Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 430, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 2012, 9:53 PM CDT for Caldwell County, Christian County, Hopkins County, Kentucky. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 7, 2012, 9:53 PM CDT (02:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2012, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Caldwell County, KY, Christian County, KY, Hopkins County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 9:59 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Madisonville, KY | TREE BLOWN OVER ONTO HOUSE ON EAST SIDE OF TOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 2335 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1287 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS53 KPAH 080253
SVRPAH
KYC033-047-107-080345-
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0430.120908T0253Z-120908T0345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
953 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
NORTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHERN HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT.
* AT 949 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR FARMERSVILLE...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF PRINCETON...MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
DAWSON SPRINGS...MADISONVILLE...OLNEY...EARLINGTON...MORTONS GAP...
NORTONVILLE...FRYER...ST. CHARLES AND WHITE PLAINS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR
THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
&&
LAT...LON 3709 8737 3712 8800 3729 8797 3740 8738
3730 8737 3726 8739 3725 8737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0253Z 267DEG 40KT 3722 8788
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$1 follow-up statement
252
WWUS53 KPAH 080314
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1014 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012
KYC033-080321-
/O.CAN.KPAH.SV.W.0430.000000T0000Z-120908T0345Z/
CALDWELL KY-
1014 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN
WESTERN KENTUCKY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3710 8737 3709 8738 3716 8769 3733 8778
3740 8738 3730 8737 3726 8739 3725 8737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 267DEG 40KT 3723 8763
$$
KYC047-107-080345-
/O.CON.KPAH.SV.W.0430.000000T0000Z-120908T0345Z/
CHRISTIAN KY-HOPKINS KY-
1014 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...AND NORTH CENTRAL CHRISTIAN
COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 1045 PM CDT...
AT 1007 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR DAWSON SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED
AREA INCLUDE MADISONVILLE...EARLINGTON AND MORTONS GAP.
SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR
THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3710 8737 3709 8738 3716 8769 3733 8778
3740 8738 3730 8737 3726 8739 3725 8737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0311Z 267DEG 40KT 3723 8763
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Livingston | 27 min |
| Sep 7, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 19 min |
| Sep 7, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 32 min |
| Sep 7, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton | 23 min |
| Sep 7, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard | 37 min |
| Sep 7, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, Union | 37 min |
| Sep 7, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, McLean, Webster | 47 min |
| Sep 7, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg | 42 min |
| Sep 7, 10:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Webster | 2 hr |
| Sep 7, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd, Trigg | 61 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.