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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 6, 2025, 1:53 PM CST for Christian County, Trigg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 37 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
- Feb 6, 2025, 1:53 PM CST (19:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2025, 2:30 PM CST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Christian County, KY, Trigg County, KY
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 426 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 809 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 388 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.3
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Feb 6, 11:44 AM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 11:44 AM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Feb 6, 12:41 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
1241 PM CST Thu Feb 6 2025
MOZ112-114-061930-
New Madrid MO-Mississippi MO-
1241 PM CST Thu Feb 6 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND
NORTHEASTERN NEW MADRID COUNTIES THROUGH 130 PM CST...
At 1241 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Farrenburg, or 7 miles north of Hunter-Dawson State Historic Site,
moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
East Prairie, Big Oak Tree State Park, Towosahgy State Historic Site,
Matthews, Anniston, and Farrenburg.
This includes Interstate 55 between Mile Markers 49 and 60.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3662 8967 3677 8968 3687 8914 3685 8914
3684 8918 3681 8918 3679 8916 3679 8913
3675 8912 3676 8917 3674 8920 3673 8920
3669 8917 3667 8916 3665 8918
TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 263DEG 38KT 3670 8956
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
SPSpecial weather statement, Feb 6, 1:31 PM CST, 22 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
131 PM CST Thu Feb 6 2025
KYZ009-061945-
Calloway KY-
131 PM CST Thu Feb 6 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN CALLOWAY COUNTY
THROUGH 145 PM CST...
At 130 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles north of Paris Landing State Park, moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
New Concord.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3662 8825 3667 8807 3661 8804 3654 8803
3651 8804 3650 8805 3650 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 253DEG 42KT 3658 8809
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
SPLocal storm report, Feb 6, 1:39 PM CST, 14 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Paducah KY
139 PM CST Thu Feb 6 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0115 PM Hail 1 S Campbell Hill 37.92N 89.55W
02/06/2025 M0.70 Inch Jackson IL Emergency Mngr
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DWSSpecial weather statement, Feb 6, 1:49 PM CST, 4 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service PADUCAH KY 149 PM CST Thu Feb 6 2025 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-062200- 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- Including the cities of Mount Vernon, Fairfield, Albion, Mount Carmel, Pinckneyville, West Frankfort, McLeansboro, Carmi, Carbondale, Murphysboro, Herrin, Harrisburg, Shawneetown, Jonesboro, Vienna, Golconda, Elizabethtown, Cairo, Mound City, Metropolis, Fort Branch, Petersburg, Poseyville, Evansville, Boonville, Rockport, Hickman, Clinton, Bardwell, Wickliffe, Paducah, Mayfield, Smithland, Benton, Murray, Marion, Eddyville, Cadiz, Princeton, Morganfield, Dixon, Madisonville, Hopkinsville, Henderson, Owensboro, Calhoun, Greenville, Elkton, Perryville, Marble Hill, Cape Girardeau, Jackson, Piedmont, Van Buren, Doniphan, Poplar Bluff, Bloomfield, Sikeston, Charleston, and New Madrid 149 PM CST Thu Feb 6 2025 /249 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2025/ ..Scattered Thunderstorms May Produce Small Hail This Afternoon... Isolated to scattered thunderstorms may produce small hail up to dime sized and gusty winds up to 40 mph across the region this afternoon. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 8:38 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Daviess | 22 min |
| Feb 5, 9:05 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Daviess | 10 min |
| Feb 5, 9:31 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Christian | 44 min |
| Feb 5, 9:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Todd | 11 min |
| Feb 6, 4:33 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Muhlenberg | 12 min |
| Feb 6, 10:47 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson | 20 days |
| Feb 6, 1:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Hickman | 29 min |
| Feb 6, 1:31 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Calloway | 14 min |
| Feb 6, 2:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 28 min |
| Feb 6, 2:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 24 min |
| Feb 6, 5:12 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Caldwell, Calloway, Christian, Crittenden, Daviess, Henderson and 10 more | 93 min |
| Feb 6, 12:41 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Mississippi | 49 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.