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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 234, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2011, 11:37 AM CDT for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 38 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 5, 2011, 11:37 AM CDT (16:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2011, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Christian County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, McLean County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Todd County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 2600 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1253 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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 5, 7:12 AM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 7:12 AM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 712 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2011 .UPDATE... JUST SENT OUT GRID AND PUBLIC PRODUCT UPDATES TO ACCOUNT FOR THE CONVECTION MAKING ITS WAY TOWARD SE IL/SW IN/NW KY. RAISED POPS INTO THE LIKELY CATEGORY...AS THE WELL ORGANIZED CONVECTION SHOULD HOLD TOGETHER AND MOVE INTO THE CWFA. THE BEST CHANCE WILL BE ALONG THE I-64 CORRIDOR AND NORTH AND EAST. OTHERWISE THE POPS WERE LEFT PRETTY MUCH ALONE FARTHER SOUTH AND WEST INTO FAR WEST KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. DID ADJUST CLOUD COVER AS WELL...BUT DID NOT ADJUST TEMPS YET. THE KEVV TRI-STATE AREA WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED THOUGH FOR TEMP ADJUSTMENTS THROUGH THE DAY. BELOW...IS THE ORIGINAL DISCUSSION FROM EARLIER AND THE UPDATED 12Z AVIATION DISCUSSION. && .DISCUSSION... CONVECTION ALREADY STARTING TO FIRE UP OVER NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI EARLY THIS MORNING...IN RESPONSE TO A MID LEVEL WAVE. THROUGH THE DAY...AS MID LEVEL HEIGHTS FALL AND A WEAK COLD FRONT BACK DOORS THE REGION FROM THE EAST...WILL CONTINUE WITH OUR CHANCE POPS FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS...WITH HIGHEST POPS KEVV TRI-STATE TO LOWEST POPS OZARK FOOTHILL REGION OF SE MISSOURI. GIVEN THE NEW SPC DAY 1 SLIGHT RISK COVERS MOST OF THE CWFA...WHICH MAY BE A TAD OVER DONE...AND THE FACT THE GENERAL THUNDER LINE EXTENDS WEST OF OUR CWFA...WILL GO AHEAD WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ALL THE WAY THROUGH SE MISSOURI AS WELL. IF NOTHING ELSE...CONVECTION TO THE EAST COULD PRODUCE OUTFLOW WEST OF THE ACTUAL SYNOPTIC BOUNDARY AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR ISOLD TSRA. AM NOT SOLD WE WILL SEE ANYTHING WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI AT THIS TIME...BUT INCLUDING A SLIGHT CHANCE POP SEEMS WARRANTED. KEPT A VERY SLIGHT CHANCE POP IN THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING...THEN DRY OVERNIGHT. THE FRONT WILL ALREADY BEGIN TO RETREAT NE AND OUT OF THE AREA BY MONDAY. NONE OF THE MODELS SUPPORT ENOUGH MOISTURE FOR CONVECTION AT THIS TIME INTO MONDAY. IF NOTHING ELSE...THE CHANCE IS AOB 10 PERCENT. NOT MUCH NEW TO REPORT FOR THE REST OF THE FORECAST. BUILDING UPPER RIDGE MEANS BACK TO THE HEAT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. HEIGHTS ARE NOT FORECAST TO BE AS HIGH AS YESTERDAY. BUT MID 90S STILL LOOKS LIKELY. THE RIDGE IS FORECAST BY SEVERAL LONG RANGE MODELS TO BREAK DOWN THURSDAY AND BEYOND. WE WILL CONTINUE WITH OUR SMALL CHANCE POPS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS TIME FRAME. && .AVIATION... EARLY MORNING HAZE AND FOG WILL BURN OFF...THEN ATTENTION WILL TURN TO CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL. CLUSTERS OF STORMS THAT WERE NORTH OF KSTL AROUND SUNRISE WILL LIKELY PRODUCE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES THAT WILL SERVE TO INITIATE NEW STORMS. ALTHOUGH THE EVOLUTION OF THIS PROCESS IS LIKELY TO BE HAPHAZARD...IT APPEARS THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND MORE TOWARD THE KEVV/KOWB TAF SITES. STORMS WILL DIMINISH WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AFTER DARK. SOME LIGHT FOG IS AGAIN LIKELY TOWARD SUNRISE. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && AVIATION...MY
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 3:28 AM CDT, 8 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 328 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2011 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-061000- 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- 328 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ALL OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY INCLUDED IN A SLIGHT RISK AREA FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS EAST OF HIGHWAY 67. THE MAIN HAZARD IS DAMAGING WINDS. MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THE OCCURRENCE OF SEVERE STORMS IS FROM MIDDAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. HEAT INDEX VALUES OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY WILL TOP OUT BETWEEN 95 AND 100. REFER TO RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST ON AREA RIVER FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL TOP OUT IN THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100 DEGREES MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED...THOUGH ISOLATED STRONG STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. REFER TO RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST ON AREA RIVER FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED TODAY AND THIS EVENING.
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Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 10:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Henderson | 33 min |
| Jun 5, 10:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Webster | 54 min |
| Jun 5, 11:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Daviess | 55 min |
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011
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.