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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2013, 4:16 PM CDT for Hamilton County, Jefferson County, Wayne County, Illinois. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 2013, 4:16 PM CDT (21:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2013, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hamilton County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Wayne County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 12:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 1818 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 874 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
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 Jun 26, 2:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 2:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 12:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1229 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-271000- 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- 1229 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 10 PM FOR PORTIONS MAINLY EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER HAZARD EXPECTATION. HAIL... LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN MAY LIKEWISE ACCOMPANY STORMS. REFER TO THE WATCH AND THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER OUTLOOKS FOR MORE DETAILS. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT TODAY AS IS THE EXPECTATION FOR TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT INDICES. REFER TO THE ADVISORY AND THE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE WILL BE SMALL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER PART OR ALL OF THE OUTLOOK AREA FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT OCCUR SHOULD REMAIN AT OR BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. HOWEVER...A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND LOCAL WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. HEAT INDEX VALUES THURSDAY WILL LIKELY REACH INTO THE 100 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION REQUESTED FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 372 MAINLY EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TODAY THROUGH 10 PM.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 230 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-270100- 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 230 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013 ...HEAT INDEX BETWEEN 100 AND 105... THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES TOPPING OUT IN THE LOWER 90S ALONG WITH ELEVATED HUMIDITY LEVELS IS PRODUCING PEAK HEAT INDEX VALUES THIS AFTERNOON OF 100 TO 105. THOSE SPENDING TIME OUTSIDE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SHOULD TAKE IT EASY AND DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 3:40 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 14 hr |
| Jun 26, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson, Perry | 42 min |
| Jun 26, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Perry | 41 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.