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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Paducah, KY

April 3, 2015Gallatin County, Saline County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2015, 2:31 AM CDT for Gallatin County, Saline County, Illinois. It was in force for 29 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 3, 2015, 2:31 AM CDT (07:31 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2015, 3:00 AM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Gallatin County, IL, Saline County, IL

The radar

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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
Apr 2, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

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 3, 12:04 AM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 12:04 AM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 10:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1050 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015

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-
1050 PM CDT THU APR 2 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT. A FEW MAY
BECOME SEVERE. PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM FOR
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND A SMALL PART OF
WESTERN KENTUCKY. REFER TO THE WATCH FOR DETAILS.

HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN
OVERNIGHT. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. REFER TO THE FLOOD
WATCH FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A PERIOD OR TWO OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FRIDAY. A FEW
STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE FROM LATE FRIDAY MORNING INTO THE
AFTERNOON... ESPECIALLY ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY. THE SEVERE
POTENTIAL OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND FAR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS IS
MORE UNCERTAIN AND HIGHLY CONTINGENT ON IMPACTS FROM MORNING
ACTIVITY. WHERE SEVERE STORMS OCCUR...PRIMARY CONCERNS ARE
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. A FEW TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE WITH THUNDERSTORMS ON A MORE
INTERMITTENT BASIS THROUGH FRIDAY. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
THROUGH 7 PM FRIDAY EVENING. SEE THE FLOOD WATCH FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS EVENING...THEN AGAIN FROM
LATE FRIDAY MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 2, 11:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 3, 12:39 AM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 3, 12:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 3, 12:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 3, 1:07 AM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 3:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Crittenden, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Union and 1 more	3 hr
Apr 3, 8:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle	31 min
Apr 3, 8:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Carlisle, Graves	28 min
Apr 3, 8:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Livingston, McCracken, Marshall	26 min
Apr 3, 10:52 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Muhlenberg	8 days
Apr 3, 11:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Daviess, Henderson	21 days
Apr 3, 11:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Henderson, Union	22 days
Apr 3, 11:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Union	24 days
Apr 3, 11:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Crittenden, Union	26 days
Apr 3, 12:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Henderson, Union	25 min
Apr 3, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard, McCracken	28 min
Apr 2, 7:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Wayne	29 min
Apr 3, 12:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Jackson, Saline, White and 1 more	3 hr
Apr 3, 12:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Franklin	32 min
Apr 3, 1:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson, Williamson	26 min
Apr 3, 10:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Wabash, White	7 days
Apr 3, 11:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski, Union	41 min
Apr 3, 11:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Pope, Saline	24 min
Apr 3, 11:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Johnson, Pope, Saline	28 min
Apr 3, 1:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Carter, Ripley	40 min
Apr 3, 5:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, Wayne	21 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.