Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 15, 2021, 2:49 PM CDT for Marshall 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
- Oct 15, 2021, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 15, 2021, 3:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Marshall County, KY
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 810 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
163
WUUS53 KPAH 151949
SVRPAH
KYC157-152030-
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0095.211015T1949Z-211015T2030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
249 PM CDT Fri Oct 15 2021
The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southern Marshall County in western Kentucky...
* Until 330 PM CDT.
* At 248 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southwest
of Benton, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southern Marshall County, including the following locations...
Aurora, Hardin and Brewers.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service
office in Paducah.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3675 8846 3680 8844 3688 8817 3683 8814
3676 8811 3675 8812
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 261DEG 26KT 3677 8845
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
SMITH3 follow-up statements
431
WWUS53 KPAH 151958
SVSPAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
258 PM CDT Fri Oct 15 2021
KYC157-152030-
/O.CON.KPAH.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-211015T2030Z/
Marshall KY-
258 PM CDT Fri Oct 15 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY...
At 258 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Benton, moving
east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Hardin and Aurora.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Paducah.
If on or near Kentucky Lake, get away from the water and move
indoors or inside a vehicle. remember, lightning can strike out to
15 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you
are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter
now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3675 8836 3681 8838 3685 8818 3683 8814
3678 8812 3677 8813
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 260DEG 31KT 3679 8832
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
SMITH814
WWUS53 KPAH 152012
SVSPAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
312 PM CDT Fri Oct 15 2021
KYC157-152030-
/O.CON.KPAH.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-211015T2030Z/
Marshall KY-
312 PM CDT Fri Oct 15 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY...
At 311 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Land Between
The Lakes Area, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Aurora.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Paducah.
If on or near Kentucky Lake, get away from the water and move
indoors or inside a vehicle. remember, lightning can strike out to
15 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you
are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter
now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3677 8820 3682 8821 3685 8818 3683 8814
3678 8812 3677 8813
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 270DEG 27KT 3679 8817
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
SMITH932
WWUS53 KPAH 152020
SVSPAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
320 PM CDT Fri Oct 15 2021
KYC157-152028-
/O.CAN.KPAH.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-211015T2030Z/
Marshall KY-
320 PM CDT Fri Oct 15 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However gusty winds and
heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for
western Kentucky.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Paducah.
LAT...LON 3677 8820 3682 8821 3685 8818 3683 8814
3678 8812 3677 8813
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 261DEG 26KT 3680 8811
$$
SMITHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 1:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Fulton | 46 min |
| Oct 15, 2:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Graves | 24 min |
| Oct 15, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves | 17 min |
| Oct 15, 2:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Graves | 12 min |
| Oct 15, 2:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Calloway | 49 min |
| Oct 15, 3:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Trigg | 36 min |
| Oct 15, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Christian | 52 min |
| Oct 15, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Trigg | 43 min |
| Oct 15, 4:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Todd | 29 min |
| Oct 15, 5:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Ballard | 65 min |
| Oct 15, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 18 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.