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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Paducah, KY

February 18, 20164 states

NWS Paducah, KY issued this wind advisory at Feb 18, 2016, 3:09 PM CST for 4 states. It took effect at Feb 19, 2016, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 18, 2016, 3:09 PM CST (21:09 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 19, 2016, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 19, 2016, 3:00 PM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
All 58 counties

Alexander County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne 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, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Perry County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 228 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 2016-02-18Temperature 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 2016-02-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
1093 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

022 
WWUS73 KPAH 182109
NPWPAH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
309 PM CST THU FEB 18 2016

...STRONG SOUTH WINDS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY...

ILZ076>078-082-083-087-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ012>022-191000-
/O.NEW.KPAH.WI.Y.0002.160219T1200Z-160219T2100Z/
WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-HAMILTON-WHITE-GALLATIN-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-
VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER-TRIGG-CALDWELL-UNION KY-WEBSTER-
HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...ALBION...MOUNT CARMEL...
MCLEANSBORO...CARMI...SHAWNEETOWN...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...
POSEYVILLE...EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...CADIZ...
PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...
HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON
309 PM CST THU FEB 18 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST FRIDAY. 

THIS WIND ADVISORY INCLUDES ALL OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA...THE
PENNYRILE REGION OF WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND THE WABASH VALLEY OF
SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE MORNING
  THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS FROM 20 TO 25 MPH WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST. THE
  HIGHEST GUSTS WILL BE FROM 40 TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...SMALL TREE LIMBS MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. UNSECURED OUTDOOR
  OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS MAY BE BLOWN ONTO ROADS. HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO HANDLE.

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
989 
WWUS73 KPAH 190904
NPWPAH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
304 AM CST FRI FEB 19 2016

ILZ075-080-081-084>086-088>094-KYZ001>011-MOZ076-086-087-110>112-
114-192100-
/O.EXA.KPAH.WI.Y.0002.160219T1200Z-160219T2100Z/
JEFFERSON-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-UNION IL-
JOHNSON-POPE-HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-FULTON-HICKMAN-
CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-
CRITTENDEN-LYON-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-STODDARD-SCOTT-
MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...PINCKNEYVILLE...
WEST FRANKFORT...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...JONESBORO...
VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO...MOUND CITY...
METROPOLIS...HICKMAN...CLINTON...BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...
MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...
PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL...CAPE GIRARDEAU...BLOOMFIELD...
SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID
304 AM CST FRI FEB 19 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

THIS WIND ADVISORY INCLUDES ALL OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA...THE
PENNYRILE REGION OF WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND THE WABASH VALLEY OF
SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE MORNING 
  THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. 

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST.
  THE HIGHEST GUSTS WILL BE FROM 40 TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...SMALL TREE LIMBS MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. UNSECURED 
  OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS MAY BE BLOWN ONTO ROADS. 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO HANDLE. 

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.

&&

$$

ILZ076>078-082-083-087-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ012>022-192100-
/O.CON.KPAH.WI.Y.0002.160219T1200Z-160219T2100Z/
WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-HAMILTON-WHITE-GALLATIN-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-
VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER-TRIGG-CALDWELL-UNION KY-WEBSTER-
HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRFIELD...ALBION...MOUNT CARMEL...
MCLEANSBORO...CARMI...SHAWNEETOWN...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...
POSEYVILLE...EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...CADIZ...
PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...
HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON
304 AM CST FRI FEB 19 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THIS WIND ADVISORY INCLUDES ALL OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA...THE
PENNYRILE REGION OF WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND THE WABASH VALLEY OF
SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE MORNING 
  THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. 

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST.
  THE HIGHEST GUSTS WILL BE FROM 40 TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...SMALL TREE LIMBS MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. UNSECURED 
  OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS MAY BE BLOWN ONTO ROADS. 
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO HANDLE. 

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.

&&

$$
001 
WWUS73 KPAH 191612
NPWPAH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1012 AM CST FRI FEB 19 2016

MOZ100-107>109-192100-
/O.EXA.KPAH.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160219T2100Z/
WAYNE MO-CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...
POPLAR BLUFF
1012 AM CST FRI FEB 19 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50
  MPH.

* IMPACTS...TREE LIMBS MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. WEAKENED TREES WITH POOR
  OR SHALLOW ROOT SYSTEMS COULD COME DOWN AS WELL. UNSECURED
  OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL
  BE DIFFICULT TO HANDLE.

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.

&&

$$

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
110>112-114-192100-
/O.CON.KPAH.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160219T2100Z/
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-STODDARD-SCOTT-
MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION...
MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO...
CARMI...CARBONDALE...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...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL...
CAPE GIRARDEAU...BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID
1012 AM CST FRI FEB 19 2016

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THIS WIND ADVISORY INCLUDES ALL OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA...THE
PENNYRILE REGION OF WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND THE WABASH VALLEY OF
SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

* TIMING...THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50
  MPH.

* IMPACTS...TREE LIMBS MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. WEAKENED TREES WITH POOR
  OR SHALLOW ROOT SYSTEMS COULD COME DOWN AS WELL. UNSECURED
  OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL
  BE DIFFICULT TO HANDLE.

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.

&&

$$

CN
698 
WWUS73 KPAH 192040
NPWPAH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
240 PM CST FRI FEB 19 2016

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-192145-
/O.EXP.KPAH.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160219T2100Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION...
MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO...
CARMI...CARBONDALE...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...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL...
CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...
BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID
240 PM CST FRI FEB 19 2016

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH
THE END OF THE DAY. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.

$$

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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.