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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Paducah, KY

May 20, 2018Ballard County, Kentucky; Pulaski County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2018, 2:42 PM CDT for Ballard County, Kentucky; Pulaski County, Illinois. It was in force for 30 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 20, 2018, 2:42 PM CDT (19:42 UTC)
Expired: May 20, 2018, 3:12 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Pulaski County, IL, Ballard County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 20, 12:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 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 May 19, 4:04 PM CDT, 22 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 4:04 PM CDT, 22 hours 38 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
May 20, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Fulton	47 min
May 20, 3:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Calloway	39 min
May 20, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Fulton	32 min
May 20, 4:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Calloway	115 min
May 20, 5:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Henderson	24 min
May 20, 5:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Daviess, McLean, Muhlenberg	50 min
May 20, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski	18 min
May 20, 2:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski	42 min
May 20, 2:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Saline	25 min
May 20, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Saline	35 min
May 20, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	New Madrid	45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2018 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2018 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.