Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 200, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2012, 9:46 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 2012, 9:46 PM CDT (02:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2012, 10:11 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Calloway County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, Trigg County, KY
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:49 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
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 4, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 4, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1734 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
261
WUUS53 KPAH 050246
SVRPAH
KYC035-143-157-221-050330-
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0200.120605T0246Z-120605T0330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
946 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL CALLOWAY COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHERN LYON COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
EASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
WEST CENTRAL TRIGG COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT.
* AT 941 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF CALVERT CITY....
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES AREA...ENERGY...HARDIN...ROCKCASTLE AND
AURORA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR
THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
&&
LAT...LON 3698 8794 3675 8805 3666 8827 3695 8835
3698 8831
TIME...MOT...LOC 0245Z 321DEG 23KT 3693 8830
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
529
WWUS53 KPAH 050311
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1011 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2012
KYC035-143-157-221-050320-
/O.CAN.KPAH.SV.W.0200.000000T0000Z-120605T0330Z/
LYON KY-MARSHALL KY-TRIGG KY-CALLOWAY KY-
1011 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CALLOWAY...WEST
CENTRAL TRIGG...EASTERN MARSHALL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES IN
WESTERN KENTUCKY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3698 8794 3675 8805 3666 8827 3695 8835
3698 8831
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 321DEG 23KT 3680 8817
$$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 4, 6:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 6:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 650 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2012 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 650 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2012 REVISED AVIATION DISCUSSION FOR 00Z TAFS. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 133 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2012 SURFACE LOW JUST EAST OF KSTL WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK SSE THIS EVENING AFTN...WITH THUNDERSTORMS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION. A CORRIDOR SLIGHT RISK AREA CONTINUES TO EXTEND FROM NEAR KSTL SOUTH ACROSS THE FA INTO WEST TENNESSEE. PRIMARY HAZARDS SHOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. DECENT CAPE VALUES BEING GENERATED BY THE MODELS...WITH MID AND UPPER LEVEL WINDS INCREASING SLIGHTLY. SO THE POSSIBILITY SEEMS LEGIT. THE ACTIVITY WILL QUICKLY SHIFT SOUTH AND EAST OUT OF THE AREA DURING THE FIRST 1/2 OF TONIGHT. SHOULD BE MAINLY DRY AFTER MIDNIGHT...UNLESS THERE IS LINGERING CONVECTION ALONG THE KY/TN BORDER. DRY WEATHER FORECAST FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. H5 RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. AND A DEEP LOW OFF THE NE COAST WILL KEEP THE REGION IN NNW FLOW ALOFT DURING THE PERIOD AS HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE SLOWLY BUILDS SOUTH. TEMPS WILL BE SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 133 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2012 AT THE START OF THE EXTENDED WE ARE STILL IN A NW FLOW REGIME BUT LITTLE IF ANY ENERGY OR PERTURBATIONS WERE DETECTED BY THE LATEST OPERATIONAL MODEL RUNS. HOWEVER THE GFS IS STILL FLIP FLOPPING WITH A HINT OF MOISTURE SUNDAY VS MONDAY 12Z MON RUN VS THE 6Z RUN RESPECTIVELY. THE CONSECUTIVE GFS RUNS DO INDICATE AT LEAST A DIRTY UPPER LEVEL HIGH BY SUNDAY WITH GULF MOISTURE RETURNING AS THE SURFACE HIGH MEANDERS OFF THE EAST COAST. HOWEVER THE 00Z SUN ECMWF HOLDS OFF WITH MAIN GULF MOISTURE UNTIL DAY 8. FOR NOW PLAN ON KEEPING FCST DRY UNLESS COLLABORATION OR THE INIT DICTATES OTHERWISE. AS FOR TEMPS EXPECT A SLOW WARMUP THROUGH 80S THIS WEEK FINALLY SOARING INTO THE UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90 FOR THE END OF THE WEEK AND WEEKEND. && .FIRE WEATHER... ISSUED AT 133 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2012 A FEW OF THE RAWS SITES ARE STILL FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WHERE LITTLE TO NO RAIN HAD FALLEN AND WILL MONITOR CLOSELY FOR POSSIBLE HEIGHTENED FIRE WEATHER DANGER. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z TUESDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 650 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2012 AS LOW PRESSURE TRACKS SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION...A FEW SHOWERS ARE STILL POSSIBLE AT KEVV/KOWB WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AT KCGI/KPAH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. WILL CONTINUE TO COVER WITH VCSH FOR NOW. A TREND TOWARDS CLEARING SKIES AND NORTHEAST WINDS WILL TAKE HOLD LATER TONIGHT AS THE LOW MOVES SOUTH OF THE REGION. MAINLY CLEAR SKIES WILL PREVAIL ON TUESDAY AS NORTHEAST WINDS PICK UP TO AROUND 10 KNOTS. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...NONE. MO...NONE. IN...NONE. KY...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 2:36 PM CDT, 7 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 236 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2012 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-051000- 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- 236 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE CONTINUES TO BE A RISK FOR A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS SHOULD BE SOUTHEAST UP TO 35 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MAINTAIN ALERT STATUS IN CASE THEIR ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 7:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 754 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2012 ILZ088-089-093-KYZ004-050130- BALLARD KY-JOHNSON IL-PULASKI IL-UNION IL- 754 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN UNION...PULASKI AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND NORTHERN BALLARD COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 830 PM CDT... AT 751 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DONGOLA...OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANNA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED INCLUDE... KARNAK...OLMSTED AND NEW GRAND CHAIN. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY.
Local storm report, Jun 4, 8:52 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
852 PM CDT MON JUN 04 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0850 PM HAIL 1 W ROUND KNOB 37.22N 88.75W
06/04/2012 M1.00 INCH MASSAC IL TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
SMITTYLocal storm report, Jun 4, 8:54 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
854 PM CDT MON JUN 04 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0852 PM TSTM WND GST 1 W ROUND KNOB 37.22N 88.75W
06/04/2012 M56 MPH MASSAC IL TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
SMITTYLocal storm report, Jun 4, 9:27 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
927 PM CDT MON JUN 04 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0909 PM TSTM WND DMG DIEHLSTADT 36.96N 89.43W
06/04/2012 SCOTT MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
LATE REPORT. MOBILE HOME REPORTED OVERTURNED AND
FIRE/RESCUE IS REPSONDING. REPORT RECEIVED BY STATE
POLICE.
&&
SMITTYLocal storm report, Jun 4, 9:31 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
931 PM CDT MON JUN 04 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0909 PM TSTM WND DMG DIEHLSTADT 36.96N 89.43W
06/04/2012 SCOTT MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
*** 1 FATAL *** LATE REPORT. MOBILE HOME REPORTED
OVERTURNED. STATE POLICE REPORTS ONE FATALITY AND ONE
PERSON MISSING.
&&
SMITTYLocal storm report, Jun 4, 9:39 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
939 PM CDT MON JUN 04 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0911 PM HAIL 4 E METROPOLIS 37.15N 88.64W
06/04/2012 M0.75 INCH MASSAC IL PUBLIC
DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR UNIONVILLE.
&&
SMITTYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | McCracken | 42 min |
| Jun 4, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Livingston | 39 min |
| Jun 4, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Trigg | 39 min |
| Jun 5, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Todd | 22 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.