING-TIME WEATHER RETURNS IN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THERE IS NOT MUCH CHANGE TO THE INHERITED TEMP FORECAST WITH ALL MOS REASONABLY CLOSE...SO WE JUST ADJUSTED/ACCOUNTED FOR THE NEW GUIDANCE NOS INTO THE COLLABORATIVE PICTURE. HPC REALLY CRANKS UP THE MON WARMTH IN THE WARM SECTOR BUT WE THINK THERE TOO BE ENOUGH MOISTURE AND ENOUGH UNCERTAINTY ON THE LOW TRACK AS TO NOT GO TO FAR IN ONE DIRECTION SO WE TONED THAT DOWN A LITTLE...WHICH LIKEWISE APPEARED TO BE OUR NEIGHBORS APPROACH AS WELL. && .AVIATION... RAPID INCREASE HIGH AND MID LEVEL CLOUDS AND MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY PRECIP EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WELL DEVELOPED STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES. HIGH CLOUDS WILL RAPIDLY LOWER AND THICKEN IN THE 19Z TO 01Z TIME FRAME FROM WEST TO EAST. THIS WILL BE RAPIDLY FOLLOWED BY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIDESPREAD MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS. A PERIOD OF IFR CIGS IS LIKELY LATE TONIGHT AND VERY EARLY FRIDAY AS SURFACE LOW PASSES VERY CLOSE TO THE TAF SITES. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS/HAIL DURING THAT TIME FRAME. THE POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER INTO FRIDAY MORNING...BUT THE FOCUS SHOULD BEGIN TO SHIFT EAST OF THE WABASH AND OHIO RIVERS BY MIDDAY. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 9:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 915 PM CDT THU APR 9 2009 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-101000- 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- 915 PM CDT THU APR 9 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WEST KENTUCKY. A LINE OF STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. HOWEVER...ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT. IN ADDITION...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES TO BE FORECAST ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WABASH AND LITTLE WABASH RIVERS. PLEASE REFER TO OUR LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION...NAMELY THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL CONTINUE AS THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. ANOTHER STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL TAKE SHAPE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...BRINGING A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WITH IT. ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES INCHES OF RAINFALL MAY OCCUR WITH THIS SYSTEM...POSSIBLY LEADING TO SOME FLOODING CONCERNS. THE NEXT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MONDAY WILL COME LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MAINTAIN ALERT STATUS IN CASE THEIR ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED LATER TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 9, 11:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1145 PM CDT THU APR 09 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1125 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SW NEELYVILLE 36.53N 90.55W
04/09/2009 BUTLER MO TRAINED SPOTTER
AWNING TORN OFF THE FRONT OF A HOUSE WITH SHINGLE DAMAGE
TO A SHED.
&&
ADLocal storm report, Apr 9, 11:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1151 PM CDT THU APR 09 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1141 PM TSTM WND GST POPLAR BLUFF 36.76N 90.41W
04/09/2009 M58.00 MPH BUTLER MO ASOS
SUSTAINED AT 40 MPH.
&&
ADLocal storm report, Apr 10, 12:30 AM CDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
1230 AM CDT FRI APR 10 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1228 AM HAIL CAPE GIRARDEAU 37.31N 89.55W
04/10/2009 E0.75 INCH CAPE GIRARDEAU MO EMERGENCY MNGR
HAIL IS REPORTED AS HEAVY BUT DIME SIZED.
&&
JAYSONWLocal storm report, Apr 10, 1:17 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 10, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton | 35 min |
| Apr 10, 12:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Hickman | 27 min |
| Apr 10, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves, McCracken | 50 min |
| Apr 10, 9:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton, Graves, Hickman | 49 min |
| Apr 10, 10:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Fulton, Graves, Hickman | 23 min |
| Apr 10, 10:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Trigg | 25 min |
| Apr 10, 10:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Graves | 32 min |
| Apr 10, 10:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | McCracken | 25 min |
| Apr 10, 10:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves, Marshall | 24 min |
| Apr 10, 11:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Livingston, Lyon, McCracken, Marshall | 23 min |
| Apr 10, 11:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Marshall | 32 min |
| Apr 10, 11:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Trigg | 30 min |
| Apr 10, 11:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon | 41 min |
| Apr 10, 11:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Hopkins | 30 min |
| Apr 10, 11:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg | 50 min |
| Apr 10, 12:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Livingston | 39 min |
| Apr 10, 12:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Trigg | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 12:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Hopkins | 33 min |
| Apr 10, 12:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Todd | 50 min |
| Apr 10, 6:26 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | PAH | Wayne, White | 4 hr |
| Apr 10, 1:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Saline, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Apr 9, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carter, Ripley | 31 min |
| Apr 9, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, Ripley | 51 min |
| Apr 9, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, Carter, Ripley | 30 min |
| Apr 9, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wayne | 25 min |
| Apr 9, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, New Madrid, Stoddard | 29 min |
| Apr 9, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry | 47 min |
| Apr 10, 12:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau | 16 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.