Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 331, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2012, 6:26 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 19 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 2012, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2012, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Butler County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 236 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
- 2289 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 941 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
742 WUUS53 KPAH 262326 SVRPAH MOC023-143-201-207-262345- /O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0331.120726T2326Z-120726T2345Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 626 PM CDT THU JUL 26 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... NORTH CENTRAL NEW MADRID COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... STODDARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... * UNTIL 645 PM CDT. * AT 625 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF MOREHOUSE TO DUDLEY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE... DEXTER...ESSEX...MOREHOUSE...PENERMON AND BAKER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. && LAT...LON 3714 8969 3671 8969 3683 9039 TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 292DEG 33KT 3692 8966 3676 9006 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Perry | 48 min |
| Jul 26, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Scott, Wayne | 31 min |
| Jul 26, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Scott | 45 min |
| Jul 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Scott, Stoddard | 30 min |
| Jul 26, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Butler, Stoddard, Wayne | 39 min |
| Jul 26, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Scott, Stoddard | 31 min |
| Jul 26, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Scott | 32 min |
| Jul 26, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wayne | 46 min |
| Jul 26, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger | 35 min |
| Jul 26, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Butler, Scott, Stoddard, Wayne | 50 min |
| Jul 26, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, Carter, Ripley, Wayne | 34 min |
| Jul 26, 5:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Bollinger, Butler, Carter, Ripley, Stoddard, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard | 42 min |
| Jul 26, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, Ripley | 29 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.