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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Paducah, KY

July 6, 20165 counties in Kentucky

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 6, 2:50 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGClay, KYMULTIPLE 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 CDTTSTM WND DMGClay, KYMULTIPLE 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 6, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2016-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1605 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2016-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 11:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHHenderson, Union29 min
Jul 6, 12:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHLyon, Marshall44 min
Jul 6, 12:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHLyon, Marshall37 min
Jul 6, 12:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHDaviess115 min
Jul 6, 1:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Lyon, Trigg30 min
Jul 6, 1:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken42 min
Jul 6, 1:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Christian, Trigg44 min
Jul 6, 1:17 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHBallard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken3 hr
Jul 6, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Livingston, McCracken and 1 more47 min
Jul 6, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Calloway, Crittenden, Graves, Livingston, Lyon and 2 more35 min
Jul 6, 1:57 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHCalloway, Graves, Livingston, Marshall2 hr
Jul 6, 1:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHMuhlenberg, Todd46 min
Jul 6, 2:14 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHCaldwell, Crittenden, Lyon, Trigg2 hr
Jul 6, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Trigg42 min
Jul 6, 2:41 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHChristian, Hopkins, Union, Webster2 hr
Jul 6, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMuhlenberg, Todd46 min
Jul 6, 3:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHMuhlenberg, Todd2 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.