Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2021, 1:10 AM CDT for Daviess County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 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
- May 4, 2021, 1:10 AM CDT (06:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2021, 1:41 AM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Daviess County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:12 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 2263 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1050 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 7.6
The text
As transmitted.
473
WUUS53 KPAH 040610
SVRPAH
KYC059-040700-
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0023.210504T0610Z-210504T0700Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
110 AM CDT Tue May 4 2021
The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Daviess County in northwestern Kentucky...
* Until 200 AM CDT.
* At 109 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Masonville,
or 8 miles south of Owensboro, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Owensboro, Whitesville, Knottsville and Masonville.
This includes Interstate 165 between Mile Markers 60 and 69.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3765 8687 3762 8693 3763 8695 3759 8700
3759 8711 3769 8717 3783 8685 3779 8682
3774 8682 3771 8686 3767 8682
TIME...MOT...LOC 0609Z 256DEG 16KT 3764 8707
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
DWS1 follow-up statement
006
WWUS53 KPAH 040641
SVSPAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
141 AM CDT Tue May 4 2021
KYC059-040651-
/O.CAN.KPAH.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-210504T0700Z/
Daviess KY-
141 AM CDT Tue May 4 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DAVIESS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3765 8687 3762 8693 3763 8695 3759 8700
3759 8711 3769 8717 3783 8685 3779 8682
3774 8682 3771 8686 3767 8682
TIME...MOT...LOC 0639Z 256DEG 16KT 3767 8690
$$
RLSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 11:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Henderson | 31 min |
| May 3, 11:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Lyon | 34 min |
| May 3, 11:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Union | 51 min |
| May 4, 12:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Daviess | 43 min |
| May 4, 1:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Caldwell | 25 min |
| May 4, 1:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Hopkins | 52 min |
| May 4, 2:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg | 45 min |
| May 4, 2:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman | 43 min |
| May 4, 2:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Livingston, Lyon, McCracken | 64 min |
| May 4, 2:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton, Hickman | 55 min |
| May 4, 2:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg | 69 min |
| May 4, 3:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg | 7 hr |
| May 4, 3:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman | 3 hr |
| May 4, 3:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Crittenden, Livingston | 53 min |
| May 4, 3:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman | 40 min |
| May 4, 3:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Daviess, McLean | 51 min |
| May 4, 3:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves | 31 min |
| May 4, 4:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Christian, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg | 52 min |
| May 4, 4:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | McCracken | 3 hr |
| May 4, 4:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon and 1 more | 45 min |
| May 4, 4:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Hopkins, Lyon, Muhlenberg | 5 hr |
| May 4, 5:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Todd | 39 min |
| May 4, 5:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd | 21 min |
| May 4, 9:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Todd | 110 min |
| May 4, 10:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 6 days |
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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.