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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2021, 6:24 PM CDT for Calloway 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 2021, 6:24 PM CDT (23:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Calloway County, KY, Marshall County, KY
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 180 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1121 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
352
WUUS53 KPAH 282324
SVRPAH
KYC035-157-290000-
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0021.210428T2324Z-210429T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
624 PM CDT Wed Apr 28 2021
The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Calloway County in western Kentucky...
Southeastern Marshall County in western Kentucky...
* Until 700 PM CDT.
* At 624 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles southeast of Benton to near Murray, moving
northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Murray, Hardin, Hazel, Aurora, New Concord and Crossland.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service
office in Paducah.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3676 8836 3684 8815 3664 8805 3654 8803
3651 8804 3650 8805 3650 8841
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 241DEG 36KT 3678 8829 3654 8831
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SMITH1 follow-up statement
218
WWUS53 KPAH 282336
SVSPAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
636 PM CDT Wed Apr 28 2021
KYC035-157-290000-
/O.CON.KPAH.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-210429T0000Z/
Calloway KY-Marshall KY-
636 PM CDT Wed Apr 28 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN CALLOWAY AND SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTIES...
At 636 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles southwest of Land Between The Lakes Area to 13
miles southwest of Canton to 8 miles east of Murray, moving east at
40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Hazel, Aurora and New Concord.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Paducah.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3677 8829 3684 8815 3664 8805 3654 8803
3651 8804 3650 8805 3650 8835 3667 8824
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 268DEG 37KT 3678 8819 3668 8815 3658 8818
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SMITHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton | 49 min |
| Apr 28, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Fulton | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 4:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Fulton, Hickman | 95 min |
| Apr 28, 4:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle | 59 min |
| Apr 28, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Carlisle, Graves, Hickman, McCracken | 42 min |
| Apr 28, 5:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Graves, McCracken | 78 min |
| Apr 28, 5:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Calloway, Graves, Marshall | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 6:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Calloway, Livingston, Marshall | 93 min |
| Apr 28, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Lyon | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 6:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Caldwell, Lyon, Trigg | 76 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.