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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Paducah, KY

April 19, 20116 counties in Missouri; Alexander County, Jackson County, Union County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2011, 7:43 PM CDT for 6 counties in Missouri; Alexander County, Jackson County, Union County, Illinois. It was in force for 62 min. 7 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 19, 2011, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2011, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Alexander County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Union County, IL, Bollinger County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Perry County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 19, 7:55 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Marble Hill, MO	WINDS ESTIMATED 70 TO 75 MPH. WIDESPREAD DAMAGE REPORTED BY EM WEST AND NORTH OF MARBLE HILL. MAJORITY OF DAMAGE APPREARS TO BE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SOME HOMES HAVE ROOF BLOWN OFF. WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE.
Apr 19, 7:55 PM CDT	TORNADO	Patton, MO	TIME ESTIMATED. EF0 TORNADO BEGINNING 0.4 MILES SSW OF PATTON CROSSING HWY 51 AND ENDED 0.3 MILES ESE OF TOWN. PEAK WIND 80 MPH. 100 YARDS WIDE. 0.75 MILES LONG. MANY TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED OCCURRED CONCURRENT WITH DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. BARN DESTRO
Apr 19, 8:04 PM CDT	TORNADO	Sedgewickville, MO	UNCONFIRMED TORNADO REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGER JUST WEST OF COMMUNITY ALONG HIGHWAY EE.
Apr 19, 8:19 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Daisy, MO	STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. POWER OUTAGES. BARN BLOWN OVER ALONG INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY B AND AA. WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE AND MISSOURI DOT IS RESPONDING TO CLEAR ROADWAYS.
Apr 19, 8:19 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Daisy, MO	BARN BLOWN INTO STATE HIGHWAY B IN DAISY AND TREES ARE DOWN ACROSS ROADWAY MAKING IT IMPASSABLE.
Apr 19, 8:25 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Cape Girardeau, MO	LATE REPORT. MAJOR ROOF DAMAGE TO HIGH SCHOOL ON CITY LIMITS. HVAC UNIT BLOWN OFF ROOF. 30 BY 120 FOOT SECTION OF ROOF PEELED OFF DOWN TO RAFTERS.
Apr 19, 8:29 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 58	Cape Girardeau, MO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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 19, 6:46 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 306 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1605 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2015 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 208 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 10.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

060 
WUUS53 KPAH 200043
SVRPAH
ILC003-077-181-MOC017-031-157-201-207-223-200145-
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0068.110420T0043Z-110420T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
743 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BOLLINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  NORTHERN STODDARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  NORTHWESTERN ALEXANDER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
  WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
  WESTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT.

* AT 740 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE    
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A 
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 24 MILES NORTHWEST OF PERRYVILLE TO 18 MILES
  WEST OF PUXICO..AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  PUXICO...
  PERRYVILLE...
  MARBLE HILL...
  ADVANCE...
  BELL CITY...
  DUTCHTOWN...
  JACKSON...
  GORDONVILLE...
  DELTA...
  ALTENBURG...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS LINE OF STORMS. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. STAY TUNED
TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER
INFORMATION.

&&

LAT...LON 3692 9024 3732 9023 3732 9016 3764 9016
      3782 9002 3788 8994 3788 8989 3791 8986
      3791 8984 3781 8970 3795 8961 3795 8935
      3693 8947
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 270DEG 46KT 3787 9023 3700 9045
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

1 follow-up statement

593 
WWUS53 KPAH 200105
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
805 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

ILC003-077-181-MOC017-031-157-201-207-223-200145-
/O.CON.KPAH.SV.W.0068.000000T0000Z-110420T0145Z/
ALEXANDER IL-UNION IL-JACKSON IL-STODDARD MO-SCOTT MO-WAYNE MO-
BOLLINGER MO-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-PERRY MO-
805 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN JACKSON...WESTERN UNION AND NORTHWESTERN ALEXANDER
COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND PERRY...CAPE GIRARDEAU...
BOLLINGER...EASTERN WAYNE...SCOTT AND NORTHERN STODDARD COUNTIES IN
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...

AT 759 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN 
EXCESS OF 70 MPH. WINDS TO 75 MPH WERE REPORTED IN FREDERICKTOWN AS 
THE STORMS MOVED THROUGH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE 
EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF LITHIUM TO 4 MILES NORTH OF 
PUXICO...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE PERRYVILLE...MARBLE 
HILL...SEDGEWICKVILLE...LEOPOLD...LONGTOWN...ADVANCE...DAISY...MILLER
SVILLE...CAPE GIRARDEAU...MORLEY...SCOTT CITY...AND BENTON.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM CAPABLE OF BLOWING DOWN TREES AND
POWER POLES. MOVE INDOORS TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER SUCH AS A BASEMENT
OR INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3692 9024 3732 9023 3732 9016 3764 9016
      3782 9002 3788 8994 3788 8989 3791 8986
      3791 8984 3781 8970 3795 8961 3795 8935
      3693 8947
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 270DEG 46KT 3787 8987 3700 9010
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 19, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, Carter, Wayne	41 min
Apr 19, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, Carter, Ripley	56 min
Apr 19, 7:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Wayne	27 min
Apr 19, 7:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry	26 min
Apr 19, 7:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Bollinger, Butler, Carter, Perry, Ripley, Wayne	3 hr
Apr 19, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, Carter, Wayne	32 min
Apr 19, 8:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Perry	18 min
Apr 19, 8:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Stoddard, Wayne	27 min
Apr 19, 8:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Cape Girardeau, Perry	31 min
Apr 19, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Carter	24 min
Apr 19, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, Ripley, Stoddard, Wayne	35 min
Apr 19, 8:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Cape Girardeau, Scott, Stoddard	3 hr
Apr 19, 8:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Stoddard, Wayne	26 min
Apr 19, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Mississippi, Scott, Stoddard	38 min
Apr 19, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Mississippi, Scott	44 min
Apr 19, 9:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, Scott, Stoddard	32 min
Apr 19, 9:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Cape Girardeau, Scott, Stoddard	30 min
Apr 19, 9:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard	36 min
Apr 19, 9:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Mississippi	59 min
Apr 19, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Mississippi, New Madrid	51 min
Apr 19, 9:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, Scott	20 min
Apr 19, 9:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Mississippi, New Madrid	3 hr
Apr 19, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Perry, Union and 1 more	60 min
Apr 19, 8:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Jackson, Perry	18 min
Apr 19, 8:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Franklin, Jefferson, Johnson, Pulaski, Williamson	3 hr
Apr 19, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jefferson and 4 more	55 min
Apr 19, 8:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Jefferson, Perry, Wayne	37 min
Apr 19, 9:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Hamilton, White	32 min
Apr 19, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards, Gallatin, Wabash, White	58 min
Apr 19, 9:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Pope, Saline and 3 more	3 hr
Apr 19, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Hardin	55 min
Apr 19, 9:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Wayne	23 min
Apr 19, 9:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	White	31 min
Apr 19, 9:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wabash, Wayne	25 min
Apr 19, 10:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards, Gallatin, Wabash, White	53 min
Apr 19, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Hardin	66 min
Apr 19, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Massac, Pope	59 min
Apr 20, 10:05 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Wayne, White	50 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2011 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2011 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

Sources

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