Alert archive / Kentucky / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this wind advisory at Jan 1, 2012, 3:02 AM CST for 4 states. It took effect at Jan 2, 2012, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 1, 2012, 3:02 AM CST (09:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 2, 2012, 8:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2012, 2:34 PM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
All 58 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, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, 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, 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), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:03 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 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 228 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
- 2017 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
404 WWUS73 KPAH 010902 NPWPAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 302 AM CST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS TODAY AND MONDAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...STRONG AND GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE WIND SHOULD LET UP A BIT TONIGHT...THEN INCREASE AND BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY AGAIN ON MONDAY...AS A LARGE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD INTO THE AREA. ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>008-010-011-013>016- 018>021-MOZ076-086-087-100-107>112-114-011800- /O.CAN.KPAH.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120102T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPAH.WI.Y.0001.120101T1200Z-120102T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPAH.WI.Y.0002.120102T1400Z-120103T0000Z/ 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-CRITTENDEN-LYON-CALDWELL-UNION KY-WEBSTER- HOPKINS-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-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...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON... BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON... MARION...EDDYVILLE...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...DIXON... MADISONVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE... PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL...CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT... VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON... CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID 302 AM CST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS TODAY AND AGAIN MONDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE WINDS MAY KNOCK OVER UNSECURED OBJECTS AND MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS MORE DIFFICULT FOR OPERATORS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SOME TREE LIMBS MAY COME DOWN AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING TODAY OR MONDAY. STRONG CROSS WIND FOR TRAVELERS ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED HIGHWAYS WILL BE LIKELY. && $$ KYZ009-012-017-022-011800- /O.NEW.KPAH.WI.Y.0001.120101T1200Z-120102T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPAH.WI.Y.0002.120102T1400Z-120103T0000Z/ CALLOWAY-TRIGG-CHRISTIAN-TODD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURRAY...CADIZ...HOPKINSVILLE...ELKTON 302 AM CST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS TODAY AND AGAIN MONDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE WINDS MAY KNOCK OVER UNSECURED OBJECTS AND MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS MORE DIFFICULT FOR OPERATORS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SOME TREE LIMBS MAY COME DOWN AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING TODAY OR MONDAY. STRONG CROSS WIND FOR TRAVELERS ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED HIGHWAYS WILL BE LIKELY. && $$
3 follow-up statements
281 WWUS73 KPAH 011758 NPWPAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1158 AM CST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MONDAY... .WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY ON MONDAY...AS A LARGE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD INTO THE AREA. WINDS HAVE WEAKENED ACROSS THE QUAD STATE TODAY...SO THE ADVISORY FOR TODAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-020400- /O.CAN.KPAH.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120102T0000Z/ /O.CON.KPAH.WI.Y.0002.120102T1400Z-120103T0000Z/ 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- 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...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON... BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON... MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD... DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO... CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL... CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF... BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID 1158 AM CST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS AFTTERNOON IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR TODAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS MONDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE WINDS MAY KNOCK OVER UNSECURED OBJECTS AND MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS MORE DIFFICULT FOR OPERATORS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SOME TREE LIMBS MAY COME DOWN AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING TODAY OR MONDAY. STRONG CROSS WIND FOR TRAVELERS ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED HIGHWAYS WILL BE LIKELY. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
265 WWUS73 KPAH 011802 NPWPAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1202 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MONDAY... .WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY ON MONDAY...AS A LARGE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD INTO THE AREA. WINDS HAVE WEAKENED ACROSS THE QUAD STATE TODAY...SO THE ADVISORY FOR TODAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-020215- /O.CON.KPAH.WI.Y.0002.120102T1400Z-120103T0000Z/ 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- 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...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON... BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON... MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD... DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO... CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL... CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF... BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID 1202 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS MONDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE WINDS MAY KNOCK OVER UNSECURED OBJECTS AND MAKE DRIVING CONDITIONS MORE DIFFICULT FOR OPERATORS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SOME TREE LIMBS MAY COME DOWN AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING MONDAY. STRONG CROSS WIND FOR TRAVELERS ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED HIGHWAYS WILL BE LIKELY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
741 WWUS73 KPAH 012034 NPWPAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 234 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR MONDAY IS CANCELED... ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-012145- /O.CAN.KPAH.WI.Y.0002.120102T1400Z-120103T0000Z/ 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- 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...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON... BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON... MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD... DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO... CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL... CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF... BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID 234 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR MONDAY. LATEST FORECAST WINDS FIELDS ARE NOT LOOKING AS IMPRESSIVE FOR MONDAY...AND WINDS SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO STAY BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. HOWEVER...IT WILL STILL BE QUITE BREEZY WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 35 MPH POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. COMBINED WITH MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES...WIND CHILL READINGS WILL BE IN THE TEENS AND 20S TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THESE WILL BE THE CHILLIEST CONDITIONS OF THE SEASON THUS FAR. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 3:02 AM CST | Wind Advisory | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 9 hr |
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.