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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 316, NWS Paducah, KY

June 27, 20114 counties in Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2011, 1:10 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. 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: Jun 27, 2011, 1:10 PM CDT (18:10 UTC)
Expired: Jun 27, 2011, 1:45 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Christian County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Todd County, KY

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 27, 12:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 123 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 708 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1058 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.6

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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 27, 12:51 PM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 12:51 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 4:08 AM CDT, 9 hours 2 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
408 AM CDT MON JUN 27 2011

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-280915-
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-
408 AM CDT MON JUN 27 2011

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 THROUGH TONIGHT.
DURING THE DAY...MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO
OCCUR ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM CARBONDALE ILLINOIS TO
HOPKINSVILLE KENTUCKY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE ACROSS
THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY.

THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL PRODUCED BY LINES
OR CLUSTERS OF STORMS. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR WITH THE
STORMS...BUT THE QUICK MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS SHOULD LIMIT
RAINFALL AMOUNTS.

RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON SOME AREA RIVERS. PLEASE REFER TO
THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL ARRIVE LATE IN THE WEEK. THE HEAT INDEX
MAY PEAK OVER 100 DEGREES IN PARTS OF THE REGION FRIDAY.

A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST LATE IN THE FOURTH OF
JULY WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

MY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 12:44 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 27, 12:54 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 27, 12:56 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 27, 1:06 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 27, 1:07 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 27, 1:09 PM CDT, 1 minute before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 27, 12:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle, Graves, Livingston, McCracken, Marshall	30 min
Jun 27, 12:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Livingston	17 min
Jun 27, 12:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Graves, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall and 1 more	24 min
Jun 27, 12:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon, Trigg	32 min
Jun 27, 12:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Daviess, McLean	36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2011 Every 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.