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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 1994, 6:45 PM CDT for Scott County, Stoddard County, Missouri. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 1994, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 1994, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -408 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1344 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 314 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, Apr 28, 2:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
KYZ001-002-003-004-005-006-007-008-009-010-011-012-013-MOZ086-087- 100-109-110-111-112-113-114-115-ILZ081-082-084-085-086-088-089- 090-091-092-093-094-282015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 215 PM CDT THU APR 28 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 169 IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 800 PM CDT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... AT 210 PM CDT...PADUCAH RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS FROM NEAR JONESBORO ILLINOIS IN UNION COUNTY NORTHEAST THROUGH MARION AND WEST FRANKFORT TO JUST EAST OF MT. VERNON ILLINOIS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. IN CHECKING WITH THE CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTORS OF UNION AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES...VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 40 MILES AN HOUR SEEM COMMON WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. AS OF 210 PM CDT NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. A NEW TORNADO WATCH...NUMBER 169...HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 800 PM CDT. THIS LINE OF STRONG STORMS LIES WITHIN THIS TORNADO WATCH AREA. STAY ALERT TO FAST CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN YOUR AREA BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THAT YOUR REPORT BE RELAYED ON TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. AS OF 200 PM CDT...THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI HAS EXPIRED. SOUTHEAST MISSOURI IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE NEW TORNADO WATCH THAT IS POSTED FOR SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 800 PM CDT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATE AS A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES OVER A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. POOLE NNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 3:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
KYZ001-002-003-004-005-006-007-008-009-010-011-012-013-MOZ086-087- 100-109-110-111-112-113-114-115-ILZ081-082-084-085-086-088-089- 090-091-092-093-094-282115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 315 PM CDT THU APR 28 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 169 IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 310 PM CDT...PADUCAH RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND SOME WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS IN AN AREA 35 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM 50 MILES NORTH OF PADUCAH KENTUCKY TO 70 MILES NORTH OF EVVANSVILLE INDIANA. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. AS OF 310 PM CDT NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. TORNADO WATCH...NUMBER 169...REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 800 PM CDT. PLEASE STAY ALERT TO FAST CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN YOUR AREA BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THAT YOUR REPORT BE RELAYED ON TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATE AS A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES OVER A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. JFB NNNN
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 3:22 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
INZ067>069-081>083-085>089-ILZ067-068-071>073-076>078-083-087- KYZ014>023-026-027-061>063-070>075-282045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 318 PM CDT THU APR 28 1994 AT 315 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHEAST OF LIVERMORE KENTUCKY...10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OWENSBORO. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 45 MPH AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SOME SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUHG NORTHERN OHIO COUNTY AND INTO HANCOCK COUNTY NEAR THE OHIO RIVER BY 345 PM CDT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER. BLOCK
Special weather statement, Apr 28, 6:11 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, Wayne | 63 min |
| Apr 27, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Stoddard | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, Stoddard | 47 min |
| Apr 28, 11:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wayne | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Stoddard | 25 min |
| Apr 28, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Scott, Stoddard | 32 min |
| Apr 28, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Scott | 29 min |
| Apr 28, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Wayne | 28 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.