Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Paducah, KY
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau | 60 min |
| Jul 14, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau | 30 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.