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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2008, 6:06 PM CDT for Cape Girardeau County, Perry County, Missouri. It was in force for 39 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 13, 2008, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2008, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cape Girardeau County, MO, Perry County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 11:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 13, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 302 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 959 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 741 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 13, 1:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 1:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 101 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008 .DISCUSSION... SVR TSM WATCH 522 TIL 01Z NRN PTNS FA MAY TRANSLATE SOUTH EARLY TONIGHT BUT W/LOSS OF DIURNALLY DESTABILIZED LOWER ATMOS MAY NOT MAINTAIN WATCH STATUS JUST TSMS CHANCE/MAINLY +RA THREAT. HPC QPF AREAL AVERAGES 3/4-1 IN LOWER WABASH EXASPERATING ONGOING FLOOD CONDITIONS...BUT SHORT FUSE FLOODING SHOULD BE RESTRICTED TO MORE URBAN/SMALL STREAM & STREET/LOW LANDS DUE TO FRONT/STORMS MOVING ON THRU AND NOT STALLING. MODELS IN FAIR SYNCHRONICITY NOW IN PUSHING IT ALL THRU TONIGHT W/ALL BUT FAR SRN/SERN PTNS FA (PENNYRILE WKY) MAINLY EAST OF LAKES LINGERING A SLGT CHANCE MENTION EARLY SAT AM. 12Z NAM CONTINUES ITS TREND OF PUSHING FRONT THRU BUT ALSO RETURNING SOME WARM AIR OVERRUNNING THE BOUNDARY THATS JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF THE FA TOMORROW PM. HOWEVER ITS THE ONLY MODEL DOING SO AND AS A RESULT WELL KEEP THE POPS OUT AND JUST HIT THE SKY GRID A LITTLE FOR ENHANCED DIURNAL SC/CU. SAT NIGHT-SUN WE ARE BEHIND THE BOUNDARY BUT NOT REALLY COOLER/DRIER JUST YET...AS THE REINFORCING COOL/DRY SHOT COMES THRU SUN NIGHT-MON. WELL ACCOMPANY SMALL POP WITH IT IN NWLY FLOW PATTERN...THEN ALL MODEL MOS SUGGESTS NICE COOL OFF/DRY OFF IN AIRMASS THAT FILTERS IN THERAFTER FOR TUE BUT ESP WED-FRI. NEW HPC AND MEX MOS EVEN DIPS DOWN INTO U50S/U70S WITH L60S-L80S WIDESPREAD. WL CONTINUE TO MONITOR NEAR TERM CONDITIONS THRU PRESS TIME BUT ONGOING POPS TO PEAK IN LIKELY CATEGORY EARLY TONIGHT WITH BOUNDARY PASSAGE. COLLAB CONSIDERATIONS WILL NOTWITHSTANDING THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST IS LITTLE CHANGED AND ALIGNS FAIRLY CLOSELY TO THE INHERITED PACKAGE & HPC LEAD IN THE LONG RANGE. && .AVIATION... DIURNALLY ENHANCED CU FIELDS PRODUCING SCT CB/TSRA IN HEAT OF DAY STORMS MAY SUBSIDE KPAH THIS EVENING BEFORE BUBBLING UP AGAIN WITH BOUNDARY PASSAGE OVERNIGHT. MORE NRN/WRN TAF SITES WL HAVE BOUNDARY MOVING INTO VICINITY 00Z-06Z AND INCREASING TSRA COVERAGE THRU EVENING HOURS...WITH LOWER CIGS PREVAILING AFT FROPA AFT 06Z. TEMPO IFR RESTRICTIONS TO VSBYS POSSIBLE IN HEAVIER SHRA/TSRA OTHERWISE ANTICIPATE GRADUAL RETURN TO LOW VFR CIGS DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS SAT W/EVENTUAL SCATTER OUT BY/BEFORE 18Z. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 5:31 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 531 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008 ILZ088>094-KYZ001>013-015>017-020>022-MOZ086-087-100-107>112-114- 141015- UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-FULTON- HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL- CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN- MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER- RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- 531 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ENDING AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE REGION. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS SHIFTING SOUTH WITH THE FRONT TONIGHT. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF AREA RIVERS. REFER TO THE FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON PORTIONS OF AREA RIVERS AND FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY ANY REPORTS OF WEATHER. ILZ075>078-080>087-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ014-018-019-MOZ076- 141015- JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY- VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER-UNION KY-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-PERRY MO- 531 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. REFER TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 525 FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF AREA RIVERS. REFER TO THE FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON PORTIONS OF AREA RIVERS AND FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 525.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:14 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 214 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008 ILZ078-INZ081-132015- WABASH-GIBSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT CARMEL...FORT BRANCH 214 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008 ...GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH POSSIBLE WITH LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WABASH AND GIBSON COUNTIES... A NARROW LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...ABOUT 4 MILES IN WIDTH...WILL LIKELY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH...AS IT MOVES EAST AROUND 20 MPH. THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE FROM BELLMONT...LANCASTER ILLINOIS LINE...REACHING A MOUNT CARMEL...ALLENDALE ILLINOIS LINE BY 230 PM...THEN MOVE NEAR A HAZELTON...PRINCETON INDIANA LINE BY 3 PM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE SHOULD EXPECT LOCAL WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. THESE WINDS MAY BREAK TREE LIMBS AND DOWN SMALL OR WEAKENED TREES. LOOSE OBJECTS OUTDOORS MAY BE TOSSED AROUND. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAIN...PRODUCING UP TO AN INCH IN AN HOUR...WILL BE LIKELY. VISIBILITY IN THE RAIN WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED FOR TRAVELERS MOVING THROUGH WABASH AND GIBSON COUNTIES. SMITH
Local storm report, Jun 13, 4:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
448 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0440 PM HAIL 4 N OWENSBORO 37.82N 87.12W
06/13/2008 E1.00 INCH SPENCER IN TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL BETWEEN OWENSBORO AND
ROCKPORT.
&&
ADLocal storm report, Jun 13, 5:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 600 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008 ILZ084-088-092-MOZ087-109>111-140000- JACKSON-UNION IL-ALEXANDER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARBONDALE...JONESBORO...CAIRO... CAPE GIRARDEAU...POPLAR BLUFF...BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON 600 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008 ...WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE WITH STORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... AT 550 PM...THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH...STRETCHED FROM PERRYVILLE...ONWARD TO GRASSY...SHOOK AND DONIPHAN MISSOURI. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 35 MPH AND WILL LIKELY ACCELERATE AS THEY MOVE EAST THIS EVENING. SHOULD THESE STORMS MOVE AT THE CURRENT SPEED...THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NEAR A LINE FROM JACKSON...ADVANCE...POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI BY 630 PM...AND A MURPHYSBORO ILLINOIS...SCOTT CITY AND DEXTER MISSOURI LINE BY 7 PM. PERSONS TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 55...HIGHWAY 60 IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND ROUTE 3 IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS SHOULD EXPECT GUSTY WINDS ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE STORMS...WHICH MAY CAUSE DIFFICULTY IN CONTROLLING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SUCH AS SEMI TRACTOR TRAILERS AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...SMALL BRANCHES AND TREES WEAKENED BY THE HEAVY RAIN MAY BE DOWNED DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. LOOSE OBJECTS LEFT OUTDOORS WILL ALSO BE TOSSED AROUND BY THE GUSTY WINDS. AFTER THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS MOVES THROUGH THE AREA...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL FOLLOW FOR UP TO A HALF HOUR. SMITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 11:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Perry | 29 min |
| Jun 13, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jefferson, Perry | 24 min |
| Jun 13, 1:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wayne | 32 min |
| Jun 13, 4:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Massac | 2 hr |
| Jun 13, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian | 25 min |
| Jun 13, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Webster | 29 min |
| Jun 13, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess | 34 min |
| Jun 13, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Hickman | 23 min |
| Jun 13, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Hickman | 25 min |
| Jun 13, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hickman | 10 min |
| Jun 13, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Marshall | 42 min |
| Jun 13, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Lyon, Trigg | 39 min |
| Jun 13, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves | 23 min |
| Jun 13, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carter | 43 min |
| Jun 13, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, Carter, Ripley | 44 min |
| Jun 13, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Butler | 29 min |
| Jun 13, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Perry | 54 min |
Nearby
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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.