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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this wind advisory at Feb 17, 2011, 11:38 AM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2011, 11:38 AM CST (17:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
All 46 counties
Alexander County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Gibson County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Ballard County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, Union County, KY, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Perry County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:35 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 251 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
- 1278 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
833 WWUS73 KPAH 171738 NPWPAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1138 AM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>087-KYZ001>008-010-014-018- MOZ076-086-087-100-107>112-114-180000- /O.NEW.KPAH.WI.Y.0002.110217T1738Z-110218T0000Z/ 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-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CRITTENDEN-UNION KY-HENDERSON-PERRY MO- BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD- SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION... MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO... CARMI...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN... JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO... MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE... EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...HICKMAN...CLINTON...BARDWELL... WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...MARION... MORGANFIELD...HENDERSON...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL... CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF... BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID 1138 AM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE AROUND SUNSET. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH AT ELEVATED LOCATIONS...ON HILLS...AND OVER LAKES. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS THAT ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRONG WINDS. WATCH FOR WIND BLOWN OBJECTS ON ROADS. OPERATORS OF SMALL BOATS SHOULD AVOID THESE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. ANY OUTDOOR FIRES WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD QUICKLY. OBSERVE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON BURNING THAT ARE IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MY/DH
1 follow-up statement
578 WWUS73 KPAH 172353 NPWPAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 553 PM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>087-KYZ001>008-010-014-018- MOZ076-086-087-100-107>112-114-180100- /O.EXP.KPAH.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110218T0000Z/ JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CRITTENDEN-UNION KY-HENDERSON-PERRY MO- BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD- SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION... MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO... CARMI...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN... JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO... MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE... EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...HICKMAN...CLINTON...BARDWELL... WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...MARION... MORGANFIELD...HENDERSON...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL... CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF... BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID 553 PM CST THU FEB 17 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. HOWEVER THE WINDS SHOULD NOT BE QUITE AS STRONG AS THEY WERE TODAY. THEREFORE THE ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.