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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Paducah, KY

February 7, 2019Calloway County, Graves County, Marshall County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 7, 2019, 1:09 AM CST for Calloway County, Graves County, Marshall County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 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
Feb 7, 2019, 1:09 AM CST (07:09 UTC)
Expired
Feb 7, 2019, 1:45 AM CST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Calloway County, KY, Graves County, KY, Marshall County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2019-02-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 16 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2019-02-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-193 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
563 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
244 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 Feb 6, 11:08 PM CST, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 11:08 PM CST, 2 hours 1 minute before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 6, 9:45 PM CST, 3 hours 24 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 6, 8:12 PM CST, 4 hours 57 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Feb 6, 9:19 PM CST, 3 hours 50 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Feb 7, 1:03 AM CST, 6 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 7, 1:03 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementPAHGraves, Lyon, Marshall42 min
Feb 7, 1:30 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHCaldwell, Lyon, Marshall2 hr
Feb 7, 1:50 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementPAHChristian, Todd40 min
Feb 7, 1:56 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHChristian, Trigg2 hr
Feb 7, 9:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard41 min
Feb 7, 10:38 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementPAHCarlisle, Crittenden, Livingston, McCracken37 min
Feb 7, 10:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMcCracken36 min
Feb 7, 10:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCrittenden, Livingston25 min
Feb 7, 11:07 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHMcCracken113 min
Feb 7, 11:07 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHFulton49 days
Feb 7, 12:58 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHMcCracken3 hr
Feb 6, 8:43 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryPAHEdwards, Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry and 5 more6 hr
Feb 7, 6:27 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementPAHPerry48 min
Feb 7, 6:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPerry12 min
Feb 7, 7:25 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHJackson3 hr
Feb 7, 8:23 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHEdwards, Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry and 3 more5 hr
Feb 7, 8:54 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFranklin, Jackson, Perry, Williamson32 min
Feb 7, 9:12 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementPAHUnion48 min
Feb 7, 9:43 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHAlexander, Johnson, Pulaski, Union, Williamson3 hr
Feb 7, 10:16 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHWayne, White3 days
Feb 7, 10:21 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementPAHWabash39 min
Feb 7, 11:07 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHAlexander, Jackson, Union8 days
Feb 7, 11:07 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHAlexander3 days
Feb 7, 12:30 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHGallatin, Hardin, Pope, Saline3 hr
Feb 7, 12:41 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHMississippi, New Madrid, Stoddard3 hr
Feb 7, 5:44 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementPAHCarter, Wayne46 min
Feb 7, 7:36 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementPAHCarter, Ripley, Wayne39 min
Feb 7, 7:55 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningPAHBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Perry, Wayne3 hr
Feb 7, 8:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler, Ripley41 min
Feb 7, 8:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry44 min
Feb 7, 8:50 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementPAHMississippi, Scott, Stoddard40 min
Feb 7, 11:46 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningPAHCape Girardeau, Perry3 hr
Feb 7, 12:07 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHWayne24 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2019Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.