Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Paducah, KY

May 17, 1997Carter County, Ripley County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1997, 5:18 PM CDT for Carter County, Ripley County, Missouri. It was in force for 42 min. 2 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: May 17, 1997, 5:18 PM CDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 1997, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Carter County, MO, Ripley County, MO

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
May 17, 5:25 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 60	Doniphan, MO	Trees were blown down along a path half a mile to one mile wide.
May 17, 5:45 PM CDT	Hail 1.75	Doniphan, MO	Golf ball size hail fell around Highway K.

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 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
May 17, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ripley	32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1997 Every 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.