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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Paducah, KY

July 10, 2021Christian County, Muhlenberg County, Todd County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT for Christian County, Muhlenberg County, Todd County, Kentucky. It was in force for 18 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
Jul 10, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2021, 8:18 PM CDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Christian County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Todd County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 124 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2021-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 624 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2021-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
624 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1295 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

996 
WUUS53 KPAH 110100
SVRPAH
KYC047-177-219-110145-
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0075.210711T0100Z-210711T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
800 PM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Muhlenberg County in south central Kentucky...
  Northeastern Christian County in south central Kentucky...
  Northern Todd County in south central Kentucky...

* Until 845 PM CDT.

* At 800 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Crofton, or
  11 miles north of Hopkinsville, moving east at 25 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...
  Weir.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3706 8705 3696 8705 3692 8756 3710 8760
      3711 8754 3710 8752 3713 8748 3713 8737
      3714 8736 3716 8736 3722 8708 3706 8704
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 259DEG 21KT 3703 8749 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

York
1 follow-up statement
827 
WWUS53 KPAH 110118
SVSPAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
818 PM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021

KYC047-177-219-110127-
/O.CAN.KPAH.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-210711T0145Z/
Muhlenberg KY-Christian KY-Todd KY-
818 PM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MUHLENBERG...
NORTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN AND NORTHERN TODD COUNTIES 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 3706 8705 3696 8705 3692 8756 3710 8760
      3711 8754 3710 8752 3713 8748 3713 8737
      3714 8736 3716 8736 3722 8708 3706 8704
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 259DEG 21KT 3705 8736 

$$

York

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 7:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHCrittenden, Livingston45 min
Jul 10, 7:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHHenderson50 min
Jul 10, 7:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHHopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Webster47 min
Jul 10, 7:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHDaviess24 min
Jul 10, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Christian, Hopkins24 min
Jul 10, 8:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHMuhlenberg46 min
Jul 10, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian9 min
Jul 10, 9:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHLivingston38 min
Jul 10, 10:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHCaldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Todd6 hr
Jul 10, 10:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHCrittenden, Livingston6 hr
Jul 10, 10:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHCaldwell50 min
Jul 10, 11:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHBallard, Carlisle, Hickman51 min
Jul 10, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGraves, McCracken21 min
Jul 11, 12:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHMuhlenberg50 min
Jul 11, 2:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian21 min
Jul 11, 2:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Todd23 min
Jul 11, 2:40 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHChristian, Todd35 min
Jul 11, 4:34 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningPAHCrittenden, Livingston3 hr

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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.