Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2015, 12:04 PM CDT for Christian County, Todd County, Kentucky. It was in force for 41 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
- Jun 8, 2015, 12:04 PM CDT (17:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2015, 12:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 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 17:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 12:00Z, 5.1 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
- 126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1445 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jun 8, 2:30 AM CDT, 9 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 2:30 AM CDT, 9 hours 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 230 AM CDT MON JUN 8 2015 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 214 AM CDT MON JUN 8 2015 CONVECTION WAS BLEEDING OVER THE NORTHERN CWA BORDER AS PRE FRONTAL STORMS DEVELOP/MOVE IN. THE COLD FRONT DRIVING THIS CONVECTION WILL BE MAKING ITS PASSAGE TONIGHT. MODELS ARE THEREFORE AMPLIFYING THE CHANCE OF STORMS ACROSS THE AREA ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT...MAKING FOR A CATEGORICAL POP DAY FOR ALL OF THE QUAD STATE...ESP DURING THE PEAK HEATING HOURS WHEN THE FRONT ITSELF IS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. AFTER THE FRONT PASSES...HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP IT DRY WITH TEMPERATURES MAINLY IN THE 80S AND 60S THROUGH THE MID WEEK TIME SPAN...BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO HEAT UP AGAIN SHORTLY THEREAFTER. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 214 AM CDT MON JUN 8 2015 THE LONG TERM PATTERN WILL BE CHARACTERIZED BY AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY WITH A SLOWLY BUILDING RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN U.S. THE MAIN BELT OF WESTERLIES WILL REMAIN NORTH OF THE IMMEDIATE REGION DURING THIS TIME. AS A RESULT...THE FORECAST WILL LARGELY BE DRIVEN BY WEAK DISTURBANCES THAT TRAVERSE THE PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE ALOFT. MODELS ARE LIMITED IN THE EXTENT TO WHICH THEY ARE ABLE TO RESOLVE THESE MINOR FEATURES THROUGH TIME... SO FORECAST CONFIDENCE DROPS FROM ABOVE AVERAGE THROUGH FRIDAY TO AVERAGE OR BELOW BY THE WEEKEND. TO START THE EXTENDED...WE EXPECT THE MID WEEK DRY PATTERN WILL LARGELY PERSIST INTO THURSDAY AS MOST OF THE ACTIVE WEATHER REMAINS CLOSELY TIED TO A WEAK UPPER TROUGH OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND LOW PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST. WITH TIME...THE ACTIVE WEATHER OUT WEST AND POOL OF GULF MOISTURE TO OUR SOUTH ARE FORECAST TO SLOWLY CONVERGE UPON THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY OVER THE WEEKEND. WITH BROAD BUT WEAK SOUTHWEST FLOW...AMPLE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS EARLY AS FRIDAY AND CONTINUING INTO THE WEEKEND. WITH A LACK OF ANY DISCERNIBLE FOCUS AT THIS POINT...THE BULK OF THE ACTIVITY SHOULD BE SPORADIC IN COVERAGE AND DIURNALLY DRIVEN. AS WITH EARLIER FORECASTS...AT NO POINT IS CONFIDENCE HIGH ENOUGH TO WARRANT ANYTHING MORE THAN A 40 TO 50 PERCENT CHANCE AT THIS POINT. VERY WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL BE THE RULE THROUGH THE PERIOD. DAYTIME HIGHS WILL START OUT AROUND 90 DEGREES ON THURSDAY...THEN DROP INTO THE MID AND UPPER 80S FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY GIVEN THE INCREASE IN SKY COVER AND HUMIDITY. WARM AND MUGGY CONDITIONS WILL LINGER INTO THE NIGHT WITH LOWS EACH MORNING AROUND 70. && .AVIATION... ISSUED AT 214 AM CDT MON JUN 8 2015 SHOWERS/AND SOME TSTMS... WITH MINIMAL ANTICIPATED EFFECT ON CIGS/VSBYS...ARE POSSIBLE BY SUNRISE...MAINLY EAST OF THE MS RIVER. THE MORE SIGNIFICANT EVENT WILL BEGIN AROUND MIDDAY/GOING INTO THIS AFTERNOON...AS SHOWERS/TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME COMMON ACROSS THE REGION JUST AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THE OCCURRENCE OF PCPN APPEARS MORE PROBABLE OVERALL FOR THE KEVV/KOWB TERMINALS VERSUS KCGI/KPAH BUT IS A LIKELY TO HIGH POP CATEGORICAL EVENT FOR ALL SITES. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...NONE. MO...NONE. IN...NONE. KY...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 3:50 AM CDT, 8 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 350 AM CDT MON JUN 8 2015 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-091000- 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- 350 AM CDT MON JUN 8 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT WITH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS MAINLY FOR THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE QUAD STATE. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER HAZARD WHILE LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE PRIMARY HAZARDS FOR NON SEVERE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS BY FRIDAY AND CONTINUES INTO THE WEEKEND. THE MAIN IMPACT FROM ANY STORM ACTIVITY WILL BE LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MAINTAIN WEATHER WATCH FOR ANY POTENTIAL WEATHER UPDATES LATER TODAY.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 8, 11:28 AM CDT, 36 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jun 8, 12:04 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1204 PM CDT MON JUN 08 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM DOWNBURST 7 SW HOPKINSVILLE 36.78N 87.58W
06/08/2015 CHRISTIAN KY NWS STORM SURVEY
MICROBURST BEGAN AT INTERSECTION OF I-24 AND COX MILL
ROAD AND END 4.5 MILES SW HOPKINSVILLE ALONG COX MILL
ROAD. MAX WIND 85 MPH WITH PATH LENGTH 2.5 MILES. PATH
WIDTH 1/3 MILE. DOZENS OF TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED ALONG
WITH DOWNED TREE LIMBS. AREAS OF WHEAT AND CORN CROPS
BLOWN OVER. 1 SHED DAMAGED FROM FALLEN TREE.
&&
SMITTYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 12:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Marshall, Trigg | 38 min |
| Jun 8, 1:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Livingston, Lyon, Marshall | 28 min |
| Jun 8, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Lyon, Trigg | 19 min |
| Jun 8, 1:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway | 31 min |
| Jun 8, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Trigg | 12 min |
| Jun 8, 2:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Graves, Marshall | 116 min |
| Jun 8, 5:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Calloway | 47 min |
| Jun 8, 9:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry, Saline and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 10:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | PAH | Alexander | 10 days |
| Jun 8, 11:09 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jefferson, Perry | 6 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2015Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2015
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.