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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 144, NWS Paducah, KY

July 12, 2020Wayne County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2020, 12:13 AM CDT for Wayne County, Illinois. 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
Jul 12, 2020, 12:13 AM CDT (05:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2020, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 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 05:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jul 11, 11:18 PM CDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 11:18 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 3:18 PM CDT, 8 hours 55 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 8:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
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  <main class="wrap">
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      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 12:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHUnion50 min
Jul 12, 12:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCrittenden, Union42 min
Jul 12, 1:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHCaldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Henderson, Hopkins, Lyon and 3 more40 min
Jul 12, 1:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCrittenden, Union, Webster29 min
Jul 12, 2:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHChristian, Hopkins, Trigg52 min
Jul 12, 3:26 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHCaldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins, Lyon, Trigg and 2 more3 hr
Jul 12, 5:52 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHCalloway, Graves, McCracken, Marshall3 hr
Jul 12, 10:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHHenderson37 min
Jul 12, 1:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHDaviess31 min
Jul 12, 2:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHDaviess, McLean2 hr
Jul 12, 3:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHCaldwell, Lyon33 min
Jul 12, 3:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHMuhlenberg31 min
Jul 12, 4:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHChristian44 min
Jul 12, 4:20 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHCaldwell, Christian, Trigg115 min
Jul 12, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHChristian, Trigg46 min
Jul 12, 12:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHEdwards, Wabash37 min
Jul 12, 12:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHWayne46 min
Jul 12, 1:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWayne, White41 min
Jul 12, 2:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHCape Girardeau49 min
Jul 12, 6:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHButler28 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.