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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Paducah, KY

June 17, 2026Henderson County, Union County, Kentucky; 16 counties in Illinois; 9 counties in Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this wind advisory at Jun 17, 2026, 12:51 AM CDT for Henderson County, Union County, Kentucky; 16 counties in Illinois; 9 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Jun 17, 2026, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 2026, 12:51 AM CDT (05:51 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 17, 2026, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 17, 2026, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
All 27 counties

Alexander County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Henderson County, KY, Union County, KY, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Perry County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:51 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 286 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 2026-06-17Temperature 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 2026-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2387 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 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
Jun 17, 12:51 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryPAHCalloway, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg19 hr
Jun 16, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFranklin, Hamilton, Jefferson25 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.