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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Paducah, KY

June 1, 2026Livingston County, Lyon County, Marshall County, Kentucky

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2026-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2026-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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 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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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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 5:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHMcCracken50 min
Jun 1, 5:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHLyon, Marshall41 min
Jun 1, 6:13 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHMcCracken3 hr
Jun 1, 6:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHMarshall, Trigg44 min
Jun 1, 7:48 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHCalloway, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg3 hr
Jun 1, 8:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHCalloway, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg4 hr
Jun 1, 8:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard, McCracken17 min
Jun 1, 9:41 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHCalloway3 hr
Jun 1, 4:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHPope31 min
Jun 1, 4:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHMassac28 min
Jun 1, 6:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHPerry, Williamson48 min
Jun 1, 7:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHJackson, Perry, Union51 min
Jun 1, 7:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJackson28 min
Jun 1, 7:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHAlexander44 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.