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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Paducah, KY

July 23, 2013Union County, Kentucky; Gallatin County, Hardin County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2013, 8:45 PM CDT for Union County, Kentucky; Gallatin County, Hardin County, Illinois. 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 23, 2013, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2013, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Gallatin County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Union County, KY

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 281 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 00:00Z on 2013-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 00:00Z on 2013-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1137 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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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, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 6:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 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, 15 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
449 AM CDT TUE JUL 23 2013

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-241000-
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-
449 AM CDT TUE JUL 23 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD
SHOULD A SEVERE STORM OCCUR...BUT LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE
GIVEN THE VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING STORMS
THAT TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS WILL ALSO POSE THE RISK FOR
LOCALIZED FLOODING.

PEAK HEAT INDEX READINGS AROUND 100 TO 105 ARE FORECAST THIS
AFTERNOON. PLEASE REFER TO THE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MORE
DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LINGERS WEDNESDAY MORNING...MAINLY
OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTH OF THE
SHAWNEE HILLS IN FAR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
ANTICIPATED.

SMALL CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST OVER PORTIONS OF THE
REGION FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SO
STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND UPDATES.

RJP

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHenderson44 min
Jul 23, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHenderson, Union43 min
Jul 23, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHenderson, Hopkins, McLean, Webster46 min
Jul 23, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHenderson, Union, Webster46 min
Jul 23, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Webster42 min
Jul 23, 8:21 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHCrittenden, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Union, Webster114 min
Jul 23, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJohnson, Union37 min
Jul 23, 7:05 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHBollinger, Wayne115 min
Jul 23, 7:51 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHCape Girardeau, Perry114 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2013Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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.