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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Paducah, KY

July 10, 2021Caldwell County, Christian County, Hopkins County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2021, 8:14 PM CDT for Caldwell County, Christian County, Hopkins County, Kentucky. It was in force for 24 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, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2021, 8:38 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Caldwell County, KY, Christian County, KY, Hopkins County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 135 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: 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.

499 
WUUS53 KPAH 110114
SVRPAH
KYC033-047-107-110200-
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0076.210711T0114Z-210711T0200Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Christian County in south central Kentucky...
  Southeastern Caldwell County in western Kentucky...
  Southeastern Hopkins County in northwestern Kentucky...

* Until 900 PM CDT.

* At 814 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Princeton,
  moving east at 30 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Cobb around 820 PM CDT.
  Dawson Springs around 830 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Nortonville and Crofton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3698 8768 3700 8773 3698 8775 3700 8792
      3718 8791 3721 8733 3720 8733 3720 8732
      3717 8732 3715 8734 3712 8732 3694 8732
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 271DEG 24KT 3709 8782 

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

York

1 follow-up statement

045 
WWUS53 KPAH 110138
SVSPAH

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

KYC033-047-107-110148-
/O.CAN.KPAH.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-210711T0200Z/
Christian KY-Caldwell KY-Hopkins KY-
838 PM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN CHRISTIAN...
SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL AND SOUTHEASTERN HOPKINS 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 3698 8768 3700 8773 3698 8775 3700 8792
      3718 8791 3721 8733 3720 8733 3720 8732
      3717 8732 3715 8734 3712 8732 3694 8732
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 271DEG 24KT 3709 8762 

$$

York

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 10, 7:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Crittenden, Livingston	45 min
Jul 10, 7:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Henderson	50 min
Jul 10, 7:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Webster	47 min
Jul 10, 7:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Daviess	24 min
Jul 10, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd	18 min
Jul 10, 8:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Muhlenberg	46 min
Jul 10, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Christian	9 min
Jul 10, 9:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Livingston	38 min
Jul 10, 10:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Todd	6 hr
Jul 10, 10:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Crittenden, Livingston	6 hr
Jul 10, 10:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Caldwell	50 min
Jul 10, 11:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle, Hickman	51 min
Jul 10, 11:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Graves, McCracken	21 min
Jul 11, 12:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Muhlenberg	50 min
Jul 11, 2:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Christian	21 min
Jul 11, 2:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Christian, Todd	23 min
Jul 11, 2:40 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Christian, Todd	35 min
Jul 11, 4:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Crittenden, Livingston	3 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.