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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this wind advisory at Apr 6, 2016, 1:34 PM CDT for 16 counties in Kentucky; 5 counties in Illinois; 6 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Apr 6, 2016, 2:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 6, 2016, 1:34 PM CDT (18:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 6, 2016, 2:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
All 27 counties
Edwards County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Wabash County, IL, White County, IL, Gibson County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McLean County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:38 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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 372 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 431 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
466 WWUS73 KPAH 061834 NPWPAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 134 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016 ...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON... ILZ077-078-083-087-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ014>022-062300- /O.NEW.KPAH.WI.Y.0007.160406T1900Z-160406T2300Z/ EDWARDS-WABASH-WHITE-GALLATIN-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON- DAVIESS-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBION...MOUNT CARMEL...CARMI... SHAWNEETOWN...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE... EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...MORGANFIELD...DIXON... MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...MOSELEYVILLE... OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ALLEGRE...CLIFTY...ELKTON... GUTHRIE 134 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THIS WIND ADVISORY INCLUDES ALL OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA...PART OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS, AND MOST OF THE PENNYRILE REGION OF WEST KENTUCKY. * TIMING...SCATTERED WIND GUSTS MAY REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA AFTER 2 PM CDT NEAR THE WABASH RIVER...THEN EXPAND EAST AND SOUTH THROUGH 5 PM, BEFORE DIMINISHING ALONG THE KENTUCKY...TENNESSEE BORDER BY 6 PM CDT. * WINDS...WILL LIKELY GUST BETWEEN 40 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES, WITH ISOLATED HIGHER GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH OR HIGHER IN THE VICINITY OF A A HEAVY RAIN SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM. * IMPACTS...ARE LIKELY TO INCLUDE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS BEING TOSSED AROUND AND SMALL LIMBS BROKEN. WEAKENED AND DISEASED TREES MAY BE TOPPLED. IF TREE LIMBS FALL ON POWER LINES...THIS COULD CAUSE PERIODIC POWER OUTAGES. 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. && $$ SMITH
1 follow-up statement
018 WWUS73 KPAH 062054 NPWPAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 354 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016 ...WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBE... ILZ091-KYZ007>013-070000- /O.EXB.KPAH.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160407T0000Z/ HARDIN-LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG- CALDWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELIZABETHTOWN...SMITHLAND...BENTON... HARRIS GROVE...KIRKSEY...MURRAY...NEW CONCORD...MARION... EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...CANTON...LINTON...ROCKCASTLE...PRINCETON... FRYER 354 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THIS WIND ADVISORY INCLUDES ALL OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA...PART OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS... AND MOST OF THE PENNYRILE REGION OF WEST KENTUCKY. * TIMING...SCATTERED WIND GUSTS WILL REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA AFTER 2 PM CDT NEAR THE WABASH RIVER...THEN EXPAND EAST AND SOUTH THROUGH 5 PM...BEFORE DIMINISHING ALONG THE KENTUCKY... TENNESSEE BORDER BEFORE 7 PM CDT. * WINDS...WILL LIKELY GUST BETWEEN 40 TO 50 MPH AT TIMES... WITH ISOLATED HIGHER GUSTS OVER 60 MPH OR HIGHER IN THE VICINITY OF A A HEAVY RAIN SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM. * IMPACTS...ARE LIKELY TO INCLUDE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS BEING TOSSED AROUND AND SMALL LIMBS BROKEN. WEAKENED AND DISEASED TREES MAY BE TOPPLED. IF TREE LIMBS FALL ON POWER LINES...THIS COULD CAUSE PERIODIC POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 30 MPH OR GREATER FOR LONGER THAN ONE HOUR...OR WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 45 MPH FOR ANY DURATION. && $$ ILZ077-078-083-087-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ014>022-070000- /O.EXT.KPAH.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160407T0000Z/ EDWARDS-WABASH-WHITE-GALLATIN-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON- DAVIESS-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBION...MOUNT CARMEL...CARMI... SHAWNEETOWN...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE... EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...MORGANFIELD...DIXON... MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...MOSELEYVILLE... OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ALLEGRE...CLIFTY...ELKTON... GUTHRIE 354 PM CDT WED APR 6 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THIS WIND ADVISORY INCLUDES ALL OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA...PART OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS... AND MOST OF THE PENNYRILE REGION OF WEST KENTUCKY. * TIMING...SCATTERED WIND GUSTS WILL REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA AFTER 2 PM CDT NEAR THE WABASH RIVER...THEN EXPAND EAST AND SOUTH THROUGH 5 PM...BEFORE DIMINISHING ALONG THE KENTUCKY... TENNESSEE BORDER BEFORE 7PM CDT. * WINDS...WILL LIKELY GUST BETWEEN 40 TO 50 MPH AT TIMES... WITH ISOLATED HIGHER GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH OR HIGHER IN THE VICINITY OF A A HEAVY RAIN SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM. * IMPACTS...ARE LIKELY TO INCLUDE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS BEING TOSSED AROUND AND SMALL LIMBS BROKEN. WEAKENED AND DISEASED TREES MAY BE TOPPLED. IF TREE LIMBS FALL ON POWER LINES...THIS COULD CAUSE PERIODIC POWER OUTAGES. 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 3:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, McCracken | 48 min |
| Apr 6, 4:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Christian, Todd | 46 min |
| Apr 6, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Gallatin, Wayne, White | 22 min |
| Apr 6, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wabash | 44 min |
| Apr 6, 3:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Pike, Warrick | 23 min |
| Apr 6, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Pike, Warrick | 43 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.