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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Paducah, KY

July 14, 1986Franklin County, Hamilton County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1986, 8:08 PM CDT for Franklin County, Hamilton County, Illinois. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1986, 8:08 PM CDT (01:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1986, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Franklin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL

The radar

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

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, 5:08 PM CDT, 3 hours 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, 2 hours 18 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, 2 hours 15 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

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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.