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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Paducah, KY

April 24, 2004Butler County, Ripley County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2004, 5:54 PM CDT for Butler County, Ripley County, Missouri. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 2004, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2004, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Butler County, MO, Ripley County, MO

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 24, 12:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 213 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2004-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 535 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2004-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 255 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
535 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
671 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
243 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.0

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The text

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

955 
WUUS53 KPAH 242254
SVRPAH
MOC023-181-242345-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
554 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
  EASTERN RIPLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 554 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF NAYLOR...OR ABOUT 9 MILES
  EAST OF DONIPHAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE HARVIELL AND POPLAR BLUFF

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. TAKE COVER. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY STRUCTURE
OFFERS THE BEST PROTECTION.

DIME SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM SIX MILES WEST OF 
NAYLOR. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

LAT...LON 3667 9070 3661 9069 3651 9070 3669 9022
          3691 9047

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWayne51 min
Apr 24, 6:14 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBollinger, Wayne46 min
Apr 24, 6:52 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBollinger, Perry38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.