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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Paducah, KY

June 17, 2015Gallatin County, Saline County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2015, 12:42 AM CDT for Gallatin County, Saline County, Illinois. It was in force for 48 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 17, 2015, 12:42 AM CDT (05:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2015, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Gallatin County, IL, Saline County, IL

The radar

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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 16, 11:54 PM CDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 11:54 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 3:03 AM CDT, 21 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
303 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2015

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-170815-
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-
303 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED TODAY THROUGH
TONIGHT. BEST COVERAGE AND HIGHER INTENSITY ACTIVITY WILL BE NORTH
AND WEST OF THE OHIO RIVER. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING AND
GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE REGION WILL HAVE A DAILY CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY
HAZARDS. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY FOR FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING MID
TO LATE WEEK. PLEASE REFER TO THE HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK FOR DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 8:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
848 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 2015

KYZ017-170230-
CHRISTIAN KY-
848 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN...
SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL AND NORTHEASTERN TRIGG COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM
CDT...

AT 848 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
COBB...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOPKINSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CROFTON AND HAWKINS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3693 8743 3693 8766 3696 8766 3698 8768
      3703 8771 3713 8742
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 257DEG 17KT 3699 8765

RST
Local storm report, Jun 17, 12:21 AM CDT, 21 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 8:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHChristian42 min
Jun 16, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHenderson43 min
Jun 17, 3:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHDaviess29 min
Jun 17, 4:28 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHJackson3 hr
Jun 17, 4:28 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHJackson3 hr
Jun 17, 5:24 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHFranklin, Perry, Williamson3 hr
Jun 17, 2:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHPerry19 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.