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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Paducah, KY

May 4, 2016Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2016, 2:43 PM CDT for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 11 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 4, 2016, 2:43 PM CDT (19:43 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2016, 2:54 PM CDT
In force: 11 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Muhlenberg County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 119 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1192 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

422 
WUUS53 KPAH 041943
SVRPAH
KYC177-042015-
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0048.160504T1943Z-160504T2015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
243 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL MUHLENBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 243 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WEIR...OR NEAR
  GREENVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GREENVILLE AND WEIR. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3704 8712 3704 8725 3705 8726 3706 8724
      3707 8726 3707 8728 3709 8729 3717 8725
      3720 8713 3706 8707
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 358DEG 18KT 3716 8720 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

1 follow-up statement

008 
WWUS53 KPAH 041954
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
254 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2016

KYC177-042003-
/O.CAN.KPAH.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160504T2015Z/
MUHLENBERG KY-
254 PM CDT WED MAY 4 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MUHLENBERG
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED QUICKLY TO BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3704 8712 3704 8725 3705 8726 3706 8724
      3707 8726 3707 8728 3709 8729 3717 8725
      3720 8713 3706 8707
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 358DEG 18KT 3711 8720 

$$

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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.