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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 143, NWS Paducah, KY

May 6, 2003Pope County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2003, 9:56 PM CDT for Pope County, Illinois. It was in force for 49 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 6, 2003, 9:56 PM CDT (02:56 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2003, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pope County, IL

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 6, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

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 6, 3:16 PM CDT, 6 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 3:16 PM CDT, 6 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
315 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2003

FORECAST CHALLENGES CONTINUE TO BE CONVECTIVE CHANCES THROUGHOUT THE
WEEK AND SEVERE WEATHER.

MANY PARAMETERS TO KEEP AN EYE ON THIS PACKAGE. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ALONG WEAK FRONT ALONG THE
NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE CWA INTO THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
INCREASE AS STORMS CURRENTLY OVER WESTERN MISSOURI AND KANSAS REACH
OUR AREA LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE
WITH PART OF THE AREA IN MODERATE RISK.

FOLLOWING THE ETA/MESOETA FOR THE MOST PART AND ALL MODELS HAVE
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON SOME TIMING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
ATTEMPTED TO TIME THE PRECIPITATION IN THE GRIDS. ONE WAVE MOVES
THROUGH TONIGHT AND THE NEXT LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO
THURSDAY...LINGERING INTO FRIDAY. LEFT A SLIGHT CHANCE IN ON
SATURDAY.

THERE IS SOME CONCERN ABOUT FLOODING...BUT AFTER CONSULTING WITH
HYDROLOGIST...FEEL THAT WE HAVE HAD A DAY TO DAY OUT AND THE HIGHEST
QPF IS FORECAST TO OUR NORTH. WILL MENTION BOTH SEVERE AND HEAVY
RAINFALL.

AS FOR TEMPERATURES...GENERALLY WENT WITH A CONSENSUS OF AVAILABLE
GUIDANCE THROUGH THURSDAY.

.PAH...NONE.

PS
Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 5:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 6, 4:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
INZ081-082-085>087-062200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
400 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003

...FUNNEL CLOUD OBSERVED OVER SOUTHERN GIBSON COUNTY...

SEVERAL REPORTS FROM SPOTTERS OF A FUNNEL CLOUD HAVE BEEN
RECEIVED...IN THE VICINITY OF FORT BRANCH AND HAUBSTADT. SPOTTERS
INDICATED THAT THE FUNNEL CLOUD HAD LIFTED BACK INTO THE CLOUD...AS
OF 355 PM.

AT 357 PM CDT...OWENSVILLE INDIANA DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A
THUNDERSTORM IN THAT SAME AREA. THE STORM CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST AT
40 MPH...ALONG HIGHWAY 168 TOWARD MACKEY...AND SHOULD REACH MACKEY
BY 410 PM.

IF YOU LIVE IN SOUTHEAST GIBSON COUNTY...REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD
A WARNING BE ISSUED.
Special weather statement, May 6, 4:04 PM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
ILZ075>078-080>087-INZ081-082-085>088-MOZ076-086-087-062130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
404 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003

TORNADO WATCH 268 FOR SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...EXPIRED AT 400 PM. THERE ARE NO
COUNTIES WITHIN THE PADUCAH FORECAST AREA UNDER A WEATHER WATCH AT
THIS TIME.
Special weather statement, May 6, 5:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
ILZ075>078-080>086-088-089-092-093-MOZ076-086-087-100-107>112-114-
070000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
550 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HEADED FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST
ILLINOIS...

AT 550 PM...REGIONAL RADARS SHOWS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL
MISSOURI MOVING EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO REACH A LINE FROM PINCKNEYVILLE ILLINOIS...TO PERRYVILLE...MARBLE
HILL AND GREENVILLE IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI BETWEEN 730 PM AND 830 PM
THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING VERY
LARGE HAIL...HIGH WIND...AND BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS.

PERSONS ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD REMAIN VIGILANT. BE PREPARED TO
TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER BE OBSERVED...OR A WARNING
BE ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 257 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND
WESTERN KENTUCKY.
Special weather statement, May 6, 5:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 9:33 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBallard42 min
May 6, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMcCracken42 min
May 6, 10:05 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHLivingston55 min
May 6, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCrittenden45 min
May 6, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle, Graves, Hickman, McCracken54 min
May 6, 10:54 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBallard51 min
May 6, 11:09 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHGraves, McCracken36 min
May 6, 11:16 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHUnion44 min
May 6, 11:21 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHLivingston39 min
May 6, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFulton30 min
May 6, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMarshall39 min
May 6, 11:47 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMarshall28 min
May 6, 11:48 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCaldwell, Crittenden27 min
May 6, 11:59 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHHenderson61 min
May 7, 12:03 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHLyon, Trigg42 min
May 7, 12:08 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHHopkins37 min
May 7, 12:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway51 min
May 7, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWebster26 min
May 7, 12:53 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess52 min
May 7, 12:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHUnion2 hr
May 6, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHAlexander42 min
May 6, 8:45 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJackson, Perry45 min
May 6, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPulaski, Union50 min
May 6, 9:12 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHAlexander13 min
May 6, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJackson, Perry33 min
May 6, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJohnson47 min
May 6, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJefferson23 min
May 6, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFranklin36 min
May 6, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHUnion48 min
May 6, 9:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHPerry3 hr
May 6, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJefferson31 min
May 6, 10:12 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMassac8 min
May 6, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJohnson12 min
May 6, 10:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHFranklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Union3 hr
May 6, 10:26 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJohnson, Pulaski49 min
May 6, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWayne29 min
May 6, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHUnion12 min
May 6, 10:36 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMassac39 min
May 6, 10:59 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPope46 min
May 6, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMassac37 min
May 6, 11:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHJohnson, Massac, Pope4 hr
May 6, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBollinger46 min
May 6, 8:08 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBollinger22 min
May 6, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCape Girardeau44 min
May 6, 8:16 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPerry44 min
May 6, 8:21 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCape Girardeau39 min
May 6, 8:26 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBollinger34 min
May 6, 8:56 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCape Girardeau19 min
May 6, 8:58 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPerry32 min
May 6, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWayne42 min
May 6, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBollinger31 min
May 6, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCape Girardeau43 min
May 6, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHScott51 min
May 6, 10:24 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHScott36 min

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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.