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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2013, 7:44 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 46 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
- Jul 23, 2013, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2013, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Henderson County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, McLean County, KY, Webster County, KY
The radar
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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 Jul 23, 6:50 PM CDT, 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 6:50 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 650 PM CDT TUE JUL 23 2013 .UPDATE... UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION ONLY. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 100 PM CDT TUE JUL 23 2013 HIGH SURFACE CAPE JUST TO NORTH OF NORTHEASTERN PTN FA...IS WHERE STORMS ARE FIRING AS COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES INTO THAT VICINITY. NO ENERGY ALOFT THERE...BUT HIGH CAPE THERE EASTWARD WITH INCOMING FRONT RESULTED IN THUNDERSTORM WATCH BOX TO OUR EAST. OUR CHANCE WILL COME IN NEXT FEW HOURS...TO SEE IF MORNING CONVECTIVE CAP ERODES AND ALLOWS DESTABILIZATION OVER WESTERN FA. ALREADY CAPES TO 4000 J/KG WERE COALESCING IN CENTRAL MO...AND THIS MAY BE IN THE OFFING FOR US AS CLOUDS START TO CLEAR. ENERGY ALOFT THAT IS JUST UPSTREAM WILL THEN MOVE IN OVERTOP INCOMING COLD FRONT AND LIKELY RESULT IN ANOTHER WATCH BOX FOR US...AGAIN TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY NEXT COUPLE HOURS. DAMAGING WINDS LOOK TO BE MAIN THREAT ALTHOUGH LARGE HAILERS NOT OUT OF QUESTION. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN A POSSIBLE TOO...AND WILL PAY ATTENTION TO OZARKS OF SEMO IN PARTICULAR WHERE 2-3" AVERAGE QPF OCCURRED WITH THIS MORNING'S ROUND OF PCPN. THE AFOREMENTIONED SYSTEM POP CONTINUES IN W-NWLY FLOW FOR US FROM AFTERNOON/EVENING INTO OVERNIGHT HOURS/WITH SOME LINGER EARLY WED MORNING AS 2NDARY ENERGY MOVES OVER US. POPS END WITH DRIER AND COOLER AIR WORKING THRU THE COLUMN WED PM...AND CARRIES ON THRU THE END OF THE SHORT TERM PERIOD (THUR NIGHT). HIGH TEMP/HIGH HUMIDITY ENVIRON TODAY TO THEN BE REPLACED WITH COMFORTING 5-10F COOLOFF IN BOTH TEMP/TD NEXT COUPLE DAYS. .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 100 PM CDT TUE JUL 23 2013 MODELS REMAIN IN GOOD TO FAIR AGREEMENT IN THE EXTENDED. GOOD EARLY ON AND FAIR NEXT WEEK WITH ONLY WEAK SIGNALS. AS PREVIOUSLY STATED NOT MUCH RECOVERY AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM SLATED FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. THE 00Z TUE ECMWF AND THE 12Z UKMET AND 06Z TUE DGEX CONTINUES TO BRING AN MCS TYPE SYSTEM INTO THE AREA EARLY SATURDAY AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE LATEST 12Z TUE GFS HAS LOST THIS FEATURE AND HOLDS ONTO THE FRONT ONLY...WITH VERY LIMITED PRECIP AMOUNTS. WILL HOLD ONTO THE MCS SYSTEM FOR NOW BUT WILL MONITOR POSSIBLE ADJUSTMENTS. EITHER WAY THE NEXT SYSTEM IS NOW BECOMING BETTER DEFINED AS A SATURDAY EVENT...POSSIBLY STARTING EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. WILL SEE WHAT THE EXTENDED INIT YIELDS AND TRY TO FINE TUNE IT AFTER THAT. OTHERWISE COOLER. THE MODELS SHOW ANOTHER SYSTEM RIDING IN ON THE NW FLOW ALOFT ABOUT NEXT TUESDAY WILL KEEP LOW CHCS AT BEST WITH THIS SYSTEM. OTHERWISE EXPECT COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL AFTER TODAY. TEMPS WILL WARM A BIT SATURDAY THEN COOL BACK DOWN AFTER THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. && .AVIATION... ISSUED AT 650 PM CDT TUE JUL 23 2013 VFR/MVFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OUTSIDE TSTM ACTIVITY THROUGH THE 00Z TAF PERIOD. PCPN IS POSSIBLE IN THE WRN HALF OF THE REGION IN THE LATE EVENING AS A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS/TSTMS MIGHT SWEEP ACROSS THE KCGI AND KPAH TERMINALS. A MVFR CIG IS POSSIBLE FOR A FEW HOURS NEAR SUNRISE THERE ALSO. A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTH/NNE GENERALLY AOB 10 KNOTS IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS DRIER AIR MOVES IN. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...NONE. MO...NONE. IN...NONE. KY...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 4:49 AM CDT, 14 hours 55 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 23, 5:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
534 PM CDT TUE JUL 23 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0505 PM TSTM WND DMG GENTRYVILLE 38.11N 87.03W
07/23/2013 SPENCER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE DOWN IN GENTRYVILLE.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 640 PM CDT TUE JUL 23 2013 ILZ083-087-INZ085>088-KYZ014-015-018>020-240145- WHITE-GALLATIN-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER-UNION KY-WEBSTER- HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARMI...SHAWNEETOWN...POSEYVILLE... EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...MORGANFIELD...DIXON... HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...CALHOUN 640 PM CDT TUE JUL 23 2013 AT 635 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ALONG A LINE FROM JUST NORTH OF MOUNT VERNON INDIANA TO THE EVANSVILLE AREA...IN PARTICULAR THE SOUTHWEST SIDE...TO JUST NORTHWEST OF OWENSBORO KENTUCKY. MOVEMENT OF THE ACTIVITY WAS SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH AND WILL SPREAD INTO NORTHWEST KENTUCKY THROUGH 800 PM. PEA SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN FROM THE WEST SIDE OF EVANSVILLE. THE STRONGER STORMS IN THE LINE WILL BE CAPABLE OF UP TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS 30 TO 45 MPH. HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE STANDING WATER ACROSS ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. THE STORMS OVER SOUTHERN VANDERBURGH COUNTY ARE HEADED TOWARD HENDERSON.
Local storm report, Jul 23, 6:56 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
656 PM CDT TUE JUL 23 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0655 PM HAIL 1 SW ROCKPORT 37.87N 87.06W
07/23/2013 M0.88 INCH SPENCER IN TRAINED SPOTTER
PEA TO NICKLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED.
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SMITTYLocal storm report, Jul 23, 7:25 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Henderson | 44 min |
| Jul 23, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 43 min |
| Jul 23, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union, Webster | 46 min |
| Jul 23, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Webster | 42 min |
| Jul 23, 8:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Crittenden, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Union, Webster | 114 min |
| Jul 23, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Union | 30 min |
| Jul 23, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Union | 37 min |
| Jul 23, 7:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Bollinger, Wayne | 115 min |
| Jul 23, 7:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Cape Girardeau, Perry | 114 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.