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Special Weather Statement, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this special weather statement at Oct 7, 2021, 4:42 PM EDT for Pike County, Warrick County, Indiana. It was in force for 63 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 7, 2021, 4:42 PM EDT (20:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2021, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Hail
- 0.50 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Pike County, IN, Warrick County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 259 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
- 221 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 567 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Oct 7, 4:33 PM EDT, 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 7, 4:33 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Paducah KY 1203 PM CDT Thu Oct 7 2021 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-080845- Jefferson-Wayne IL-Edwards-Wabash-Perry IL-Franklin-Hamilton- White-Jackson-Williamson-Saline-Gallatin-Union-Johnson-Pope- Hardin-Alexander-Pulaski-Massac-Gibson-Pike-Posey-Vanderburgh- Warrick-Spencer-Fulton-Hickman-Carlisle-Ballard-McCracken-Graves- Livingston-Marshall-Calloway-Crittenden-Lyon-Trigg-Caldwell- Union KY-Webster-Hopkins-Christian-Henderson-Daviess-McLean- Muhlenberg-Todd-Perry MO-Bollinger-Cape Girardeau-Wayne MO-Carter- Ripley-Butler-Stoddard-Scott-Mississippi-New Madrid- 1203 PM CDT Thu Oct 7 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, western Kentucky, and southeast Missouri. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight There is a small chance of thunderstorms today, mainly this afternoon and into the early evening hours. The primary hazard will be dangerous lightning. A few storms may become strong enough to produce small hail and wind gusts in excess of 40 mph this afternoon. Main area of concern would be southern Illinois, and a small part of southeast Missouri, northwest Kentucky, and southwest Indiana. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. York/Smith
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 7, 3:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
210 PM CDT Thu Oct 7 2021
INZ085-086-071945-
Posey IN-Vanderburgh IN-
210 PM CDT Thu Oct 7 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central
Vanderburgh and east central Posey Counties through 245 PM CDT...
At 209 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Mount Vernon, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Blairsville and Kasson.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3812 8777 3801 8760 3789 8783 3793 8789
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 220DEG 17KT 3796 8779
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
DWSSpecial weather statement, Oct 7, 4:42 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Posey | 35 min |
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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.