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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Paducah, KY

May 16, 1995New Madrid County, Scott County, Stoddard County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1995, 9:59 AM CDT for New Madrid County, Scott County, Stoddard County, Missouri. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1995, 9:59 AM CDT (14:59 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1995, 10:45 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties New Madrid County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 224 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1995-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2309 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1995-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2309 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
625 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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

Local storm report, May 16, 8:59 AM CDT, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
858 AM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995

TIME (CDT) ...CITY LOCATION...    STATE
           ...COUNTY LOCATION...            ...EVENT/REMARKS...

841 AM     JONESBORO                 IL   3/4 INCH HAIL
05/16/95   UNION                          REPORT BY COUNTY SHERIFF

855 AM     CARBONDALE                IL   PEA SIZE HAIL
05/16/95   JACKSON                        FROM CARBONDALE WEATHER

                                       OBSERVER
SHANKLIN
Local storm report, May 16, 9:18 AM CDT, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
917 AM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995

TIME (CDT) ...CITY LOCATION...    STATE
           ...COUNTY LOCATION...            ...EVENT/REMARKS...

91h7 AM     FRUITLAND                 MO   GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
05/16/95   CAPE GIRARDEAU                 REPORT FROM TV METEOROLOGIST

SHANKLIN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 10:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard68 min
May 16, 10:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMcCracken59 min
May 16, 10:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarlisle, Graves51 min
May 16, 10:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHLivingston45 min
May 16, 10:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMarshall55 min
May 16, 10:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHLyon55 min
May 16, 8:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHUnion43 min
May 16, 8:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJackson41 min
May 16, 9:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHUnion43 min
May 16, 9:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHAlexander48 min
May 16, 9:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJohnson, Pope46 min
May 16, 9:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPulaski54 min
May 16, 9:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCape Girardeau43 min
May 16, 10:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMississippi41 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.