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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Paducah, KY

June 29, 2021Daviess County, McLean County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2021, 6:53 PM CDT for Daviess County, McLean County, Kentucky. It was in force for 37 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: Jun 29, 2021, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2021, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Daviess County, KY, McLean County, KY

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 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 nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 166 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1387 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1208 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

395 
WUUS53 KPAH 292353
SVRPAH
KYC059-149-300030-
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0052.210629T2353Z-210630T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
653 PM CDT Tue Jun 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Daviess County in northwestern Kentucky...
  East central McLean County in northwestern Kentucky...

* Until 730 PM CDT.

* At 652 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 3 miles east of 
  Livermore, moving northwest at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southeastern Daviess and east central McLean Counties, including
  the following locations... Pleasant Ridge.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3762 8692 3763 8696 3758 8700 3755 8705
      3747 8711 3749 8712 3748 8713 3759 8722
      3766 8708 3768 8695 3763 8691
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 153DEG 15KT 3753 8708 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

ATL

2 follow-up statements

274 
WWUS53 KPAH 300007
SVSPAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
707 PM CDT Tue Jun 29 2021

KYC059-149-300030-
/O.CON.KPAH.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-210630T0030Z/
Daviess KY-McLean KY-
707 PM CDT Tue Jun 29 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN DAVIESS AND EAST CENTRAL MCLEAN COUNTIES...

At 705 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Pleasant 
Ridge, moving north at 10 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Livermore and Pleasant Ridge. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3762 8692 3763 8696 3758 8700 3755 8705
      3747 8711 3749 8712 3748 8713 3759 8722
      3766 8708 3768 8695 3763 8691
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 191DEG 9KT 3760 8698 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

ATL

210 
WWUS53 KPAH 300019
SVSPAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
719 PM CDT Tue Jun 29 2021

KYC149-300028-
/O.CAN.KPAH.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-210630T0030Z/
McLean KY-
719 PM CDT Tue Jun 29 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MCLEAN 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 3762 8692 3763 8696 3758 8700 3763 8704
      3767 8702 3768 8695 3763 8691
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 194DEG 16KT 3766 8695 

$$

KYC059-300030-
/O.CON.KPAH.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-210630T0030Z/
Daviess KY-
719 PM CDT Tue Jun 29 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN DAVIESS COUNTY...

At 718 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles southwest 
of Whitesville, moving north at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Pleasant Ridge.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3762 8692 3763 8696 3758 8700 3763 8704
      3767 8702 3768 8695 3763 8691
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 194DEG 16KT 3766 8695 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

ATL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 29, 2:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Calloway	43 min
Jun 29, 2:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Trigg	30 min
Jun 29, 2:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Christian, Trigg	41 min
Jun 29, 3:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Caldwell, Lyon, Trigg	47 min
Jun 29, 4:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Todd	46 min
Jun 29, 4:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Calloway, Graves	46 min
Jun 29, 5:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Ballard	28 min
Jun 29, 5:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Christian	37 min
Jun 29, 5:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	McCracken	27 min
Jun 29, 5:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Muhlenberg	25 min
Jun 29, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	McLean	33 min
Jun 29, 6:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Muhlenberg	29 min
Jun 29, 6:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	McLean	44 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.