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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Paducah, KY

June 30, 2005Butler County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2005, 9:30 PM CDT for Butler County, Missouri. It was in force for 60 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
Jun 30, 2005, 9:30 PM CDT (02:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2005, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
60 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 02:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 303 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2005-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 145 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2005-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
145 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-261 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
907 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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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.

NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 30, 3:18 PM CDT, 6 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 3:18 PM CDT, 6 hours 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
318 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005

.SHORT TERM DISCUSSION...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY

MAIN CONCERNS FOR THIS FORECAST ARE POPS TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY
FRIDAY AND AGAIN NEXT WEEK.

CONVECTION HAS FIRED ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY EXTENDING EAST TO WEST
THROUGH THE CWA AND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.
EVEN WITH SOME CONVERGENCE ALONG THE BOUNDARY...THE BEST STORMS
STILL NEEDED THE EXTRA BOOST FROM THE TERRAIN TO APPROACH SEVERE
LEVELS.  NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THIS
TIME.  GIVEN THE LACK OF SEVERE WEATHER NOW AT MAX HEATING...WOULD
FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE WE WOULD HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.

FURTHER NORTH THERE ARE BOUNDARIES A PLENTY...NOT SURE WHICH ONE IS
THE TRUE FRONT...BUT THE NAM AND GFS BOTH DRAG IT MOSTLY THROUGH THE
AREA BY 12Z FRIDAY.  THE GFS CONTINUES TO SHOW AN AREA OF CONVECTION
PUSHING EAST TO OUR NORTH OVERNIGHT...WHILE OTHER CONVECTION DIVES
SOUTH OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI...CLIPPING OUR WESTERN ZONES.  WILL
KEEP CHANCE POPS GOING FOR THE ENTIRE TONIGHT PERIOD...WITH THE BEST
CHANCES WEST NEAR CURRENT ACTIVITY. WILL KEEP A 30 POP IN THE FAR
SOUTHEAST ZONES FRIDAY MORNING FOR ANY LINGERING
CONVECTION...TRENDING TO A DRY FORECAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF
THE AREA.

SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD BUILD QUICKLY ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY
AND FRIDAY NIGHT.  A MILDER...DRIER AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE
REGION FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND...WITH TEMPERATURES
NEAR NORMAL LEVELS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S.

AS FOR TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE...GENERALLY FOLLOWED THE MAV...BUT THERE
WAS LITTLE TO CHOOSE FROM.

&&

.LONG TERM DISCUSSION...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY

RATHER WEAK ZONAL FLOW PATTERN WILL DOMINATE NEXT WEEK. SUBTLE MID
LEVEL FEATURES WILL BE THE MAIN TRIGGER FOR PRECIP CHANCES DURING
THE WEEK. AT SUCH A LONG TIME RANGE...THE MODELS ARE STILL FAR APART
ON THE TIMING OF THESE SUBTLE SHORTWAVES. GFS AND 00Z ECMWF/UKMET
ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL SAG SOUTHWARD
INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI. TIMING DIFFERENCES
ARE VERY LARGE...WITH THE 12Z GFS THE MOST AGGRESSIVE...BRINGING THE
FRONT TO SRN ILLINOIS LATE MONDAY. OVERALL...THE MODELS HAVE BEEN
TRENDING FASTER AND FURTHER SOUTH WITH THIS BOUNDARY OVER THE PAST
24 HOURS. THEREFORE...POPS WILL BE RAISED EARLIER IN THE
FORECAST...AS EARLY AS MONDAY AFTERNOON. WILL RAISE POPS SLIGHTLY
FOR WEDNESDAY...WHEN MODEL AGREEMENT IS STRONGEST THAT THE FRONT
WILL BE IN THE LOWER OHIO/MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS.

AS FOR TEMPERATURES...THE LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL TURN SOUTHERLY ON
SUNDAY...BRINGING A RETURN TO HEAT AND HUMIDITY BY EARLY NEXT WEEK.
850 MB TEMPS ON MONDAY ARE FORECAST TO BE COMPARABLE TO THOSE OF
YESTERDAY. BY WEDNESDAY...HEAT CONCERNS SHOULD BE MITIGATED SOMEWHAT
BY INCREASING CLOUD COVER WITH THE SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT. BASED ON
THE PAST COUPLE GFS RUNS...IT APPEARS WEAK SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
WILL PUSH THE FRONT TO OUR SOUTH BY THURSDAY...BRINGING DRY AND
SLIGHTLY COOLER WEATHER. WILL STAY CLOSE TO GFS MOS TEMPS AND DEW
POINTS.

&&

.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.KY...NONE.
.MO...NONE.
.IL...NONE.
.IN...NONE.

&&

DRS/MY
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 3:45 PM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
345 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100-
107>112-114-011000-
ALEXANDER IL-BALLARD KY-BOLLINGER MO-BUTLER MO-CALDWELL KY-
CALLOWAY KY-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-CARLISLE KY-CARTER MO-CHRISTIAN KY-
CRITTENDEN KY-DAVIESS KY-EDWARDS IL-FRANKLIN IL-FULTON KY-
GALLATIN IL-GIBSON IN-GRAVES KY-HAMILTON IL-HARDIN IL-HENDERSON KY-
HICKMAN KY-HOPKINS KY-JACKSON IL-JEFFERSON IL-JOHNSON IL-
LIVINGSTON KY-LYON KY-MARSHALL KY-MASSAC IL-MCCRACKEN KY-MCLEAN KY-
MISSISSIPPI MO-MUHLENBERG KY-NEW MADRID MO-PERRY MO-PERRY IL-PIKE IN-
POPE IL-POSEY IN-PULASKI IL-RIPLEY MO-SALINE IL-SCOTT MO-SPENCER IN-
STODDARD MO-TODD KY-TRIGG KY-UNION KY-UNION IL-VANDERBURGH IN-
WABASH IL-WARRICK IN-WAYNE MO-WAYNE IL-WEBSTER KY-WHITE IL-
WILLIAMSON IL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIKESTON...POPLAR BLUFF...PERRYVILLE...
CAPE GIRARDEAU...PADUCAH...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...CARMI...
CARBONDALE...CAIRO...OWENSBORO...MURRAY...MAYFIELD...HOPKINSVILLE...
EVANSVILLE...MADISONVILLE AND HENDERSON
345 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES FOR THE ENTIRE REGION
THROUGH TONIGHT.  THE BEST CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE THROUGH
SUNSET OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY...AHEAD OF AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY DRIFTING
SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA.  ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE
PRIMARY THREAT.

OTHER STORMS MAY MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT...AS A COLD
FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION.  DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME
MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS LATER TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING ON INDEPENDENCE
DAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.  SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

DRS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 3:48 PM CDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
348 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005

ILZ090-094-KYZ005-302130-
MASSAC IL-MCCRACKEN KY-POPE IL-
348 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005

...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED WITH
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE OHIO RIVER NORTHWEST OF PADUCAH KENTUCKY...

AT 345 PM...A SMALL CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL...IN EXCESS OF AN INCH IN AN HOUR...WAS LOCATED OVER JOPPA
ILLINOIS...ALONG THE OHIO RIVER.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DRIFT SOUTHEAST TOWARD METROPOLIS
ILLINOIS AND WEST PADUCAH KENTUCKY BY 430 PM.

IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS MAY DOWN TREE LIMBS AND SOME TREES. LOOSE OBJECTS OUTDOORS
MAY BE TOSSED AROUND.

THIS RAIN HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SMALL CREEKS AND DITCHES TO
OVERFLOW VERY QUICKLY...AS WELL AS CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...PLEASE SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. IF
YOU ARE TRAVELING...AVOID ROADS WHERE WATER IS PONDING.

SMITH
Local storm report, Jun 30, 4:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
401 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0255 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 N GOLCONDA            37.44N 88.49W
06/30/2005                   POPE               IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LARGE TREES DOWN, ROOFS OFF OLD BARNS, METAL ROOF OFF NEW
            BARN, PORCH TORN OFF HOUSE.

&&

SMITTY
Local storm report, Jun 30, 4:04 PM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
404 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0400 PM     HAIL             6 N METROPOLIS          37.24N 88.71W
06/30/2005  1.00 INCH        MASSAC             IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            REPORTED NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF NEW COLUMBIA.

&&

SMITTY
Local storm report, Jun 30, 7:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
755 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0740 PM     HAIL             JOHNSONVILLE            38.52N 88.54W
06/30/2005  0.88 INCH        WAYNE              IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

SMITTY
Local storm report, Jun 30, 9:26 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWayne40 min
Jun 30, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarter59 min
Jun 30, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHRipley58 min
Jun 30, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarter38 min
Jun 30, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler, Stoddard33 min
Jun 30, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHNew Madrid42 min
Jun 30, 11:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHNew Madrid21 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.