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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Paducah, KY

February 1, 20164 states

NWS Paducah, KY issued this wind advisory at Feb 1, 2016, 3:54 PM CST for 4 states. It took effect at Feb 2, 2016, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 1, 2016, 3:54 PM CST (21:54 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 2, 2016, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 2, 2016, 10:13 PM CST
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
All 48 counties

Alexander County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Gibson County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Ballard County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 2016-02-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-02-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
544 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

852 
WWUS73 KPAH 012154
NPWPAH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
354 PM CST MON FEB 1 2016


ILZ081>083-085>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ087-108>112-
114-020930-
/O.NEW.KPAH.WI.Y.0001.160202T1200Z-160203T0600Z/
FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-WHITE-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-CAPE GIRARDEAU-RIPLEY-BUTLER-
STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO...CARMI...
HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN...JONESBORO...VIENNA...
GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO...MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...
FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE...EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...
ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON...BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...
MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...
CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...DIXON...MADISONVILLE...
HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...
ELKTON...CAPE GIRARDEAU...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...BLOOMFIELD...
SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID
354 PM CST MON FEB 1 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
TUESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
TUESDAY NIGHT. 

* SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PICK UP DRAMATICALLY ON TUESDAY...GUSTING
  35 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE
  INTO THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
  RIVER. 

*  OPERATORS OF SMALL WATERCRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION
   DUE TO WHITE CAPPING CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...DRIVERS OF HIGH
   PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD ALSO EXERCISE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY
   THOSE TRAVELING ON EAST/WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. THE WIND GUSTS
   SHOULD SUBSIDE SOME LATER TUESDAY NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
REACH 30 MPH OR GREATER FOR LONGER THAN ONE HOUR...OR WIND GUSTS
ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 45 MPH FOR ANY DURATION.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
163 
WWUS73 KPAH 020849
NPWPAH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
249 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

...BRISK SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND
AHEAD OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TODAY AND INTO THIS EVENING...

.WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF AN
INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE MIDWEST TODAY. THE STRONG WINDS
WILL START OUT NEAR THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL THIS MORNING, EXPANDING
TO ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA DURING THE
MIDDLE OF THE DAY, GRADUALLY WORKING ACROSS WEST KENTUCKY THROUGH
THE EVENING. STRONGER WIND GUSTS WILL BE LIKELY IN AND NEAR
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TODAY.

ILZ081>083-085>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ087-108>112-
114-022200-
/O.CON.KPAH.WI.Y.0001.160202T1200Z-160203T0600Z/
FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-WHITE-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-CAPE GIRARDEAU-RIPLEY-BUTLER-
STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO...CARMI...
HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN...JONESBORO...VIENNA...
GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO...MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...
FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE...EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...
ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON...BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...
MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...
CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...DIXON...MADISONVILLE...
HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...
ELKTON...CAPE GIRARDEAU...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...BLOOMFIELD...
SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID
249 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

* SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PICK UP DRAMATICALLY TODAY...GUSTING 35 TO
  45 MPH AT TIMES. THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO
  THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
  RIVER.

* OPERATORS OF SMALL WATERCRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION 
  DUE TO WHITE CAPPING CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...DRIVERS OF HIGH 
  PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD ALSO EXERCISE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY 
  THOSE TRAVELING ON EAST/WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. THE WIND GUSTS 
  SHOULD SUBSIDE SOME LATER TUESDAY NIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
REACH 30 MPH OR GREATER FOR LONGER THAN ONE HOUR...OR WIND GUSTS
ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 45 MPH FOR ANY DURATION.

&&

$$

SMITH
342 
WWUS73 KPAH 022207
NPWPAH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
407 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016


ILZ081>083-085>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ087-108>112-
114-030600-
/O.CON.KPAH.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160203T0600Z/
FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-WHITE-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-CAPE GIRARDEAU-RIPLEY-BUTLER-
STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO...CARMI...
HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN...JONESBORO...VIENNA...
GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO...MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...
FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE...EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...
ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON...BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...
MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...
CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...DIXON...MADISONVILLE...
HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...
ELKTON...CAPE GIRARDEAU...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...BLOOMFIELD...
SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID
407 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

* SOUTHERLY WINDS...GUSTING 35 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE
  INTO THE EVENING HOURS.ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE
  MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

* OPERATORS OF SMALL WATERCRAFT LATE THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD
  EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION DUE TO WHITE CAPPING CONDITIONS. IN
  ADDITION...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD ALSO EXERCISE
  CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THOSE TRAVELING ON EAST/WEST ORIENTED
  ROADWAYS. THE WIND GUSTS SHOULD SUBSIDE SOME LATER TUESDAY
  NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
REACH 30 MPH OR GREATER FOR LONGER THAN ONE HOUR...OR WIND GUSTS
ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 45 MPH FOR ANY DURATION.

&&

$$

MEFFERT
609 
WWUS73 KPAH 030413
NPWPAH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1013 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

ILZ081>083-085>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ087-108>112-
114-030515-
/O.CAN.KPAH.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160203T0600Z/
FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-WHITE-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-CAPE GIRARDEAU-RIPLEY-BUTLER-
STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO...CARMI...
HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN...JONESBORO...VIENNA...
GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO...MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...
FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE...EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...
ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON...BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...
MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...
CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...DIXON...MADISONVILLE...
HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...
ELKTON...CAPE GIRARDEAU...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...BLOOMFIELD...
SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID
1013 PM CST TUE FEB 2 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

$$

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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.