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Lake Wind Advisory 2, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this lake wind advisory at Apr 16, 2012, 3:52 AM CDT for 22 counties in Kentucky; 19 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Apr 16, 2012, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2012, 3:52 AM CDT (08:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 16, 2012, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
All 41 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, Ballard County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:52 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
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 323 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
- 1081 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1176 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 389 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 497 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.8
- Supercell composite
- 12.4
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this lake wind advisory 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 lake wind advisory went out at Apr 16, 2:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 2:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 15, 10:41 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1041 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-162015- 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- 1041 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS WILL SLOWLY PROGRESS FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT...WITH WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL. THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH THE STORMS WILL BE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...AND PERHAPS GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER INTO MONDAY MORNING OVER THE PENNYRILE REGION OF WEST KENTUCKY. THE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. AT THIS TIME...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED MAINLY THIS EVENING OVER THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE QUAD STATE REGION. NOLES
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 16, 1:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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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.