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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Paducah, KY

October 15, 2021Warrick County, Indiana

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 15, 2021, 7:35 PM CDT for Warrick County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 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, 7:35 PM CDT (00:35 UTC)
Expired
Oct 15, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Warrick County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 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 nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 222 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 2021-10-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 519 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 2021-10-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
519 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
903 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

028 
WUUS53 KPAH 160035
SVRPAH
INC173-160100-
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0099.211016T0035Z-211016T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
735 PM CDT Fri Oct 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Warrick County in southwestern Indiana...

* Until 800 PM CDT.

* At 735 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Melody Hill,
  moving east at 40 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 be near...
  Chandler around 740 PM CDT.
  Boonville around 750 PM CDT.

This includes Interstate 69 in Indiana near Mile Marker 7.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3797 8724 3796 8745 3803 8745 3804 8747
      3810 8747 3814 8729
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 260DEG 33KT 3803 8744 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

ATL
1 follow-up statement
986 
WWUS53 KPAH 160052
SVSPAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
752 PM CDT Fri Oct 15 2021

INC173-160100-
/O.CON.KPAH.SV.W.0099.000000T0000Z-211016T0100Z/
Warrick IN-
752 PM CDT Fri Oct 15 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL WARRICK COUNTY...

At 752 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Boonville,
moving east at 40 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 west
central Warrick County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3797 8724 3798 8737 3809 8740 3814 8729
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 260DEG 33KT 3806 8725 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

ATL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 15, 7:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHVanderburgh30 min
Oct 15, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHVanderburgh23 min
Oct 15, 7:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHWarrick25 min
Oct 15, 8:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHSpencer33 min
Oct 15, 8:16 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHSpencer18 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.