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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 1997, 11:20 PM CDT for Mississippi County, Missouri; Alexander County, Pulaski County, Union County, Illinois. It was in force for 40 min. 4 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
- Apr 20, 1997, 11:20 PM CDT (04:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 1997, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Alexander County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Union County, IL, Mississippi County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 11:23 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Anna, IL | |
| Apr 20, 11:35 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 53 | Sandusky, IL | |
| Apr 20, 11:50 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Karnak, IL | |
| Apr 20, 11:50 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Charleston, 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 33 min |
| Apr 21, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton, Hickman | 30 min |
| Apr 21, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves, Marshall | 30 min |
| Apr 21, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Livingston | 30 min |
| Apr 21, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves, Marshall | 38 min |
| Apr 21, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Lyon, Trigg | 38 min |
| Apr 21, 4:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton | 34 min |
| Apr 20, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Stoddard | 40 min |
| Apr 20, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson | 40 min |
| Apr 20, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hardin, Massac, Pope | 33 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.