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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Paducah, KY

May 9, 2013McLean County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2013, 6:07 PM CDT for McLean County, Kentucky. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
May 9, 2013, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2013, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County McLean County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 314 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2013-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2013-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1484 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson31 min

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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.