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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Paducah, KY

June 11, 2018Wayne County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2018, 7:28 PM CDT for Wayne County, Illinois. It was in force for 18 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: Jun 11, 2018, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2018, 7:46 PM CDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Wayne County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 192 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 431 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 850 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 260 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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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 Jun 11, 6:52 PM CDT, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 6:52 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 3:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Paducah KY
325 PM CDT Mon Jun 11 2018

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-122030-
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-
325 PM CDT Mon Jun 11 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southern
Illinois, southwest Indiana, western Kentucky, and southeast
Missouri.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

There is a chance of thunderstorms, mainly in southwest Indiana,
southeast Illinois, and the Pennyrile region of western Kentucky.
A few strong storms with gusty winds and small hail will be
possible.

There is also a slight risk of excessive rainfall in parts of the
Evansville tri-state region, where heavy rain soaked the ground
Sunday evening. Additional heavy rainfall could result in isolated
flooding problems.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

A chance of thunderstorms is forecast Tuesday areawide, and
Wednesday mainly from the Wabash River Valley and southwest
Indiana southward into portions of western Kentucky. Locally
heavy rain and lightning will be the primary hazards, but locally
damaging wind gusts cannot be ruled out.

Heat index values may reach above 100 degrees each afternoon,
especially going from Friday through next weekend.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 1:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 5:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 6:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
613 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2018

ILZ076-077-112345-
Edwards IL-Wayne IL-
613 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE AND NORTHERN
EDWARDS COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

At 613 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles west of West Salem, or 8 miles northwest of Albion, moving east
at 5 mph.

Dime size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Bone Gap and Mount Erie.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3860 8815 3857 8815 3857 8805 3840 8797
      3837 8817 3851 8829 3860 8833
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 253DEG 6KT 3849 8815

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 11, 10:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Henderson	52 min
Jun 12, 4:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Caldwell, Hopkins, Lyon, Union, Webster	37 min
Jun 12, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Daviess	47 min
Jun 12, 5:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Christian, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Trigg	45 min
Jun 11, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wayne	27 min
Jun 11, 8:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Jefferson, Wayne	40 min
Jun 11, 8:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Edwards, Wayne	43 min
Jun 11, 9:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Wabash	46 min
Jun 12, 1:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Massac, Pope	39 min
Jun 12, 2:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Pope	51 min
Jun 12, 6:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Wayne	111 min
Jun 12, 7:08 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	PAH	Edwards, Wabash, Wayne, White	13 hr
Jun 12, 8:36 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Wabash	3 hr
Jun 12, 1:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Union, Williamson	39 min
Jun 12, 1:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson, Union	30 min
Jun 12, 2:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Union	35 min
Jun 12, 2:17 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Wayne	118 min
Jun 12, 2:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Alexander, Johnson, Pulaski, Union	25 min
Jun 12, 3:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wayne, White	27 min
Jun 12, 3:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Edwards	2 hr
Jun 12, 3:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Wabash	44 min
Jun 12, 3:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wabash, White	37 min
Jun 12, 3:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Wabash	3 hr
Jun 12, 4:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Wayne	3 hr
Jun 12, 3:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Butler, Stoddard	52 min
Jun 12, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Mississippi	33 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.