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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Paducah, KY

March 15, 2025Daviess County, McLean County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 2025, 5:18 AM CDT for Daviess County, McLean County, Kentucky. It was in force for 42 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: Mar 15, 2025, 5:18 AM CDT (10:18 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2025, 6:00 AM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Daviess County, KY, McLean County, KY

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 14, 7:34 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 175 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2003 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Mar 15, 4:22 AM CDT, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 4:22 AM CDT, 56 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 4:29 AM CDT, 49 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 15, 4:50 AM CDT, 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 15, 4:54 AM CDT, 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 15, 4:59 AM CDT, 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 15, 5:09 AM CDT, 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 15, 5:11 AM CDT, 7 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 15, 1:06 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Fulton	39 min
Mar 15, 1:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Ballard	48 min
Mar 15, 1:18 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Ballard	27 min
Mar 15, 1:33 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Ballard, McCracken	42 min
Mar 15, 1:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Ballard	26 min
Mar 15, 1:36 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Fulton, Hickman	24 min
Mar 15, 1:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	PAH	Ballard	16 min
Mar 15, 1:53 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman	52 min
Mar 15, 2:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Crittenden, Livingston, McCracken	40 min
Mar 15, 2:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman	31 min
Mar 15, 2:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle, Graves, Livingston, McCracken	45 min
Mar 15, 2:24 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Carlisle, Graves, Hickman, McCracken, Marshall	33 min
Mar 15, 2:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Crittenden, Henderson, Union, Webster	42 min
Mar 15, 2:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Crittenden, Livingston, Union	39 min
Mar 15, 2:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Henderson, Union	43 min
Mar 15, 2:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Graves, Livingston, Lyon, McCracken and 1 more	50 min
Mar 15, 2:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Carlisle, Graves, Hickman, McCracken	34 min
Mar 15, 3:06 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon	24 min
Mar 15, 3:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean and 2 more	47 min
Mar 15, 3:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Livingston, Lyon, McCracken, Marshall	45 min
Mar 15, 3:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Daviess	49 min
Mar 15, 3:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon	39 min
Mar 15, 3:48 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Hopkins, McLean, Webster	27 min
Mar 15, 3:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins, Lyon	11 min
Mar 15, 4:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Daviess, Henderson, McLean, Webster	42 min
Mar 15, 4:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Henderson, Hopkins, Webster	38 min
Mar 15, 4:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Daviess, Henderson, McLean	47 min
Mar 15, 4:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Daviess	38 min
Mar 15, 4:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	PAH	Daviess	32 min
Mar 15, 4:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Daviess, Hopkins, McLean, Webster	41 min
Mar 15, 5:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Daviess	33 min
Mar 15, 10:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman	24 min
Mar 15, 10:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	McCracken	48 min
Mar 15, 10:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	McCracken	45 min
Mar 15, 10:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard, Graves, McCracken	17 min
Mar 15, 11:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Muhlenberg	8 days
Mar 15, 5:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Todd	62 min
Mar 14, 11:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Jackson	39 min
Mar 14, 11:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Jackson	51 min
Mar 14, 11:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	PAH	Jackson, Union	52 min
Mar 14, 11:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jackson, Perry, Williamson	46 min
Mar 15, 12:09 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jackson, Williamson	51 min
Mar 15, 12:09 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski	51 min
Mar 15, 12:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Alexander, Union	48 min
Mar 15, 12:21 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jefferson, Perry	27 min
Mar 15, 12:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Alexander, Jackson, Johnson, Union, Williamson	43 min
Mar 15, 12:42 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski	33 min
Mar 15, 12:44 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson	46 min
Mar 15, 12:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Johnson, Pulaski, Union	32 min
Mar 15, 1:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards, Hamilton, Wabash, Wayne, White	57 min
Mar 15, 1:26 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Pope, Saline, Williamson	49 min
Mar 15, 1:35 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wabash, Wayne	40 min
Mar 15, 1:53 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	PAH	Gallatin, Saline, White	52 min
Mar 15, 2:20 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	White	40 min
Mar 14, 9:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	PAH	Carter	51 min
Mar 14, 10:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedCatastrophic damage threat	PAH	Carter	15 min
Mar 14, 10:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Carter, Ripley, Wayne	48 min
Mar 14, 10:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	PAH	Wayne	26 min
Mar 14, 10:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PAH	Ripley	41 min
Mar 14, 10:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	PAH	Carter, Wayne	39 min
Mar 14, 10:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	PAH	Butler, Ripley	47 min
Mar 14, 11:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Wayne	38 min
Mar 14, 11:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Butler, Ripley	44 min
Mar 14, 11:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	PAH	Butler, Stoddard	53 min
Mar 14, 11:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Stoddard, Wayne	43 min
Mar 14, 11:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Butler	26 min
Mar 15, 12:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	New Madrid, Stoddard	29 min
Mar 15, 12:52 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard	38 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.