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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 273, NWS Paducah, KY

August 3, 2003Butler County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2003, 3:29 PM CDT for Butler County, Missouri. It was in force for 46 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: Aug 3, 2003, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2003, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Butler County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 3, 2:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 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 Aug 3, 2:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 2:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 5:00 AM CDT, 10 hours 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 2:31 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 3, 3:18 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
318 PM CDT SUN AUG 03 2003

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

0240 PM    5N POPLAR BLUFF           MO   0.75 INCH HAIL
08/02/03   BUTLER                         REPORTED BY POLICE

0317 PM    POPLAR BLUFF              MO   0.88 INCH HAIL
08/02/03   BUTLER                         ALSO WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH
                                          REPORTED BY EMA

Local storm report, Aug 3, 3:18 PM CDT, 11 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
Aug 3, 5:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Massac	2 hr
Aug 3, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wayne	37 min
Aug 3, 2:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	New Madrid	42 min
Aug 3, 2:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler	52 min
Aug 3, 3:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Mississippi, New Madrid	29 min
Aug 3, 3:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Butler	3 hr
Aug 3, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Bollinger	37 min
Aug 3, 4:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Bollinger	3 hr
Aug 3, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ripley	42 min
Aug 3, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wayne	46 min
Aug 3, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ripley	44 min
Aug 3, 5:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Ripley	2 hr
Aug 3, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ripley	47 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.