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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Paducah, KY

June 19, 2019Calloway County, Graves County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2019, 4:04 PM CDT for Calloway County, Graves County, Kentucky. It was in force for 26 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 19, 2019, 4:04 PM CDT (21:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2019, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
26 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

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 52 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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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 19, 2:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 12:00Z on 2019-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 164 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 12:00Z on 2019-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
164 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
747 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 1:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard31 min
Jun 19, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGraves, McCracken19 min
Jun 19, 2:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHBallard, Carlisle47 min
Jun 19, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle25 min
Jun 19, 2:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHHenderson52 min
Jun 19, 2:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHCarlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken49 min
Jun 19, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCrittenden, Livingston50 min
Jun 19, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGraves, Livingston, McCracken, Marshall35 min
Jun 19, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHDaviess, Hopkins, McLean, Webster46 min
Jun 19, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway, Marshall, Trigg30 min
Jun 19, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway13 min
Jun 19, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Christian, Trigg37 min
Jun 19, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian46 min
Jun 19, 5:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHMcLean, Muhlenberg39 min
Jun 19, 5:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHTodd26 min
Jun 19, 4:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchPAHEdwards, Hamilton, Jefferson, Wabash, Wayne, White19 hr
Jun 19, 1:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHJohnson, Saline43 min
Jun 19, 1:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGallatin, Hamilton, Saline, White31 min
Jun 19, 2:35 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHEdwards, Hamilton, Wabash, Wayne, White60 min
Jun 19, 2:40 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHAlexander, Pulaski, Union56 min
Jun 19, 2:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHPulaski, Union35 min
Jun 19, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJohnson, Massac, Pope32 min
Jun 19, 3:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHAlexander, Pulaski48 min
Jun 19, 1:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHScott29 min

Nearby

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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.