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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Paducah, KY

March 9, 2017Calloway County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 2017, 9:14 PM CST for Calloway County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 9, 2017, 9:14 PM CST (03:14 UTC)
Expired: Mar 9, 2017, 9:45 PM CST
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Calloway County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 9, 5:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 9, 5:28 PM CST, 3 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 5:28 PM CST, 3 hours 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 5:18 PM CST, 3 hours 56 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 9, 8:29 PM CST, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
829 PM CST THU MAR 09 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0822 PM     TSTM WND GST     10 W HICKMAN            36.56N 89.37W
03/09/2017  M85 MPH          FULTON             KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED

&&

DLL

Local storm report, Mar 9, 8:35 PM CST, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
835 PM CST THU MAR 09 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0825 PM     HAIL             CANTON                  36.80N 87.96W
03/09/2017  E0.88 INCH       TRIGG              KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

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Local storm report, Mar 9, 8:52 PM CST, 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 9, 8:54 PM CST, 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 9, 9:01 PM CST, 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 9, 9:14 PM CST, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 9, 7:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Graves, Marshall	22 min
Mar 9, 7:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Carlisle, Graves, Hickman	20 min
Mar 9, 7:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Calloway, Marshall, Trigg	31 min
Mar 9, 8:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Fulton	55 min
Mar 9, 8:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Trigg	23 min
Mar 9, 8:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Fulton, Hickman	41 min
Mar 9, 8:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Fulton, Hickman	24 min
Mar 9, 8:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Trigg	19 min
Mar 9, 9:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Calloway	22 min
Mar 9, 6:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Butler, Wayne	26 min
Mar 9, 6:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, Carter, Ripley, Wayne	49 min
Mar 9, 6:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Butler, Wayne	49 min
Mar 9, 6:39 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Butler, Carter, Ripley, Wayne	4 hr
Mar 9, 6:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Butler, Ripley	36 min
Mar 9, 6:59 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Stoddard	46 min
Mar 9, 7:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard	47 min
Mar 9, 7:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Butler, New Madrid, Stoddard	36 min
Mar 9, 7:54 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	New Madrid, Stoddard	35 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.