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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Paducah, KY

February 11, 2009Wayne County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 11, 2009, 2:04 AM CST for Wayne County, Missouri. It was in force for 41 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
Feb 11, 2009, 2:04 AM CST (08:04 UTC)
Expired
Feb 11, 2009, 2:45 AM CST
In force
41 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 08:07 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 10, 11:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 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 00:00Z on 2009-02-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 632 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 00:00Z on 2009-02-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 211 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
632 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
645 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
3.9

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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 Feb 10, 11:33 PM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 11:33 PM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 10, 10:15 PM CST, 3 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1015 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-111200-
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-
WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-
HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-
WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-
LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-
UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-
MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-
RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION...
MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO...
CARMI...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN...
JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO...
MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE...
EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON...
BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...
MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...
DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...
CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL...
CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...
BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID
1015 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY...

1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. THIS MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED STANDING WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
DEBRIS LEFT OVER FROM THE RECENT ICE STORM MAY LEAD TO POOR
DRAINAGE AND STANDING WATER IN AREAS NOT NORMALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO
STANDING WATER PROBLEMS.

PERSONS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL
MEDIA. IF CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE SIGNIFICANT...A
FLOOD OR FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED.

DRS
Special weather statement, Feb 10, 11:57 PM CST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1157 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

ILZ084-088>090-092>094-KYZ001>009-011-012-MOZ076-086-087-100-
107>112-114-110700-
JACKSON-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-FULTON-
HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-
CALLOWAY-LYON-TRIGG-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-
CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARBONDALE...JONESBORO...VIENNA...
GOLCONDA...CAIRO...MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...HICKMAN...CLINTON...
BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...
MURRAY...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL...
CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...
BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID
1157 PM CST TUE FEB 10 2009

...LEADING EDGE OF 30 TO 40 MPH WINDS EXPECTED IN THE AREA
THROUGH 1 AM CST...

TRAVELERS AND RESIDENTS IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...THE PURCHASE AREA
OF WEST KENTUCKY AND EXTREME SOUTHERN ILLINOIS CAN EXPECT TO SEE
AN INCREASE IN WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH 1 AM. THESE WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO GUST BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH...WITH ISOLATED GUSTS
NEAR 40 MPH POSSIBLE.

THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS BAND OF STRONGER WINDS WILL MOVE FROM A
LINE EXTENDING FROM VAN BUREN...POPLAR BLUFF AND PORTAGEVILLE
MISSOURI...ONWARD TO PERRYVILLE MISSOURI...PADUCAH AND MAYFIELD
KENTUCKY CLOSE TO 1 AM CST.

THIS INCREASE IN WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE TREE LIMBS AND LOOSE
OUTDOOR OBJECTS TO BE TOSSED AROUND. PLEASE USE CAUTION IF YOU
ARE DRIVING THROUGH THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT...AS DEBRIS MAY FALL
ON AREA ROADWAYS OR WALKWAYS.

SMITH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 11, 7:45 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHBallard3 hr
Feb 11, 8:08 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHMcCracken3 hr
Feb 11, 10:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Hopkins45 min
Feb 11, 10:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson, McLean, Webster49 min
Feb 11, 10:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMuhlenberg, Todd48 min
Feb 11, 10:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMuhlenberg, Todd46 min
Feb 11, 11:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHDaviess18 min
Feb 11, 9:34 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHGallatin, Wayne, White13 days
Feb 11, 9:41 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHWayne, White27 hr
Feb 11, 9:50 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHGallatin, Wabash, White13 days
Feb 11, 12:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarter, Ripley42 min
Feb 11, 2:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBollinger, Perry26 min
Feb 11, 4:21 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHWayne4 hr
Feb 11, 7:18 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHWayne33 hr
Feb 11, 12:59 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningPAHBollinger3 hr

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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.