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Special Weather Statement, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this special weather statement at Apr 19, 2017, 4:13 PM CDT for Todd County, Kentucky. It was in force for 32 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
- Apr 19, 2017, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2017, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
County Todd County, KY
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 830 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Apr 19, 12:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 12:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Paducah KY 326 AM CDT Wed Apr 19 2017 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-201000- Jefferson-Wayne IL-Edwards-Wabash-Perry IL-Franklin-Hamilton- White-Jackson-Williamson-Saline-Gallatin-Union-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- 326 AM CDT Wed Apr 19 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, western Kentucky, and southeast Missouri. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Isolated thunderstorms are possible mainly over the southern Pennyrile region of western Kentucky this afternoon. Lightning and locally heavy rainfall will be the primary hazards. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday Thunderstorms are possible over the entire outlook area Thursday and Thursday night. At this time widespread severe weather is not expected but a severe thunderstorm or two is not out of the question mainly Thursday afternoon and early evening with damaging winds and large hail being the primary hazards. Otherwise, lightning and locally heavy rainfall will be the primary hazards. Thunderstorms are also possible over all or part of the outlook area Friday, Friday night, and Saturday. Lightning and locally heavy rainfall will be the primary hazards. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be required Thursday afternoon and early evening. JP/CW
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 4:09 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 4:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Graves | 36 min |
| Apr 19, 5:03 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson and 9 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 5:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Scott | 25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.