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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 2011, 6:57 PM CDT for Jackson County, Perry County, Union County, Illinois; Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. It was in force for 48 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
- Apr 25, 2011, 6:57 PM CDT (23:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2011, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Jackson County, IL, Perry County, IL, Union County, IL, Cape Girardeau County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 284 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 460 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 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 Apr 25, 1:52 PM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 1:52 PM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
152 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011
.DISCUSSION...
1 ROUND OF SHOWERS/STORMS PASSING NOW AND ANOTHER ROUND IS JUST
UPSTREAM...POISED TO ENTER LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS WE
WARM SECTOR. BETTER CHANCE OF THUNDER WILL COME THEN...AS WE
DESTABILIZE. MAIN THRUST WILL CERTAINLY BE HEAVY RAIN WITH STILL
HIGH PWS AND WALL-TO-WALL PCPN LOOKING UPSTREAM. ANOTHER 2-3" THRU
TONIGHT-EARLY TOMORROW AM CAN BE EXPECTED. THEN AFTER A GENERAL
LULL IN WX TUESDAY...ATMOSPHERE RECHARGES WITH MORE OVERRUNNING
PCPN OVERWHELMING FA TUESDAY NIGHT-WEDNESDAY. MAY SEE ANOTHER 2-3"
SWATH DEVELOP/MOVE OVERHEAD. THIS WILL EXAGGERATE ALREADY ONGOING
FLOODING AND CONTINUE TO THRUST MAJOR-RECORD FLOOD LEVELS HERE.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH HEADLINE RUNNING THRU THE DAY WEDNESDAY
CERTAINLY LOOKS TO STILL BE GOOD THIS PACKAGE WITH NO RESPITE IN
SIGHT SAVE FOR THE TUESDAY RECHARGING LULL. KEEP IN MIND SLGT RISK
CONTINUES AS WELL...INCLUDING POTENTIAL FOR HIGH WINDS/LARGE HAIL
AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.
LARGE CYCLONE FINALLY LIFTS BULK OF MRH/UVM FIELD NORTH AND EAST
BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT-THURSDAY. RESULTANT POST SYSTEM ZONAL-NWLY FLOW
ACTION WILL MEAN DRY WEATHER FOR US THURSDAY-FRIDAY AND INTO FIRST
HALF OF SATURDAY POSSIBLY. ANOTHER FROPA-RELATED CHANCE OF PCPN
THEN COMES IN LATER SAT-SAT NIGHT-EARLY SUNDAY...BUT THIS SYSTEM
SHOULD MOVE ON THRU WEST-TO-EAST AND NOT OFFER NEARLY THE QPF AS
HAS BEEN FELT RECENTLY. MORE RECOVERY SLATED POST SUNDAY SYSTEM
PASSAGE WITH DRY WEATHER FORECAST FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK AS WELL.
&&
.AVIATION...
LOW VFR CIGS WILL OCCASIONALLY DROP TO MVFR WITH EACH ROUND OF
SHOWERS/STORMS...AND MAY FLIRT WITH IFR AT TIMES. MID AFTERNOON
PASSING ROUND OF STORMS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A MID EVENING ROUND
AND THEN ANOTHER LATE NIGHT ROUND. VSBYS MAY DROP TO MVFR OR BLO
DEPENDING UPON PASSAGE OF STORM CENTER. WILL KEEP VCTS IN FORECAST
ONCE WE WARM SECTOR THIS EVENING...SLYS GUSTING TO NEAR 20KTS AT
TIMES. GENERAL LULL IN PCPN WILL BE FELT TOMORROW BEFORE NEXT BIG
ROUND COMES TOMORROW NIGHT-WED.
&&
.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR BALLARD-CALDWELL-
CALLOWAY-CARLISLE-CHRISTIAN-CRITTENDEN-DAVIESS-FULTON-
GRAVES-HENDERSON-HICKMAN-HOPKINS-LIVINGSTON-LYON-MARSHALL-
MCCRACKEN-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD-TRIGG-UNION KY-WEBSTER.
MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR BOLLINGER-BUTLER-
CAPE GIRARDEAU-CARTER-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-PERRY MO-
RIPLEY-SCOTT-STODDARD-WAYNE MO.
IL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR ALEXANDER-
EDWARDS-FRANKLIN-GALLATIN-HAMILTON-HARDIN-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-
JOHNSON-MASSAC-PERRY IL-POPE-PULASKI-SALINE-UNION IL-WABASH-
WAYNE IL-WHITE-WILLIAMSON.
IN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR GIBSON-PIKE-
POSEY-SPENCER-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 2:46 PM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 246 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-260900- 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- 246 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR MAJOR TO CATASTROPHIC FLASH FLOODING TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE REGION. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP THROUGH TONIGHT COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. IN ADDITION...A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COVERS THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND A FEW TORNADOES WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE IN ADDITION TO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL DEADLY LIGHTNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM FOR THE FAR SOUTHEAST PENNYRILE OF WESTERN KENTUCKY. REFER TO THE WATCH FOR DETAILS. MOST AREA RIVERS ARE ALREADY EXPERIENCING FLOODING...AND RIVER FLOODING WILL ONLY WORSEN WITH THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL. REFER TO OUR WEB PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/PAH TO SEE ALL THE FLOOD PRODUCTS AND DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE POTENTIAL FOR MAJOR TO CATASTROPHIC FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE INTO MID WEEK. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THOUGH IT APPEARS THERE MAY BE A BREAK FOR MUCH OF THE AREA DURING THE DAY TUESDAY... WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY MORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 7 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MID WEEK...BRINGING 5 DAY RAINFALL TOTALS SINCE LAST FRIDAY INTO THE 10 TO 15 INCH RANGE. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. MOST AREA RIVERS ARE ALREADY EXPERIENCING FLOODING...AND RIVER FLOODING WILL ONLY WORSEN WITH THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL. SOME RIVER CRESTS MAY CHALLENGE HISTORICAL VALUES. FOR MORE INFORMATION... PLEASE REFER TO OUR RIVER FLOOD PRODUCTS AT OUR WEB PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/PAH. THE WIND LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY COULD BECOME A HAZARD AS THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SWEEPS ACROSS THE AREA. GUSTS INTO THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE MAY BE COMMON AS THE SYSTEM DEEPENS UPON ITS PUSH ACROSS AND OUT OF THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION FOR THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS REQUESTED...AND SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED LATER TONIGHT TOO. CONTINUED REPORTS OF FLOODING AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE ENCOURAGED AS WELL.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 25, 5:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
549 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0547 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 1 W POPLAR BLUFF 36.76N 90.43W
04/25/2011 BUTLER MO TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JIMPLocal storm report, Apr 25, 5:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
550 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0550 PM FUNNEL CLOUD POPLAR BLUFF 36.76N 90.41W
04/25/2011 BUTLER MO TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
RLSLocal storm report, Apr 25, 6:31 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
631 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0617 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 W CLUBB 37.23N 90.40W
04/25/2011 WAYNE MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS POWER POLES SNAPPED. 1 BARN STRUCTURALLY
DAMAGED.
&&
RLSLocal storm report, Apr 25, 6:42 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
642 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0637 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 7 N MARBLE HILL 37.40N 89.98W
04/25/2011 BOLLINGER MO EMERGENCY MNGR
SPOTTER FOLLOWING FUNNEL CLOUD AS IT MOVES TO THE
NORTHEAST.
&&
RLSLocal storm report, Apr 25, 6:44 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
644 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0625 PM TSTM WND GST 2 S MARBLE HILL 37.27N 89.98W
04/25/2011 M60 MPH BOLLINGER MO EMERGENCY MNGR
ALSO A REPORT OF A POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT HWY 34
AND HWY DD
&&
RLSLocal storm report, Apr 25, 6:57 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
657 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0650 PM TSTM WND DMG PATTON 37.44N 90.04W
04/25/2011 BOLLINGER MO EMERGENCY MNGR
ROOF OFF OF HOUSE BETWEEN PATTON AND SEDGEWICKVILLE.
TREES DOWN WEST OF MARBETH.
&&
JIMPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 9:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 59 hr |
| Apr 25, 12:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, Livingston, McCracken | 2 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 5:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Calloway, Crittenden, Graves, Livingston, Lyon and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 6:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Christian, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Trigg | 39 min |
| Apr 25, 3:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Calloway, Christian, Graves, Hopkins, Lyon and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd, Trigg | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd | 34 min |
| Apr 25, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 16 min |
| Apr 25, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, McLean, Muhlenberg | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 4:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Webster | 118 min |
| Apr 25, 6:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken | 6 hr |
| Apr 24, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski, Union | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 11:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Alexander, Jackson, Johnson, Pulaski, Union, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 12:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Pope, Saline, Williamson | 17 min |
| Apr 25, 12:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Saline, Wabash, Wayne and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 1:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson | 34 min |
| Apr 24, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, Stoddard | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ripley | 22 min |
| Apr 24, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler | 25 min |
| Apr 24, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, Stoddard | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard | 28 min |
| Apr 25, 9:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Butler | 4 hr |
| Apr 25, 1:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Butler | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 4:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Butler, Carter, Perry, Ripley, Stoddard and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 25, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ripley | 66 min |
| Apr 25, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ripley | 33 min |
| Apr 25, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, Carter, Ripley, Wayne | 51 min |
| Apr 25, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Butler, Stoddard, Wayne | 73 min |
| Apr 25, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Butler, Ripley, Wayne | 37 min |
| Apr 25, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Butler, Stoddard, Wayne | 23 min |
| Apr 25, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry | 59 min |
| Apr 25, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Wayne | 34 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.