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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Paducah, KY

August 12, 2010Christian County, Todd County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2010, 1:35 PM CDT for Christian County, Todd County, Kentucky. It was in force for 25 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
Aug 12, 2010, 1:35 PM CDT (18:35 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2010, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Christian County, KY, Todd County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 381 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2010-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2302 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2010-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2302 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
721 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 12:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFranklin26 min
Aug 12, 12:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFranklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry, Williamson38 min
Aug 12, 12:35 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHFranklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Perry, White63 min
Aug 12, 12:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGallatin, White16 min
Aug 12, 1:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJackson25 min
Aug 12, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPerry26 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.