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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Paducah, KY

May 9, 1990Cape Girardeau County, Scott County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1990, 7:35 PM CDT for Cape Girardeau County, Scott County, Missouri. It was in force for 55 min. 2 reports 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
May 9, 1990, 7:35 PM CDT (00:35 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 1990, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cape Girardeau County, MO, Scott 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
May 9, 7:40 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Cape Girardeau, MO
May 9, 7:40 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 57Cape Girardeau, 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 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 00:00Z on 1990-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 602 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1990-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 158 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
602 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
710 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPAH 100130
SVRPAH
MOC201-031-100130-           

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
735 PM CDT WED MAY 09 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830  PM CDT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES OF

SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SCOTT AND CAPE GIRARDEAU

AT 730 RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN CAPE    
GIRARDEAU COUNTY AND WEST SCOTT COUNTY MISSOUI NEAR DELTA OR 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CAPE GIRARDEAU MO.  THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST
NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING. BE ON THE LOOKOUT AND BE PREPARED TO
MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IS ONE IS SPOTTED.

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 YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE TOWNS OF CAPE GIRARDEAU 
GET TO A REINFORCED SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING
WIND...LARGE HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

JFB

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, May 9, 6:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
INZ011-014-KYZ003-ILZ012-014-100045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
635 PM CDT WED MAY 9 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF
WESTERN ILLINOIS.

AT 625 PM CDT...THERE WERE THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN ILLINOIS...
MORE THAN 100 MILES WEST AND NORTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE.  THESE
WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.

THERE WAS NO PRECIPITATION OVER SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS SOUTHWEST
INDIANA OR WESTERN KENTUCKY AT 625 PM.
ZIMMER
Special weather statement, May 9, 7:08 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
KYZ001-041700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1100 AM CDT FRI MAY 5 1990

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL...WAS FROM JUST WEST OF OWENSBORO
KENTUCKY...TO JACKSON TENNESSEE AT 11 AM CDT.

THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR... AND
SHOULD EXTEND FROM JUST EAST OF OWENSBORO KENTUCKY...THROUGH CADIZ
KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES
REGION OF BOTH KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE.

DEADLY LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLY SOME HAIL...AND VERY
HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LINE OF THUNDER
STORMS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THE APPROACHING STORMS SHOULD TAKE
COVER IMMEDIATELY WHEN YOU SEE THE STORMS MOVING TOWARD YOU.
WILLIAMS
Special weather statement, May 9, 7:12 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
KYZ001-041700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1100 AM CDT FRI MAY 5 1990

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL...WAS FROM JUST WEST OF OWENSBORO
KENTUCKY...TO JACKSON TENNESSEE AT 11 AM CDT.

THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR... AND
SHOULD EXTEND FROM JUST EAST OF OWENSBORO KENTUCKY...THROUGH CADIZ
KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES
REGION OF BOTH KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE.

DEADLY LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLY SOME HAIL...AND VERY
HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LINE OF THUNDER
STORMS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THE APPROACHING STORMS SHOULD TAKE
COVER IMMEDIATELY WHEN YOU SEE THE STORMS MOVING TOWARD YOU.
WILLIAMS
...DISREGARD ABOVE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...TRANSMITTED BY
CCIDENT... ANOTHER UPJDATED SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT TO FOLLOW...
Special weather statement, May 9, 7:16 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
KYZ001-ILZ013>015-MOZ022>023-100110

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
710 PM CDT WED MAY 9 1990

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 1 AM FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND THE
BOOTHEEL...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WEST KENTUCKY...

AT 7 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND VERY
HEAVY RAINS EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES WEST OF MT. VERNON ILLINOIS TO
10 MILES WEST OF KENNETT MISSOURI.

HEAVIEST STORMS WERE OVER CAPE GIRARDEAU AND BOLLINGER COUNTIES IN
MISSOURI.

AT 655 PM A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS OVSERVED IN BUTTLER COUNTY NEAR HWY 142
THERE WAS ALSO A BRIEF TOUCHDOWN NEAR "CALL OF THE WILD" TO THE SOUTH-
WEST OF POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.
BORGIA

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.