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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Paducah, KY

July 14, 1986Scott County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1986, 6:25 PM CDT for Scott County, Missouri. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1986, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1986, 7:25 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Scott County, MO

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Salem-Leckrone, IL (KSLO), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 187 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, Salem-Leckrone, IL at 12:00Z on 1986-07-14Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Salem-Leckrone, IL at 12:00Z on 1986-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPAH 142325
SVRPAH
MOC017-031-201-150025-

BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
625 PM CDT MON JUL 14 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 725 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI..
BOLLINGER..SOUTHERN CAPE GIRARDEAU..NORTHERN SCOTT.

AT 625 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 23 MILES
WEST OF CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM GET TO A REINFORCED SHELTER AND
PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WIND..LARGE HAIL..VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES.

REMEMBER THESE STORMS CAN ANFD OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING..SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.

SMITH

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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 1:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
SPECAIL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
140 PM CDT MON JUL 14 1986

SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS..MANY OF THEM VERY STRONG..WERE OVER WESTERN
KENTUCKY AT 130 PM CDT..AND THERE WAS PATCHY LIGHT RAIN OVER SOUTHERN
INDIANA.

THERE WAS A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST AND NORTHEAST OF LOUIS
VILLE KENTUCKY .. AND THERE WAS 25 MILE WIDE AREA OF STRONG OR VERY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM HARDINSBURG TO THE SOUTHWEST TIP OF WESTERN
KENTUCKY.  IN ADDITON..THERE WAS AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AROUND
AND TO THE SOUTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO FORM AND GROW THIS AFTERNOON
..AND WILL HAVE HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY STRONG
GUSTY WINDS WITH THEM.  SOME AREAS..ALREADY WITH SATURATED GROUNDS..
MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE SOME BRIEF HIGH WATER CONDITIONS.

THERE WAS ALSO PATCHY LIGHT RAIN FROM TERRE HUATE INDIANA..SOUTH TO
THE VICINITY OF ROCKPORT AND TELL ,CITY INDIANA

ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS AND THE AREA OF RAIN WERE MOVING TO THE EAST
SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR.
WILLIAMS
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
200 PM CDT MON JUL 14 1986

AT 2 PM CDT VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY
WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES WERE MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF
WESTERN KENTUCKY. AT 2 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A
BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 25 MILES NORTH OF BOWLING GREEN
KENTUCKY..SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES INTO NORTHWEST
TENNESSEE 30 MILES NORTH OF DYERSBURG TENNESSEE. IN WESTERN KENTUCKY
THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF CADIZ KENTUCKY AND
ACROSS LAKE BARKLEY AND KENTUCKY LAKE TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MURRAY
KENTUCKY.

THESE STROMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY
WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF WESTERN KENTUCKY. YOU SHOULD KEEP ABREAST
OF THESE DEVELOPING STORMS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK A SAFE SHELTER IF
IT SHOULD BECOME NECESSARY.

BOATER ON LAKE BARKLEY AND KENTUCKY LAKE SHOULD MOVE TO SHORE AT ONCE.
THE LAKES WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WITH THESE STORMS.

THEY WILL ALSO CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND PRODUCE URBAN
AND STEET FLOODING. IF YOU ARE DRIVING IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS
YOU ARE URGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION.

IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA THAT IS PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING YOU SHOULD KEEP
AN EYE ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER IF IT SHOULD BE COME NECESSARY.

STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND/OR WARNING.

SMITH
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 5:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
505 PM CDT MON JUL 14 1986

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

AT 500 PM CDT NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. HOWEVERE
CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENT AND/OR
WARNING.

AT 500 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MISSOURI BOOTHILL FROM JUST SOUTH OF MALDEN
ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI ACROSS THE
BOOTHILL INTO EXTREME WESTERN KENTUCKY AND NORTHWEST TENNESSEE.
ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF PADUCAH KENTUCKY 5
MILES NORTHEAST OF MARION. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES
AN HOUR AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY
WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. YOU ARE
URGED TO STAY AL
ERT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK A SAFE SHELTER IF IT
SHOULD BECOME NECESSARY.

OTHER THUNDERSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED FROM 25 MILES WEST OF POPLAR BLUFF
MISSOURI TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST LOUIS.
SMITH
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 5:50 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
SPECAIL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
530 PM CDT MON JUL 14 1986

VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS WEST KENTUCKY AT 530 PM CDT.

THESE VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTAINED IN A 25 MILE WIDE AREA
THAT WAS FROM JUST WEST OF MORGANTOWN TO PROVIDENCE. BEAVER DAM REPORTED
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG WINDS WITH THIS STORM. MADISONVILLE ALSO
REPORTED HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG WINDS THAT CAUSED SOME TREE DAMAGE.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN
HOUR AND ARE MOVING ACROSS HOPKINS...MUHLENBURG AND SOUTH OHIO COUNTIES
AT THIS TIME AND WILL BE IN BUTLER...NORTH TODD AND NORTH LOGAN BY 630
PM CDT. PERSONS IN THESE KENTUCKY COUNTIES SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POSSIBILITY SOME STREET AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING.
HUFF
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 5:53 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
550 PM CDT MON JUL 14 1986

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

AT 550 PM CDT NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. HOWEVER
CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO THIS STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENT AND/OR
WARNING.

AT 550 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS TO BE SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI..THE
BOOTHILL..WESTERN KENTUCKY AND NORTHWEST TENNESSEE.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAPE GIRARDEAU
MISSOURI AND EXTENDED WEST ACROSS NORTHERN BOLLINGER COUNTY TO NEAR
MARQUAND. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PADUCAH
KENTUCKY NEAR BARDWELL. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE 5 MILES WEST OF
KENNETT MISSOURI AND 7 MILES WEST OF MALDEN MISSOURI.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY
WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLE HAIL AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS THE TRI STATE REGION THIS EVENING.

SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL ALSO CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON6
ROADWAYS..URBAN AND STREET FLOODING. IF YOU ARE DRIVING IN THE
VICINITY OF THESE STORMS YOU ARE ADVISED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION.

SMITH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBollinger, Cape Girardeau60 min
Jul 14, 6:25 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCape Girardeau30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

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.