Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Paducah, KY

Issued

Jan 4, 1997, 5:26 PM CST (23:26 UTC)

Expired

Jan 4, 1997, 6:00 PM CST

In force

34 min

Issued by

NWS Paducah, KY

Area

Whole counties

Counties Bollinger County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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WUUS1 KPAH 042328 RRA
SVRPAH
MOC017-031-050000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
526 PM CST SAT JAN 4 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
 
   ...BOLLINGER COUNTY...SOUTHERN CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECT TO PASS THROUGH OR NEAR GLENNON AND
WHITEWATER BETWEEN 535 PM AND 545 PM CST. AT 525 PM DOPPLER RADAR AT
PADUCAH INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES WEST OF CAPE GIRARDEAU
NEAR ZALMA.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 57
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
 
KEYSOR

NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jan 4, 12:18 PM CST, 5 hours 8 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1215 PM CST SAT JAN 4 1997

17Z SURFACE CHART SHOWS LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL IOWA WITH COLD FRONT
EAST OF COU...TBN AND EXTENDING INTO NW ARKANSAS. VISIBLE LOOP SHOWS
CONSIDERABLE CLOUDS...BUT A FEW BREAKS NOTED IN ARKANSAS. WATER VAPOR
LOOP SHOWS WELL DEFINED S/WV HEADING EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS.
ADAP LIS ARE NEAR -2...BUT CAP STILL ABOUT 3 DEGREES. FORECAST ISSUES
TO ADDRESS INCLUDE TSTMS THIS EVENING...THEN TEMPERATURE TREND BEHIND
FRONT THROUGH SUNDAY.

MODELS FAIRLY SIMILAR THROUGH THIS FCST CYCLE. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
EAST THROUGH THE FA THIS EVENING. STRENGTHENING WIND FIELDS INTO THE
EVENING. UVV'S WILL BE ENHANCED AS JET MOVES ACROSS THE REGION INVOF
THE FRONT BELOW. THIS WITH LIS 0 TO -3 MEANS THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY.
IT WILL TURN COLDER TONIGHT AS 8H TEMPS DROP AT LEAST 10 DEG OVERNIGHT.
WRAP AROUND MOISTURE SHOULD KEEP CLOUDS AROUND...BUT BREAKS EXPECTED
AS MID-LEVEL DRY PUNCH MIXES IN. GUIDANCE NOS FAIRLY CLOSE.
>
1000/850 MB THICKNESS 24/36 HOURS LOWER THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY.
EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO GO NOWHERE WITH GOOD COLD AVECTION THROUGH
THE DAY. CYCLONIC FLOW PERSISTS WITH LOW TROP MOISTURE WRAPPING
AROUND CLOSED OFF 5H SYSTEM OVER GREAT LAKES SUNDAY. SOUTHERN EXTENT
OF THIS MOISTURE INTO THE FA...AND SHOULD BE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY.

ZONE               LOWS          HIGHS         POPS
WRN KY PAH         LOWER 40S     LOWER 40S      6-
WRN KY HOP         MIDDLE 40S    MIDDLE 40S     7-
SRN IL             AROUND 40     AROUND 40      6-
SE MO              UPPER 30S     AROUND 40      6-
SW IN              LOWER 40S     LOWER 40S      7-

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.