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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 194, NWS Paducah, KY

May 15, 2003Bollinger County, Cape Girardeau County, Stoddard County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2003, 1:15 AM CDT for Bollinger County, Cape Girardeau County, Stoddard County, Missouri. It was in force for 30 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 15, 2003, 1:15 AM CDT (06:15 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2003, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bollinger County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Stoddard County, MO

The radar

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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.

Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 8:28 PM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 14, 10:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1001 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0952 PM    2E PIEDMONT               MO   0.88 INCH HAIL
05/14/03   WAYNE                          RELAYED BY ESPOTTER

Local storm report, May 14, 11:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 14, 11:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 12:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Union	24 min
May 15, 12:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Daviess	47 min
May 15, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Todd	30 min
May 14, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson, Perry	51 min
May 15, 9:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards	32 min
May 15, 9:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wabash	34 min
May 14, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Perry	48 min
May 14, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Carter, Wayne	47 min
May 14, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, Wayne	49 min
May 14, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Stoddard	45 min
May 15, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Bollinger	32 min
May 15, 2:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Mississippi	23 min
May 15, 2:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Mississippi	30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2003 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.