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Lake Wind Advisory 13, NWS Paducah, KY

July 27, 201422 counties in Kentucky; 19 counties in Illinois; 5 counties in Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this lake wind advisory at Jul 27, 2014, 9:52 AM CDT for 22 counties in Kentucky; 19 counties in Illinois; 5 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 2014, 9:52 AM CDT (14:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2014, 2:40 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
All 46 counties

Alexander County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Ballard County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Perry County, MO, Scott County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 220 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2014-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1964 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2014-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 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
1964 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
768 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
2.3

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this lake wind advisory 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 lake wind advisory went out at Jul 27, 3:28 AM CDT, 6 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 3:28 AM CDT, 6 hours 24 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 7:39 AM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
739 AM CDT SUN JUL 27 2014

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-272100-
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
739 AM CDT SUN JUL 27 2014

...HEAT INDEX VALUES 100 TO 105 THIS AFTERNOON...

AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE LOWER AND MID 90S THIS
AFTERNOON. THIS HEAT WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH HUMIDITY TO PRODUCE
HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM 100 TO 105 DEGREES OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN
HALF OF THE FOUR STATE REGION. THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY SHOULD BEGIN TO
SUBSIDE LATE IN THE DAY AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH WESTERN
KENTUCKY.

THIS LEVEL OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL MAKE IT VERY UNCOMFORTABLE
FOR THOSE WORKING OR PLAYING OUTDOORS THIS AFTERNOON. BE SURE TO
DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS AND WEAR LIGHT AND
LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING.

COOLER WEATHER WILL RETURN TO THE QUAD STATE REGION ON MONDAY.

MEFFERT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 7:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHHenderson, Union40 min
Jul 26, 8:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHDaviess45 min
Jul 26, 8:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHDaviess, Henderson, Union, Webster44 min
Jul 26, 9:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHHopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg50 min
Jul 27, 2:51 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryPAHBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more4 hr
Jul 26, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHamilton, Jefferson44 min
Jul 26, 7:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHWhite38 min
Jul 26, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFranklin, Hamilton41 min

Nearby

Lake Wind Advisories in Kentucky, 2014Lake Wind Advisories in Illinois, 2014Lake Wind Advisories in Missouri, 2014Every lake wind advisory in 2014

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.