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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Paducah, KY

June 8, 2015Christian County, Todd County, Kentucky

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.

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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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2015-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 126 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 12:00Z on 2015-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 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
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

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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 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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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.

&&

SMITTY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 12:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway, Marshall, Trigg38 min
Jun 8, 1:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHLivingston, Lyon, Marshall28 min
Jun 8, 1:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Lyon, Trigg19 min
Jun 8, 1:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway31 min
Jun 8, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Trigg12 min
Jun 8, 2:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHGraves, Marshall116 min
Jun 8, 5:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHCalloway47 min
Jun 8, 9:08 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHFranklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry, Saline and 2 more3 hr
Jun 8, 10:35 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHAlexander10 days
Jun 8, 11:09 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningPAHFranklin, Jefferson, Perry6 hr

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.