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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Paducah, KY

June 15, 2009Wayne County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2009, 10:40 AM CDT for Wayne 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 2009, 10:40 AM CDT (15:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2009, 11:24 AM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Wayne County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:42 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
Jun 15, 10:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 258 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 2009-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3093 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2009-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 137 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
3093 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
630 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
9.9

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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 15, 6:32 AM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 6:32 AM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 11:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBollinger, Wayne35 min
Jun 15, 1:06 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHWayne54 min
Jun 15, 2:12 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHRipley48 min
Jun 15, 2:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHCarter, Ripley, Wayne92 min
Jun 15, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler, Stoddard51 min
Jun 15, 2:53 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHRipley37 min
Jun 15, 3:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHButler3 hr
Jun 15, 3:11 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHButler34 min
Jun 15, 3:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHRipley110 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.