Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1989, 3:15 PM CDT for New Madrid County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 1989, 3:15 PM CDT (20:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1989, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County New Madrid County, MO
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 3:25 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | New Madrid, MO |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPAH 112017 SVRPAH MOC143-112100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 315 PM CDT SUN JUN 11 1989 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...NEW MADRID AT 312 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT PADUCAH KENTUCKY SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF MALDEN MISSOURI OR 42 MILES NORTHWEST OF DYERSBURG. AT 258 PM CDT GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY SPOTTERS AT MALDEN MISSOURI. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINS THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS AND UNDERPASSES. IF CAUGHT OUTDOORS...DO NOT STAND UNDERNEATH A TALL OR ISOLATED TREE. AVOID PROJECTIONS ABOVE THE LANDSCAPE. IN OPEN AREAS...GO TO A LOW PLACE. GET AWAY FROM OPEN WATERS OR METAL EQUIPMENT. STAY AWAY FROM WIRE FENCES OR RAILS. DIGIORGI
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, Jun 11, 1:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 135 PM CDT SUN JUN 11 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT TILL 700 PM FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI INCLUDING THE BOOTHEEL... AT 130 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR AT PADUCAH KENTUCKY INDICATED A 30 MILE BAND OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS THE LEADING EDGE OF WHICH EXTENDED FROM SAINT LOUIS MISSOURI TO MARION ILLINOIS TO NASHVILLE TENNESSEE. THIS PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL WERE ALSO SCATTERED ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE WITH THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JONESBORO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. IF YO6U ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS MOVE THROUGH YOUR AREA. DIGIORGI
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 2:35 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 235 PM CDT SUN JUN 11 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PART OF WESTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 900 PM CDT... . AT 225 PM CDT...RAINSHOWERS WERE IN WESTERN KENTUCKY AND A SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. THE SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM THE SHAWNEE NATIONAL FOREST IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH OF PADUCAH KENTUCKY...TO SCOTTSVILLE KENTUCKY ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN. THERE WAS ALSO SCATTERED LIGHT RAINSHOWERS IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF MT VERNON ILLINOIS. THIS PRECIPITATION WAS ABOUT 80 MILES WEST AND 50 MILES SOUTH OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA. . MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SUMMY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 39 min |
| Jun 11, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, Stoddard | 40 min |
| Jun 11, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Pemiscot | 30 min |
| Jun 11, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Pemiscot | 43 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.