Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 28, 2021, 6:12 AM CST for Calloway County, Graves County, Kentucky. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2021, 6:12 AM CST (12:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2021, 6:45 AM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Calloway County, KY, Graves County, KY
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:11 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 6:27 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nnw Murray, KY | POWER LINES DOWN ALONG POOR FARM ROAD ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MURRAY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 157 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 480 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 488 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
352
WUUS53 KPAH 281212
SVRPAH
KYC035-083-281245-
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0001.210228T1212Z-210228T1245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
612 AM CST Sun Feb 28 2021
The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Calloway County in western Kentucky...
Southeastern Graves County in western Kentucky...
* Until 645 AM CST.
* At 611 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lynnville, or
10 miles west of Murray, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Murray, Lynnville, Kirksey and Harris Grove.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3652 8858 3673 8853 3675 8832 3675 8811
3669 8807 3666 8807 3663 8805 3659 8804
3656 8804
TIME...MOT...LOC 1211Z 252DEG 38KT 3658 8852
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
DRS2 follow-up statements
637
WWUS53 KPAH 281223
SVSPAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
623 AM CST Sun Feb 28 2021
KYC083-281232-
/O.CAN.KPAH.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210228T1245Z/
Graves KY-
623 AM CST Sun Feb 28 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRAVES COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3674 8844 3675 8832 3675 8817 3674 8811
3669 8807 3666 8807 3664 8805 3659 8804
3656 8804 3654 8849
TIME...MOT...LOC 1222Z 252DEG 38KT 3662 8838
$$
KYC035-281245-
/O.CON.KPAH.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210228T1245Z/
Calloway KY-
623 AM CST Sun Feb 28 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM CST
FOR CALLOWAY COUNTY...
At 622 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Murray, moving
east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Murray, Kirksey and Harris Grove.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3674 8844 3675 8832 3675 8817 3674 8811
3669 8807 3666 8807 3664 8805 3659 8804
3656 8804 3654 8849
TIME...MOT...LOC 1222Z 252DEG 38KT 3662 8838
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
DRS249
WWUS53 KPAH 281236
SVSPAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
636 AM CST Sun Feb 28 2021
KYC035-281245-
/O.CON.KPAH.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210228T1245Z/
Calloway KY-
636 AM CST Sun Feb 28 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM CST
FOR NORTHERN CALLOWAY COUNTY...
At 636 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles northeast
of Murray, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Murray.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3675 8832 3675 8817 3674 8811 3669 8807
3666 8807 3659 8839
TIME...MOT...LOC 1236Z 248DEG 33KT 3672 8820
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
DRSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2:28 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Henderson, Union | 2 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:16 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, Union | 5 hr |
| Feb 28, 6:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg | 9 min |
| Feb 28, 7:31 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Calloway, Graves | 54 min |
| Feb 28, 8:23 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves, Marshall, Trigg | 12 hr |
| Feb 28, 8:51 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 10:03 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | McLean, Webster | 15 days |
| Feb 28, 10:43 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Christian, Trigg | 9 hr |
| Feb 28, 10:49 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Christian, Trigg | 20 hr |
| Feb 28, 11:22 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson | 12 days |
| Feb 28, 11:22 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Union | 17 days |
| Feb 28, 11:22 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Union | 15 days |
| Feb 28, 11:22 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 21 days |
| Feb 28, 11:22 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard | 40 days |
| Feb 28, 11:22 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman | 41 days |
| Feb 28, 1:07 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Todd | 23 min |
| Feb 28, 1:16 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Christian | 29 min |
| Feb 28, 2:04 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Todd | 26 min |
| Feb 28, 2:10 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Fulton, Hickman | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:50 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Todd | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:58 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Christian | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:14 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Daviess, McLean | 16 min |
| Feb 28, 5:28 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Todd | 32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.