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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 235, NWS Paducah, KY

July 1, 2012Gibson County, Posey County, Indiana; White County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2012, 4:14 PM CDT for Gibson County, Posey County, Indiana; White County, Illinois. It was in force for 31 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: Jul 1, 2012, 4:14 PM CDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2012, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties White County, IL, Gibson County, IN, Posey County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 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 nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 221 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: 2061 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -149 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1957 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

732 
WUUS53 KPAH 012114
SVRPAH
ILC193-INC051-129-012145-
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0235.120701T2114Z-120701T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
414 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN WHITE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHWESTERN GIBSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  NORTH CENTRAL POSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT.

* AT 410 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
  MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CROSSVILLE...OR 10 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF CARMI...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
  PHILLIPSTOWN AND GRIFFIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR
THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

&&

LAT...LON 3825 8797 3824 8797 3825 8795 3825 8788
      3812 8795 3815 8818 3826 8814
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 284DEG 9KT 3820 8804
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN

$$

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 1, 3:22 PM CDT, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 3:22 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
322 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 223 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012

TSTMS ERUPTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PARTS OF SRN IL AND ADJACENT
SERN MO ALONG A LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY ASSOCIATED WITH A
WEAK SFC TROF. THIS ACTIVITY WAS ALSO BEING ASSISTED BY A SUBTLE MID
LEVEL SHRTWV MOVING BY ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE OVER THE PAH
FORECAST AREA. HOT SFC TEMPS AND DRY ADIABATIC LAPSE RATES WILL
CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO UNSTABLE CONDITIONS THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON...WITH 2000 TO 3000 J/KG CAPES EVIDENT. ISOLATED STORMS
MAY BE ABLE TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS FOR A FEW HOURS THIS AFTERNOON.
SOME SHOWERS/TSTMS MAY LINGER OVER SWRN IND INTO THE EVENING.

THE NAM MODEL SEEMED TO PREDICT THE LOCATION OF THIS CONVECTION
PRETTY WELL. ITS MOS TEMPS HAVE BEEN VERIFYING QUITE WELL TOO.
HOWEVER...THE 12Z/18Z NAM IS PREDICTING ANOTHER FLARE-UP OF CONVECTION
EARLY ON MON IN NRN PARTS OF THE AREA. OTHER MODEL GUIDANCE DOES
NOT NECESSARILY SHOW THIS. IT WOULD SEEM MORE LIKELY TO HAVE DEEP
MOIST CONVECTION MORE TOWARD THE PEAK HEAT OF THE DAY ON MON...BUT
MOSTLY IN THE NERN QUADRANT...FURTHER AWAY FROM THE RIDGE AND
CLOSER TO THE FASTER FLOW ALOFT. STILL...THE PROBABILITY OF
GETTING WET AT ANY ONE LOCATION WILL BE QUITE SMALL.

TUE...THE WEAKNESS IN THE MID LEVEL RIDGE ACROSS THE SRN CONUS WILL
BE ENHANCED BY A SHRTWV IN THE NRN STREAM FLOW. LOW LEVEL FLOW
WILL CONTINUE TO BE MOIST...CONTRIBUTING TO UNSTABLE CONDITIONS
AND POSSIBLE SHOWERS AND TSTMS ACROSS A WIDER SWATH OF THE PAH
FORECAST AREA. STILL...POPS WILL BE IN THE 20 PERCENT RANGE FOR
NOW...DIMINISHING WEST TO EAST INTO TUE NIGHT AS UPPER LEVEL
ENERGY MOVES TO THE EAST. TEMPS SHOULD BE A LITTLE COOLER BY
TUE...THUS THERE ARE NO PLANS ATTM TO EXTEND THE CURRENT
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING BEYOND MON.

.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 223 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012

WILL STICK CLOSER TO THE ECMWF IN THE LONG TERM...GIVEN ITS
PERSISTENCE WITH THE POSITIONING OF THE RIDGE AND BEST
MOISTURE...MAINLY TO OUR EAST AND SOUTH. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE
TO RUN HOT AND AROUND THE 100 DEGREE MARK. CANNOT RULE OUT SOME
ISOLATED CONVECTION WEDNESDAY MAINLY OVER EAST SECTIONS. AFTER THAT
CHANCES ARE JUST TOO LOW TO INCLUDE AT THIS TIME. IF THERE WERE TO
BE ANY ACTIVITY...IT WOULD LIKELY BE OVER FAR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN
SECTIONS OF THE CWFA...BASED ON WHERE THE ECMWF PLACES A LITTLE
BETTER MOISTURE. GIVEN THE PERSISTENT NATURE OF THE HEAT...IT IS
POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL HEAT HEADLINES WILL BE NEEDED.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 223 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012

ISOLATED CONVECTION WAS OCCURRING THIS AFTERNOON AND SHOULD
CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. PROBS TOO LOW TO INCLUDE AT TAF SITES
AT THIS TIME. A WEAK SURFACE TROF ACROSS THE AREA MAY RESULT IN
VARIABLE WINDS. SPEEDS SHOULD BE LESS THAN 10 KTS...LIGHT TONIGHT.
AS FAR AS SKY CONDITION...WILL HAVE A FEW MID AND HIGH CLOUDS IN
THE FORECAST.

&&

.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IL...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 6 PM CDT MONDAY FOR ILZ075>078-
     080>094.

MO...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 6 PM CDT MONDAY FOR MOZ076-086-087-
     100-107>112-114.

IN...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 6 PM CDT MONDAY FOR INZ081-082-
     085>088.

KY...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 6 PM CDT MONDAY FOR KYZ001>022.

&&

SHORT TERM...DB
LONG TERM....CN
AVIATION...CN

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 2:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
223 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-020815-
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-
223 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA.
REFER TO THE WARNING PRODUCT FOR DETAILS.

AN ELEVATED RISK FOR WILDFIRES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA.
NUMEROUS BURN BANS ARE IN PLACE ACROSS THE FOUR STATE AREA.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PARTS OF
THE REGION...ESPECIALLY FROM SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...INTO SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS AND WEST KENTUCKY. A FEW STRONG OR ISOLATED SEVERE
STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE HAIL
AND LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS. MOVEMENT WILL BE VERY SLOWLY EAST
5 TO 10 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREAS THROUGH
MONDAY. REFER TO THE WARNING PRODUCT FOR DETAILS.

AN ELEVATED RISK FOR WILDFIRES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT FROM MONDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE CHANCE
IS VERY LOW...AND COVERAGE WOULD BE RATHER LIMITED SHOULD ACTIVITY
DEVELOP. THUS NO RELIEF IS EXPECTED WITH RESPECT TO OUR EXISTING
EXTREME DROUGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 1, 3:38 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
338 PM CDT SUN JUL 01 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0337 PM     HAIL             HERALD                  37.97N 88.17W
07/01/2012  E0.75 INCH       WHITE              IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CW

Local storm report, Jul 1, 3:43 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
343 PM CDT SUN JUL 01 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0335 PM     HAIL             1 W JACKSON             37.38N 89.67W
07/01/2012  E1.50 INCH       CAPE GIRARDEAU     MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            REPORT WAS FROM JUST WEST OF JACKSON ON HWY 72. HAIL WAS
            MOSTLY DIMES BUT A FEW WERE WALNUT SIZE.

&&

CW

Local storm report, Jul 1, 4:01 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
401 PM CDT SUN JUL 01 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0400 PM     HAIL             WEST FRANKFORT          37.90N 88.93W
07/01/2012  E1.00 INCH       FRANKLIN           IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CW

Local storm report, Jul 1, 4:03 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
403 PM CDT SUN JUL 01 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0359 PM     HAIL             3 SW CREAL SPRINGS      37.59N 88.88W
07/01/2012  E1.00 INCH       JOHNSON            IL   PUBLIC

            HAIL REPORTED AT EGYPTIAN HILLS RESORT VIA FACEBOOK.

&&

CW

Local storm report, Jul 1, 4:08 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
408 PM CDT SUN JUL 01 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0359 PM     HAIL             5 S CARMI               38.01N 88.17W
07/01/2012  E0.88 INCH       WHITE              IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ALSO 50 TO 60 WIND GUSTS...ESTIMATED.

&&

CW

Local storm report, Jul 1, 4:14 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
414 PM CDT SUN JUL 01 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0408 PM     HAIL             TUNNEL HILL             37.52N 88.84W
07/01/2012  M1.00 INCH       JOHNSON            IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            OFF AND ON WITHIN THE LAST 15 MINUTES.

&&

DB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Posey	36 min
Jul 1, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gibson, Posey	33 min
Jul 1, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gibson	30 min
Jul 1, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gibson	31 min
Jul 1, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Pike	23 min
Jul 1, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin	30 min
Jul 1, 2:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Gallatin	2 hr
Jul 1, 2:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin	31 min
Jul 1, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Saline	34 min
Jul 1, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Williamson	28 min
Jul 1, 3:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin	33 min
Jul 1, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Johnson	30 min
Jul 1, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	White	33 min
Jul 1, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Williamson	30 min
Jul 1, 3:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin	23 min
Jul 1, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Johnson	49 min
Jul 1, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Johnson	33 min
Jul 1, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Williamson	32 min
Jul 1, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Perry	18 min
Jul 1, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Johnson, Williamson	31 min
Jul 1, 4:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Johnson, Williamson	2 hr
Jul 1, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin	30 min
Jul 1, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin	26 min

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.