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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Paducah, KY

May 2, 2002Carter County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2002, 6:34 AM CDT for Carter County, Missouri. It was in force for 56 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 2, 2002, 6:34 AM CDT (11:34 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2002, 7:30 AM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Carter County, MO

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 2, 6:45 AM CDT	Hail 1	Van Buren, 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 nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 248 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1175 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1882 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 199 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 4.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KPAH 021134
SVRPAH
MOC035-021230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
634 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CARTER COUNTY IN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 730 AM CDT

* AT 634 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF VAN BUREN...MOVING EAST AT 60
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ELLSINORE

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH IS LIKELY. FOR YOUR 
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME 
OR BUSINESS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY 
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST 
OFFICE IN PADUCAH.

LAT...LON 3707 9121 3683 9121 3683 9068 3704 9076

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 1, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ripley	49 min
May 2, 6:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Perry	29 min
May 2, 6:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wayne	46 min
May 2, 7:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Bollinger	30 min
May 2, 7:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Stoddard	45 min
May 2, 7:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Scott	60 min
May 2, 7:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Mississippi	46 min
May 2, 8:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Stoddard	10 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2002 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.