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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Paducah, KY

July 2, 20154 counties in Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2015, 12:00 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. 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 2, 2015, 12:00 AM CDT (05:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2015, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Ballard County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Graves County, KY, McCracken County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:00 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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 218 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 2015-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 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 2015-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-148 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1041 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 1, 11:58 PM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 11:58 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 3:32 AM CDT, 20 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
332 AM CDT WED JUL 1 2015

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-
332 AM CDT WED JUL 1 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE WITH TIME...RESULTING IN HEAVY RAINS
BY TONIGHT AS A FLASH FLOOD WATCH BEGINS FOR THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF
THE HEARTLAND. REFER TO THE WATCH FOR MORE DETAILS.

ISOLATED STORMS DURING THIS TIME FRAME MAY ALSO POSE A SLIGHT RISK
OF SEVERE WEATHER...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MOST PROBABLE HAZARD.

FLOODING CONTINUES ON AREA RIVERS. REFER TO THE WARNINGS AND
STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH THURSDAY FOR THE SOUTHWEST
HALF OF THE QUAD STATE REGION. RAIN TOTALS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES
WILL BE COMMONPLACE ACROSS THE ENTIRE HEARTLAND...WITH UPWARDS OF
3 TO 5 INCHES LOCALLY POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. REFER TO THE
WATCH FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

FLOODING CONTINUES ON AREA RIVERS. REFER TO THE WARNINGS AND
STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD MAINTAIN A BASIC WEATHER WATCH IN CASE THEIR
SEVERE WEATHER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED. OTHERWISE...RAINFALL AND
FLOODING REPORTS ARE ENCOURAGED AND APPRECIATED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 9:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFulton23 min
Jul 2, 2:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHMcCracken42 min
Jul 2, 2:41 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHBallard, McCracken3 hr
Jul 2, 6:57 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHCalloway3 hr
Jul 1, 9:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHWayne48 min
Jul 2, 12:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHMississippi29 min

Nearby

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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.