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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2014, 7:44 PM CDT for 4 counties in 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 28, 2014, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2014, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Daviess County, KY, Henderson County, KY, McLean County, KY, Webster County, KY
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 1019 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 789 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 335 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 375 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.7
- Supercell composite
- 15.6
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 28, 6:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 6:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 28, 2:10 PM CDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 210 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-291000- 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- 210 PM CDT MON APR 28 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 FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE REGION THROUGH 7 PM...AND FOR THE PENNYRILE REGION OF WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA THROUGH 1 AM. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS. FLOOD WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES ALSO ARE IN EFFECT. THE HEAVIEST RAINS THUS FAR HAVE BEEN ALONG THE ARKANSAS AND TENNESSEE BORDERS IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. THESE WOULD BE THE MOST FLOOD PRONE LOCALES...SHOULD ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN FALL TODAY. FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS...REFER TO THE WATCH...WARNING...AND ADVISORY PRODUCTS. IN ADDITION...WE REMAIN UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DO NOTE THAT A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE TO OUR SOUTH...EXTENDING FROM SOUTH OF NASHVILLE INTO ALABAMA. STORMS THAT DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTH OF THAT AREA WILL CONTAIN THE HIGHEST SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR US...SO WESTERN KENTUCKY WILL BE THE PLACE TO WATCH FOR THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS WITHIN OUR SLIGHT RISK ZONE...WHICH EXTENDS BASICALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE THE SEVERE WEATHER HAZARDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN FORECAST TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY. AGAIN THE BEST CHANCE WILL BE EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS TUESDAY. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE...REFER TO WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MAINTAIN AN ACTIVE WEATHER WATCH IN CASE THEIR ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 4:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 432 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014 ILZ088-089-093-282200- JOHNSON IL-PULASKI IL-UNION IL- 432 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN UNION...NORTHERN PULASKI AND JOHNSON COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNTIL 500 PM CDT... AT 428 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR KARNAK...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VIENNA... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED INCLUDE... GOREVILLE...CYPRESS...BUNCOMBE AND NEW BURNSIDE. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 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, Apr 28, 4:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 454 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014 ILZ087-091-KYZ014-282230- GALLATIN IL-HARDIN IL-UNION KY- 454 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HARDIN AND SOUTHEASTERN GALLATIN COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND SOUTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY UNTIL 530 PM CDT... AT 449 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROSICLARE...OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED INCLUDE... GROSS AND OLD SHAWNEETOWN. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 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.
Local storm report, Apr 28, 6:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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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.