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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2015, 1:59 PM CDT for Calloway County, 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
- Jun 8, 2015, 1:59 PM CDT (18:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2015, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Calloway County, KY
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 12:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 159 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, 1:36 PM CDT, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 1:36 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 136 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2015 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 136 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2015 ONGOING CONVECTION ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWFA WILL FOCUS MORE INTO WEST KY (SE 1/2) WHERE INSTABILITY IS FORECAST TO PERSIST THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...ALL IN ADVANCE OF A TROF AXIS/PVA REGION MOVING SE THROUGH IL/MO. AS EXPECTED...SOME OF THE STORMS SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL THE PRIMARY HAZARDS GIVEN THE INSTABILITY AND WIND FIELDS. HAD A FEW SEVERE REPORTS ALREADY. IT WILL TAKE NOTHING FOR WINDS TO MIX TO THE SURFACE GIVEN THE STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND OVERALL MASS OF THE CELLS. HAIL GENERALLY 1-1 1/4". THE CHANCES WILL SHIFT EAST THIS EVENING WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE TROF...WITH DECENT NVA DEVELOPING IN ITS WAKE. FOR SOME REASON THE NAM CONTINUES TO SHOW A SLIM CHANCE OF WEAK CONVECTION AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS OUR EASTERN COUNTIES. WILL LEAVE OUT FOR NOW BUT MAY NEED TO BE MONITORED. TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY DRY WITH WEAK HIGH PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION COINCIDENT WITH A MUCH DRIER AIRMASS ACROSS THE AREA. CANNOT RULE OUT COMPLETELY SOME CONVECTION NEAR THE KY/TN STATE LINE TOWARD THE PENNYRILE REGION TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH A VERY SUBTLE S/WV AND RESIDUAL MOISTURE IN THIS REGION. TEMPERATURES WERE A BLEND OF MOS AND EXISTING NUMBERS. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 136 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2015 WILL KEEP POPS IN CHECK...FAIRLY LOW THROUGH SATURDAY WITH SOME FORM OF A MID LEVEL RIDGE BUILDING ACROSS THE SE QUAD OF THE CONUS. WE WILL BE IN MOIST AND UNSETTLED SSW FLOW ON THE WEST PERIPHERY OF THIS RIDGE. SO WE CANNOT RULE OUT SOME CONVECTION. BUT POPS WILL REMAIN LOW GIVEN A LACK OF FOCUS BOTH SURFACE AND ALOFT. VERY WARM AND MUGGY CONDITIONS WILL BE THE RULE. SUNDAY AND MONDAY...THE RIDGE IS FORECAST TO BUILD WEST. THIS IS A TAD MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN WHAT THE MODELS SHOWED A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO...THE GFS PROBABLY HANDLED IT A BIT BETTER. THIS AGAIN WILL KEEP POPS IN CHECK...LOW WITH LOWEST POPS SE CLOSER TO THE RIDGE...SLIGHTLY HIGHER NW (20S/30S). AGAIN...NO CHANGE IN AIRMASS MEANS WARM AND MUGGY CONDITIONS CONTINUE. && .AVIATION... ISSUED AT 1221 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2015 BAND OF SHOWERS FROM SW INDIANA...SRN ILLINOIS BACK INTO SEMO SHOULD CONTINUES ON A GRADUAL DIMINISHING TREND WITH MUCH STRONGER CONVECTION FOCUSED IN WEST KY. WILL CARRY SHOWERS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON KEVV AND KOWB WITH MVFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. LESS CERTAINTY ANY ACTIVITY WILL DIRECTLY AFFECT KCGI AND KPAH. TONIGHT CLOUDS WILL DECREASE WITH LIGHT WINDS. COULD BE SOME LATE NIGHT FOG. THEREFORE WE UTILIZED AN INTRODUCTORY MVFR MENTION OF IT LATE AT THE TAF SITES. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...NONE. MO...NONE. IN...NONE. KY...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 1:50 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 150 PM 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- 150 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND VERY EARLY EVENING FROM PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI INTO WEST KENTUCKY...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEW MADRID TO PADUCAH TO OWENSBORO. MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE THE PRIMARY STORM HAZARDS ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MOVEMENT WILL CONTINUE TO BE EAST AROUND 40 MPH. .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 ACTIVATION REMAINS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING MAINLY ACROSS WEST KENTUCKY.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 8, 11:28 AM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jun 8, 12:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 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.
&&
SMITTYSpecial weather statement, Jun 8, 12:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1230 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2015 KYZ001>003-006-008-009-011>013-016-017-021-022-081930- FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-GRAVES-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-LYON-TRIGG- CALDWELL-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HICKMAN...CLINTON...BARDWELL... MAYFIELD...BENTON...MURRAY...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON... MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...GREENVILLE...ELKTON 1230 PM CDT MON JUN 8 2015 AT 1230 PM...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ALONG AND SOUTH OF A MAYFIELD...GREENVILLE KENTUCKY LINE DOWN TO THE TENNESSEE BORDER. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AROUND 40 MPH. AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...STRONG STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS WEST KENTUCKY. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. A TREE OR TWO COULD COME DOWN WITH ANY OF THE ACTIVITY. CONTINUE TO WATCH THE WEATHER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND MONITOR FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AS SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE MORE IN THE WAY OF DAMAGING WINDS.
Local storm report, Jun 8, 12:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1232 PM CDT MON JUN 08 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1215 PM HEAVY RAIN 5 E MOUNT VERNON 38.32N 88.82W
06/08/2015 M4.30 INCH JEFFERSON IL EMERGENCY MNGR
RAINFALL ACCUMULATION SINCE MIDNIGHT.
&&
SMITTYLocal storm report, Jun 8, 1:13 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
113 PM CDT MON JUN 08 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0100 PM HAIL AURORA 36.78N 88.14W
06/08/2015 M1.00 INCH MARSHALL KY PUBLIC
QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED.
&&
SMITTYLocal storm report, Jun 8, 1:32 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
132 PM CDT MON JUN 08 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0120 PM HAIL CALVERT CITY 37.03N 88.35W
06/08/2015 M1.25 INCH MARSHALL KY BROADCAST MEDIA
LOCAL FIRE DEPT REPORTED GROUND COVERED WITH QUARTER SIZE
TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
&&
SMITTYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 12:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 41 min |
| 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, 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 |
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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.