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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Paducah, KY

December 28, 202522 counties in Kentucky; 19 counties in Illinois; 11 counties in Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this wind advisory at Dec 28, 2025, 8:28 AM CST for 22 counties in Kentucky; 19 counties in Illinois; 11 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Dec 28, 2025, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 28, 2025, 8:28 AM CST (14:28 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 28, 2025, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Dec 29, 2025, 10:00 AM CST
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
All 52 counties

Alexander County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Ballard County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Perry County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:34 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 232 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 2025-12-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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 2025-12-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 206 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
644 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
206 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 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
Dec 28, 4:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPerry49 min
Dec 28, 4:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJackson, Union40 min
Dec 28, 4:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJefferson, Wayne40 min
Dec 28, 5:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFranklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry44 min
Dec 28, 5:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFranklin, Jackson, Williamson45 min
Dec 28, 5:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHEdwards, Wabash, Wayne39 min
Dec 28, 5:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHAlexander, Union50 min
Dec 28, 5:28 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHEdwards, Wabash, Wayne20 min
Dec 28, 5:35 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHEdwards, Wabash, Wayne40 min
Dec 28, 5:38 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHEdwards, Wabash, Wayne35 min
Dec 28, 5:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGallatin, Hamilton, Saline, White, Williamson46 min
Dec 28, 5:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHEdwards, Wabash, Wayne, White51 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.