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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Paducah, KY

April 20, 2005Carter County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 2005, 8:23 PM CDT for Carter County, Missouri. It was in force for 37 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
Apr 20, 2005, 8:23 PM CDT (01:23 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 2005, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Carter County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 252 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 2005-04-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1711 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 2005-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 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
1711 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1545 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.8

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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 Apr 20, 3:18 PM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 3:18 PM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 21, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler, Wayne25 min
Apr 21, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHRipley63 min
Apr 21, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWayne22 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.