Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2011, 2:34 PM CDT for Daviess County, McLean County, Kentucky. It was in force for 26 min. 2 reports 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
- Mar 23, 2011, 2:34 PM CDT (19:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2011, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Daviess County, KY, McLean County, KY
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2:42 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Moseleyville, KY | NICKEL SIZED HAIL SOUTHWEST OF OWENSBORO NEAR MOSELEYVILLE. |
| Mar 23, 2:44 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Moseleyville, KY | NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL, 46 MPH WIND GUST, ON SR 81 SOUTHWEST DAVIESS COUNTY. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 12:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 999 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 301 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
210
WUUS53 KPAH 231934
SVRPAH
KYC059-149-232000-
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0013.110323T1934Z-110323T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
234 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
NORTHERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 300 PM CDT.
* AT 231 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
ST. JOSEPH..AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
ST. JOSEPH...
MASONVILLE...
KNOTTSVILLE...
WHITESVILLE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. STAY TUNED TO
WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER
INFORMATION.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.
&&
LAT...LON 3774 8683 3771 8686 3768 8683 3767 8683
3762 8693 3763 8696 3757 8702 3758 8738
3771 8738 3779 8683 3777 8682
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 259DEG 49KT 3764 8728
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
PS2 follow-up statements
225
WWUS53 KPAH 231942
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
242 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011
KYC149-231952-
/O.CAN.KPAH.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110323T2000Z/
MCLEAN KY-
242 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN
NORTHWEST KENTUCKY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3774 8683 3771 8686 3768 8683 3767 8683
3762 8693 3763 8696 3757 8702 3762 8723
3771 8738 3779 8683 3777 8682
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 259DEG 48KT 3765 8717
$$
KYC059-232000-
/O.CON.KPAH.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110323T2000Z/
DAVIESS KY-
242 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
AT 240 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR MOSELEYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MASONVILLE...KNOTTSVILLE AND
WHITESVILLE.
LAT...LON 3774 8683 3771 8686 3768 8683 3767 8683
3762 8693 3763 8696 3757 8702 3762 8723
3771 8738 3779 8683 3777 8682
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 259DEG 48KT 3765 8717
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
PS721
WWUS53 KPAH 231952
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
252 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011
KYC059-232000-
/O.CON.KPAH.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110323T2000Z/
DAVIESS KY-
252 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
AT 249 PM CDT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS WEAKENING...THUS THE
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MASONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE KNOTTSVILLE AND WHITESVILLE.
LAT...LON 3774 8683 3771 8686 3768 8683 3767 8683
3762 8693 3763 8696 3757 8702 3762 8723
3771 8738 3779 8683 3777 8682
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 259DEG 48KT 3767 8702
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
PSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 1:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, McLean | 18 min |
| Mar 23, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Union, Webster | 23 min |
| Mar 23, 2:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, McLean, Union, Webster | 3 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon | 24 min |
| Mar 23, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 24 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.