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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 327, NWS Paducah, KY

July 24, 2011Fulton County, Kentucky; Mississippi County, New Madrid County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2011, 4:28 PM CDT for Fulton County, Kentucky; Mississippi County, New Madrid County, Missouri. It was in force for 14 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
Jul 24, 2011, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2011, 4:42 PM CDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Fulton County, KY, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 210 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2011-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2983 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2011-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 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
2983 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
942 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jul 24, 2:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 2:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 11:35 AM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1135 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-251000-
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-
1135 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING CONTINUES TODAY. REFER TO THE WARNING
PRODUCT FOR DETAILS.

A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST THROUGHOUT THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON. THE BEST CHANCES WILL BE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR
THIS AFTERNOON...AS AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY SURGES INTO THE REGION. A
FEW STORMS IN THIS AREA MAY BRIEFLY PULSE UP TO PRODUCE DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...AS A WEAK COLD
FRONT TRIES TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY...THEN AGAIN THURSDAY
INTO NEXT WEEKEND.

AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES THROUGH THE WEEK WILL STILL REACH
OR EXCEED 100 DEGREES IN MANY AREAS. TUESDAY MAY BE THE ONE
EXCEPTION DAY FOR MOST OF THE AREA. ADDITIONAL HEADLINE PRODUCTS
MAY BE REQUIRED...SUCH AS AN ADVISORY FOR HEAT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE BRIEFLY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON
ALONG THE INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR.

DRS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 24, 3:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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Local storm report, Jul 24, 3:35 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 3:43 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHEdwards, Wabash, Wayne2 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2011Severe 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.