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Freeze Warning 2, NWS Paducah, KY

April 5, 201822 counties in Kentucky; 7 counties in Illinois; 10 counties in Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this freeze warning at Apr 5, 2018, 3:59 PM CDT for 22 counties in Kentucky; 7 counties in Illinois; 10 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Apr 7, 2018, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 5, 2018, 3:59 PM CDT (20:59 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 7, 2018, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 7, 2018, 10:00 AM CDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY

All 39 counties

Alexander County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Union County, IL, 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, Ripley County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Apr 4, 6:26 PM CDT, 21 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 6:26 PM CDT, 21 hours 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 4:03 PM CDT, 23 hours 56 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
Apr 5, 3:28 AM CDT	Winter Storm Watch	PAH	Daviess, Henderson, McLean, Union, Webster	22 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Kentucky, 2018 Freeze Warnings in Missouri, 2018 Freeze Warnings in Illinois, 2018 Every freeze warning in 2018

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.