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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2014, 7:51 PM CDT for Christian County, Todd County, Kentucky. It was in force for 24 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 1, 2014, 7:51 PM CDT (00:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2014, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Christian County, KY, Todd County, KY
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 1194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1596 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
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 1, 6:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 6:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 3:11 PM CDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 311 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-021000- 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- 311 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014 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 FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH 10 PM. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS THROUGH 6 PM...AND THEN INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WEST KENTUCKY EARLY THIS EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN...BUT SOME LARGE HAIL CANNOT BE RULED OUT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS AS WELL. THE ACTIVITY SHOULD BE OUT OF THE AREA BY 8 OR 9 PM. AHEAD OF THE STORMS...HEAT INDICES WILL HOVER AROUND 100 DEGREES THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS MAINLY ACROSS WEST KENTUCKY WEDNESDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WOULD BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. AT THIS TIME...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE AS STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DRS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 1, 5:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
504 PM CDT TUE JUL 01 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0500 PM HAIL 3 S DONIPHAN 36.58N 90.82W
07/01/2014 M0.75 INCH RIPLEY MO TRAINED SPOTTER
DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED ALONG WITH WIND GUST 36 MPH SOUTH
OF TOWN.
&&
SMITTYLocal storm report, Jul 1, 5:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
527 PM CDT TUE JUL 01 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0523 PM TSTM WND DMG QULIN 36.60N 90.25W
07/01/2014 BUTLER MO EMERGENCY MNGR
POWER LINES DOWN.
&&
SMITTYLocal storm report, Jul 1, 5:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
537 PM CDT TUE JUL 01 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0534 PM TSTM WND GST BERNIE 36.67N 89.97W
07/01/2014 E60 MPH STODDARD MO TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
SMITTYSpecial weather statement, Jul 1, 5:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 541 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014 ILZ090-091-094-INZ085>088-KYZ001>007-010-011-014-015-018>020- MOZ109>112-114-020000- BALLARD KY-BUTLER MO-CARLISLE KY-CRITTENDEN KY-DAVIESS KY-FULTON KY-GRAVES KY-HARDIN IL-HENDERSON KY-HICKMAN KY-LIVINGSTON KY-LYON KY-MASSAC IL-MCCRACKEN KY-MCLEAN KY-MISSISSIPPI MO-NEW MADRID MO-POPE IL-POSEY IN-SCOTT MO-SPENCER IN-STODDARD MO-UNION KY-VANDERBURGH IN-WARRICK IN-WEBSTER KY- 541 PM CDT TUE JUL 1 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARDIN...POPE AND MASSAC COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND WARRICK...SOUTHEASTERN POSEY...SPENCER AND VANDERBURGH COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND HENDERSON... DAVIESS...WEBSTER...UNION AND NORTHWESTERN MCLEAN COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...AND HICKMAN...NORTHERN GRAVES...CRITTENDEN... CARLISLE...BALLARD...WESTERN FULTON...MCCRACKEN...NORTHWESTERN LYON AND LIVINGSTON COUNTIES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN STODDARD...SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT...NEW MADRID...MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 537 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF JASPER TO GLENNONVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED INCLUDE... EVANSVILLE...CHARLESTON...CHANDLER...LA CENTER...BOONVILLE... MORGANFIELD...NEWBURGH...BRECKINRIDGE CENTER...HENDERSON... WICKLIFFE...EAST PRAIRIE...METROPOLIS...STURGIS...LILBOURN...NEW MADRID...HUNTER-DAWSON STATE HISTORIC SITE...BARDWELL...PADUCAH... PORTAGEVILLE AND LONE OAK. THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY.
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 6:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 7:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Daviess, Henderson | 113 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.