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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2016, 2:32 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 28 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 2016, 2:32 PM CDT (19:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2016, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Crittenden County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Clay, KY | MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN OR NEAR CLAY...TREE FELL ON A HOUSE...SEVERAL TREES FELL BLOCKING ROADS OR ONTO POWER LINES |
| Jul 6, 2:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Clay, KY | MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN OR NEAR CLAY...TREE FELL ON A HOUSE...SEVERAL TREES FELL BLOCKING ROADS OR ONTO POWER LINES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 1605 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
330
WUUS53 KPAH 061932
SVRPAH
KYC055-107-177-225-233-062000-
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0147.160706T1932Z-160706T2000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
232 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
NORTHERN HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KENTUCKY...
WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KENTUCKY...
NORTHWESTERN MUHLENBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 300 PM CDT
* AT 232 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR STURGIS TO NEAR CRESWELL...MOVING EAST AT 55
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MADISONVILLE...PROVIDENCE...STURGIS...SEBREE...CLAY...DIXON...
HANSON...NEBO...SLAUGHTERS AND WHEATCROFT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3732 8724 3735 8782 3736 8783 3734 8787
3732 8797 3748 8807 3753 8807 3757 8813
3764 8774 3765 8750 3760 8748 3758 8738
3752 8735 3743 8735 3740 8733 3739 8726
TIME...MOT...LOC 1932Z 260DEG 47KT 3759 8803 3727 8785
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 11:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Henderson, Union | 29 min |
| Jul 6, 12:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Lyon, Marshall | 44 min |
| Jul 6, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Lyon, Marshall | 37 min |
| Jul 6, 12:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Daviess | 115 min |
| Jul 6, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Lyon, Trigg | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 1:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken | 42 min |
| Jul 6, 1:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Trigg | 44 min |
| Jul 6, 1:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Livingston, McCracken and 1 more | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Calloway, Crittenden, Graves, Livingston, Lyon and 2 more | 35 min |
| Jul 6, 1:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Calloway, Graves, Livingston, Marshall | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Muhlenberg, Todd | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 2:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Lyon, Trigg | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Trigg | 42 min |
| Jul 6, 2:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Christian, Hopkins, Union, Webster | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg, Todd | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 3:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Muhlenberg, Todd | 2 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.