Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 30, 2013, 12:45 AM CST for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 30 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
- Jan 30, 2013, 12:45 AM CST (06:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2013, 1:15 AM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.5 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Caldwell County, KY, Christian County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Trigg County, KY
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 9:35 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 364 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS53 KPAH 300645
SVRPAH
KYC033-047-107-177-221-300715-
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0021.130130T0645Z-130130T0715Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1245 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
NORTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHERN HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
NORTHWESTERN MUHLENBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
EASTERN TRIGG COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 115 AM CST.
* AT 1244 AM CST...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF
MADISONVILLE TO COBB TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CANTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
MADISONVILLE...EARLINGTON...MORTONS GAP...NORTONVILLE...CROFTON...
HAWKINS...ST. CHARLES AND WHITE PLAINS.
THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF...SHORT LIVED
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. BE PREPARED TO SEEK
SHELTER SHOULD A TORNADO BE OBSERVED...OR IF THERE IS AN UPGRADE TO A
TORNADO WARNING FOR YOUR AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.
&&
LAT...LON 3663 8785 3666 8786 3667 8796 3669 8797
3701 8781 3733 8771 3741 8733 3739 8728
3739 8727 3665 8768 3662 8777
TIME...MOT...LOC 0645Z 231DEG 45KT 3736 8762 3708 8770
3672 8789
WIND...HAIL 70MPH <.50IN
$$1 follow-up statement
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WWUS53 KPAH 300705
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
105 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013
KYC033-221-300715-
/O.CAN.KPAH.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130130T0715Z/
TRIGG KY-CALDWELL KY-
105 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL AND
EASTERN TRIGG COUNTIES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY IS CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3694 8753 3699 8771 3700 8772 3737 8754
3741 8733 3740 8732 3740 8731 3739 8730
3739 8728 3738 8727
TIME...MOT...LOC 0705Z 225DEG 60KT 3743 8739 3708 8756
$$
KYC047-107-177-300715-
/O.CON.KPAH.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130130T0715Z/
MUHLENBERG KY-CHRISTIAN KY-HOPKINS KY-
105 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...AND NORTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN AND
NORTHWESTERN MUHLENBERG COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 115
AM CST...
AT 1259 AM CST...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MADISONVILLE TO 6
MILES EAST OF COBB...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF...SHORT LIVED
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. BE PREPARED TO SEEK
SHELTER SHOULD A TORNADO BE OBSERVED...OR IF THERE IS AN UPGRADE TO A
TORNADO WARNING FOR YOUR AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.
&&
LAT...LON 3694 8753 3699 8771 3700 8772 3737 8754
3741 8733 3740 8732 3740 8731 3739 8730
3739 8728 3738 8727
TIME...MOT...LOC 0705Z 225DEG 60KT 3743 8739 3708 8756
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 9:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman | 27 min |
| Jan 29, 10:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken | 31 min |
| Jan 29, 10:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman and 3 more | 47 min |
| Jan 29, 10:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 29 min |
| Jan 29, 10:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Crittenden | 48 min |
| Jan 29, 11:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Henderson, Union | 30 min |
| Jan 29, 11:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves | 31 min |
| Jan 29, 11:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Marshall | 35 min |
| Jan 29, 11:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway | 31 min |
| Jan 30, 12:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins, Lyon, Trigg | 39 min |
| Jan 30, 12:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Webster | 25 min |
| Jan 30, 12:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Webster | 31 min |
| Jan 30, 1:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Todd, Trigg | 28 min |
| Jan 30, 1:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, McLean | 31 min |
| Jan 30, 1:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd | 34 min |
| Jan 30, 2:48 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Todd | 3 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.