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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Paducah, KY

May 24, 2010Ballard County, Kentucky; Alexander County, Illinois; Mississippi County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2010, 1:05 PM CDT for Ballard County, Kentucky; Alexander County, Illinois; Mississippi County, Missouri. It was in force for 25 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: May 24, 2010, 1:05 PM CDT (18:05 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2010, 1:30 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Alexander County, IL, Ballard County, KY, Mississippi County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 May 24, 12:49 PM CDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 12:49 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 11:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 24, 9:44 AM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 2:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Livingston	24 min
May 24, 2:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Livingston	33 min
May 24, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson	22 min
May 24, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Perry	33 min
May 24, 3:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Perry	29 min
May 24, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Hamilton, Saline	36 min
May 24, 1:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Scott	27 min
May 24, 3:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Butler, Ripley, Stoddard	110 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2010 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2010 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2010 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.