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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2018, 9:58 PM CDT for Ballard County, Kentucky; Alexander County, Pulaski County, Illinois; Mississippi County, Missouri. 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 2018, 9:58 PM CDT (02:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2018, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Alexander County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Ballard County, KY, Mississippi County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 254 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
- 2231 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1014 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 May 31, 8:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 31, 8:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Paducah KY
808 PM CDT Thu May 31 2018
.UPDATE...
Issued at 807 PM CDT Thu May 31 2018
Updated to replace tornado watch with a severe thunderstorm watch.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(Tonight through Saturday night)
Issued at 425 PM CDT Thu May 31 2018
Given the mesoscale nature of the training thunderstorms from the
confluence the Mississippi and Ohio River eastward through west
Kentucky and extreme southern Illinois, will hold off extending
the Flash Flood Watch further west to include the impacted
counties. The foci for this convective boundary did not come into
play until the middle of the afternoon, so it may be too late to
consider a downstream watch at this time, but will monitor.
Discrete cells are still developing in in south central Missouri,
so still feel SPC's tornado watch call for southeast Missouri into
southwest Illinois is warranted. The local eastward extension
will remain, given the enhanced shear/instability possible along
the boundary extending into the southern Pennyrile.
Most of the forcing associated with trough/upper low should move
east of the majority of the WFO PAH forecast area after 06z Friday
(1 am CDT). Lingering convection may remain in the eastern
counties through the late morning on Friday.
Depending on the amount of insolation and temperature recovery
tomorrow morning, heat index values may rise back into the middle
and upper 90s over southeast Missouri. Given the uncertainty, may
remove a mention of heat index values at or above 100 degrees on
Friday in the hazardous weather outlook.
The signal for strong to severe convection looks likely again
for late Saturday afternoon and evening. Given the negative tilt,
shear, and narrow zone of instability associated with the
northern Plains/upper Midwest trough, cannot rule out severe
weather again.
.LONG TERM...(Sunday through Thursday)
Issued at 425 PM CDT Thu May 31 2018
Northerly flow and high pressure will dominate the remainder of
the WFO PAH forecast area for the extended forecast period. Have
average confidence that dry weather will persist through
Wednesday, but for now will keep the forecast close to the
regionally initialized model guidance in collaboration with
surrounding NWS offices.
&&
.AVIATION...
Issued at 629 pm CDT Thu May 31 2018
Quite complicated scenario with competing convective boundaries
impacting the development and translation of storms in and near
the WFO PAH TAF sites. In the areas with the highest probability
of convective activity, adjusted ceilings and visibilities into
the MVFR category. Anticipate some adjustments will need to be
made during the evening hours. VFR conditions should dominate
after 12z Friday for all of the WFO PAH TAF sites, as the main
band of convection moves east of the area.
&&
.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IL...None.
MO...None.
IN...Flash Flood Watch until midnight CDT tonight for INZ081-082-
085>088.
KY...Flash Flood Watch until midnight CDT tonight for KYZ014-018>020.
&&
UPDATE...KH
SHORT TERM...Smith
LONG TERM...Smith
AVIATION...SmithHazardous weather outlook, May 31, 1:18 PM CDT, 8 hours 40 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Paducah KY 118 pm CDT Thu May 31 2018 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-011000- 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- 118 pm CDT Thu May 31 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, western Kentucky, and southeast Missouri. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Another round of thunderstorms will develop over parts of southeast Missouri, southwest Illinois, and parts of west Kentucky by early afternoon, then move east over the remainder of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, and west Kentucky during the middle and late afternoon. Damaging winds and large hail will be the primary hazards. The initial thunderstorms this afternoon may be isolated, discrete supercells, gradually developing together to form a line of strong to severe thunderstorms. An isolated tornado cannot be ruled out of the question at this time. There is also a good potential for the training of storms this afternoon and this evening and may produce some localized flash flooding concerns. Heat index values may reach 100 this afternoon near the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and southward to the Missouri Bootheel. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday A chance of thunderstorms is forecast for portions of the area on Friday, particularly across western Kentucky. Locally heavy rain and lightning will be the main hazards. Another chance of thunderstorms is forecast Saturday afternoon through the night. Some of these storms may be severe with damaging winds and large hail along with torrential rainfall and lightning. Afternoon heat index readings may approach 100 degrees on Saturday afternoon across portions of southeast Missouri. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters should be prepared for activation throughout the area this afternoon and evening, and again Saturday afternoon and evening. DRS/SP/Smith
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Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 8:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Henderson | 115 min |
| May 31, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 12:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Daviess | 51 min |
| May 31, 7:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | White | 33 min |
| May 31, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Saline, Williamson | 12 min |
| May 31, 7:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Gallatin | 31 min |
| May 31, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Union | 31 min |
| May 31, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hamilton, Saline, White | 37 min |
| May 31, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | White | 25 min |
| May 31, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Perry | 29 min |
| May 31, 8:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Perry | 119 min |
| May 31, 9:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Hamilton | 111 min |
| May 31, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander | 24 min |
| May 31, 9:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Franklin | 2 hr |
| May 31, 10:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Jefferson, Wayne | 112 min |
| May 31, 10:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Edwards, Wabash | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Edwards, Wabash | 59 min |
| Jun 1, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash | 23 min |
| May 31, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carter | 47 min |
| May 31, 8:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Carter | 27 min |
| May 31, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Carter | 11 min |
| May 31, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, Wayne | 28 min |
| May 31, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Scott, Stoddard | 25 min |
| May 31, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard | 44 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2018Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2018Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2018Every severe thunderstorm 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.