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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Paducah, KY

June 11, 1989New Madrid County, Missouri

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 11, 3:25 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0New 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1989-06-11Temperature 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1989-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHDunklin, Pemiscot39 min
Jun 11, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler, Stoddard40 min
Jun 11, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPemiscot30 min
Jun 11, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPemiscot43 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.