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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Paducah, KY

July 6, 2004Butler County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2004, 5:31 PM CDT for Butler County, Missouri. It was in force for 44 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
Jul 6, 2004, 5:31 PM CDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2004, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
44 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), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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
Jul 6, 12:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 2004-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 449 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 2004-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -67 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
449 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-170 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
911 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KPAH 062231
SVRPAH
MOC023-062315-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
531 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 531 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER HARVIELL...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF
  POPLAR BLUFF...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE NEELYVILLE...POPLAR BLUFF AND QULIN

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TAKE
COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG
BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY
FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3659 9058 3659 9060 3668 9059 3672 9062
      3680 9062 3680 9021 3678 9022 3668 9015
      3662 9016 3660 9020 3655 9020 3652 9026
      3653 9058

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 1:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBollinger, Cape Girardeau55 min
Jul 6, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPerry37 min
Jul 6, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWayne40 min
Jul 6, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarter32 min
Jul 6, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWayne27 min
Jul 6, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWayne48 min
Jul 6, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHRipley40 min
Jul 6, 5:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHButler, Ripley3 hr
Jul 6, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHStoddard52 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.