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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Paducah, KY

July 10, 2021Christian County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2021, 9:03 PM CDT for Christian County, Kentucky. It was in force for 9 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 10, 2021, 9:03 PM CDT (02:03 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2021, 9:12 PM CDT
In force: 9 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Christian County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 10, 9:04 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	7 Ese Crofton, KY	TREES DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 127 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

743 
WUUS53 KPAH 110203
SVRPAH
KYC047-110230-
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0079.210711T0203Z-210711T0230Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Christian County in south central Kentucky...

* Until 930 PM CDT.

* At 903 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Crofton, or
  12 miles southeast of Dawson Springs, moving east at 25 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
  northeastern Christian County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3692 8729 3697 8761 3713 8760 3710 8752
      3713 8749 3713 8737 3714 8736 3715 8736
      3716 8735 3715 8733 3713 8733 3711 8731
      3711 8728 3708 8728 3707 8726
TIME...MOT...LOC 0203Z 272DEG 22KT 3706 8750 

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

York

1 follow-up statement

056 
WWUS53 KPAH 110212
SVSPAH

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

KYC047-110222-
/O.CAN.KPAH.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-210711T0230Z/
Christian KY-
912 PM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN 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 3692 8729 3697 8761 3713 8760 3710 8752
      3713 8749 3713 8737 3714 8736 3715 8736
      3716 8735 3715 8733 3713 8733 3711 8731
      3711 8728 3708 8728 3707 8726
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 272DEG 22KT 3706 8743 

$$

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, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins	24 min
Jul 10, 8:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Muhlenberg	46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.