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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 321, NWS Paducah, KY

September 13, 20244 counties in Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 13, 2024, 5:21 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 13, 2024, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Sep 13, 2024, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Caldwell County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 12:00Z on 2024-09-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2024-09-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 264 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-125 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
858 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
342 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 13, 4:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHTrigg46 min
Sep 13, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Lyon, Trigg38 min
Sep 13, 6:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHDaviess36 min
Sep 13, 6:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHHopkins, Webster25 min
Sep 13, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHopkins, Webster24 min
Sep 13, 6:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHUnion, Webster43 min

Nearby

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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.