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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2026, 6:58 AM CDT for Livingston County, Lyon County, Marshall County, Kentucky. It was in force for 22 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
- Jun 1, 2026, 6:58 AM CDT (11:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2026, 7:20 AM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 347 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2185 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 342 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 May 31, 6:24 PM CDT, 12 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 31, 6:24 PM CDT, 12 hours 34 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 1:53 PM CDT, 17 hours 5 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Paducah KY 153 PM CDT Sun May 31 2026 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-011900- 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- 153 PM CDT Sun May 31 2026 /253 PM EDT Sun May 31 2026/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, western Kentucky and southeast Missouri. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Showers and thunderstorms will be possible this afternoon mainly across parts of southeast Missouri and possibly southern Illinois. A few storms may become severe with large hail and damaging winds the main threat. More activity is expected late tonight. A few strong storms are possible very late tonight with damaging winds and large hail the primary threats. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Showers and thunderstorms will linger through much of the day Monday. A few strong to severe storms will be possible Monday with large hail and damaging winds the main threats. Locally heavy rain is also possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 5:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | McCracken | 50 min |
| Jun 1, 5:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Lyon, Marshall | 41 min |
| Jun 1, 6:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | McCracken | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 6:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Marshall, Trigg | 44 min |
| Jun 1, 7:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Calloway, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Calloway, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 17 min |
| Jun 1, 9:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Calloway | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 4:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Pope | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 4:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Massac | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 6:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Perry, Williamson | 48 min |
| Jun 1, 7:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Jackson, Perry, Union | 51 min |
| Jun 1, 7:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 7:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Alexander | 44 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.