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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Paducah, KY
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 11:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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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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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 7:45 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Ballard | 3 hr |
| Feb 11, 8:08 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | McCracken | 3 hr |
| Feb 11, 10:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Hopkins | 45 min |
| Feb 11, 10:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, McLean, Webster | 49 min |
| Feb 11, 10:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg, Todd | 48 min |
| Feb 11, 10:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg, Todd | 46 min |
| Feb 11, 11:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess | 18 min |
| Feb 11, 9:34 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Wayne, White | 13 days |
| Feb 11, 9:41 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Wayne, White | 27 hr |
| Feb 11, 9:50 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Wabash, White | 13 days |
| Feb 11, 12:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carter, Ripley | 42 min |
| Feb 11, 2:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Perry | 26 min |
| Feb 11, 4:21 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Wayne | 4 hr |
| Feb 11, 7:18 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Wayne | 33 hr |
| Feb 11, 12:59 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | Bollinger | 3 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.