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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Paducah, KY

April 2, 2014Marshall County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 2014, 8:14 PM CDT for Marshall County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 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
Apr 2, 2014, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 2014, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Marshall County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 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 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 00:00Z on 2014-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 207 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 00:00Z on 2014-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
207 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1685 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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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 Apr 2, 8:09 PM CDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 8:09 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 4:24 AM CDT, 15 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
424 AM CDT WED APR 2 2014

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-031000-
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-
424 AM CDT WED APR 2 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME
STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LEVELS...ESPECIALLY AS WE GET INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WOULD BE THE
MAIN HAZARDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND
TORNADOES WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE. THERE WILL ALSO BE A RISK OF VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT INTO EARLY
THURSDAY. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS PROBABLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
NIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 2, 6:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 2, 8:03 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
803 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014

KYZ008-030130-
MARSHALL KY-
803 PM CDT WED APR 2 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN
WESTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 801 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BENTON...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BREWERS...HARDIN AND AURORA.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMarshall36 min
Apr 2, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHTrigg21 min
Apr 3, 9:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchPAHBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more22 hr
Apr 3, 9:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHHenderson, Union3 hr
Apr 3, 9:52 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHDaviess3 hr
Apr 3, 10:40 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHCrittenden, Livingston, McLean, Webster3 hr
Apr 3, 12:31 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHHenderson, Union3 hr
Apr 3, 12:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHDaviess, Henderson3 hr
Apr 3, 1:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Webster119 min
Apr 3, 3:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson3 hr
Apr 3, 4:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHUnion116 min
Apr 3, 5:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHUnion, Webster3 hr
Apr 3, 6:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHHopkins, McLean110 min
Apr 3, 6:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson12 hr
Apr 2, 8:13 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHWayne, White4 days
Apr 3, 8:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHFranklin3 hr
Apr 3, 1:43 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHEdwards, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Perry, Wabash and 2 more3 hr
Apr 3, 2:47 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHGallatin, Wayne, White17 days
Apr 3, 3:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHFranklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Wayne3 hr
Apr 3, 3:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHEdwards, Wabash, White3 hr

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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.