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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Paducah, KY

May 5, 1996Jackson County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1996, 1:45 PM CDT for Jackson County, Illinois. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 5, 1996, 1:45 PM CDT (18:45 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 1996, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Whole counties

County Jackson County, IL

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 5, 1:14 PM CDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 1:14 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 5, 11:07 AM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

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THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...VALID UNTIL 7 AM MONDAY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1108 AM CDT SUN MAY 5 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNTIL 4 PM...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
...AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.

AT 11 AM...RADAR AND SATELLITE PICTURES SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI...SOME OF WHICH
WERE SEVERE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING QUICKLY EAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH
AND WILL MOVE INTO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. THE STORMS COULD MAKE IT ALL THE WAY ACROSS SOUTHWEST
INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL
...BUT ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THE STORMS WILL MOVE
QUICKLY EAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH.

THE GROUND IS STILL SATURATED FROM HEAVY RAIN EARLIER THIS WEEK
...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. FLASH FLOOD
WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS.

MONITOR LATER BROADCASTS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
ACTIVATION OF SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE REQUESTED.

YORK

Special weather statement, May 5, 1:35 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 5, 1:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski, Union	60 min
May 5, 2:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Johnson, Massac	53 min
May 5, 2:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Williamson	53 min
May 5, 2:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Pulaski	27 min
May 5, 2:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Pope, Saline	69 min
May 5, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hardin	58 min
May 5, 3:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Jackson	4 hr
May 5, 3:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Franklin, Williamson	4 hr
May 5, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin	65 min
May 5, 3:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Hamilton, Saline, White	3 hr
May 5, 2:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Fulton, Hickman	60 min
May 5, 2:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle	60 min
May 5, 2:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Graves	53 min
May 5, 2:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Calloway, Livingston, Marshall	69 min
May 5, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Lyon, Trigg	58 min
May 5, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Christian, Hopkins	65 min
May 5, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	McLean, Muhlenberg	58 min
May 5, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Todd	58 min
May 5, 12:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Carter	67 min
May 5, 12:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wayne	67 min
May 5, 12:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ripley	67 min
May 5, 12:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, Stoddard	60 min
May 5, 12:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Bollinger	60 min
May 5, 12:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Cape Girardeau, Perry	65 min
May 5, 1:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott	57 min
May 5, 1:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Cape Girardeau	39 min
May 5, 1:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Stoddard	27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1996 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.