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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 394, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 5, 2012, 2:43 PM CDT for Ripley County, Missouri. It was in force for 32 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
- Sep 5, 2012, 2:43 PM CDT (19:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2012, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Ripley County, MO
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 227 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
- 1178 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1655 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
596
WUUS53 KPAH 051943
SVRPAH
MOC181-052015-
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0394.120905T1943Z-120905T2015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
243 PM CDT WED SEP 5 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN RIPLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 315 PM CDT.
* AT 242 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF BUDAPEST...OR 11 MILES
NORTH OF DONIPHAN...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
BUDAPEST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR
THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
&&
LAT...LON 3675 9087 3681 9087 3681 9065 3681 9063
3666 9063 3671 9089 3675 9088
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 276DEG 14KT 3677 9077
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$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 Sep 5, 12:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 12:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1209 PM CDT WED SEP 5 2012 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 1207 PM CDT WED SEP 5 2012 UPDATED AVIATION SECTION. && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 232 AM CDT WED SEP 5 2012 HOT/HUMID AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE. TEMPS FORECAST TO HIT LOWER-MID 90S WITH LOWERS 70S TDS TODAY...TRANSLATING TO TRIPLE DIGIT HEAD INDICES WEST OF A MOUNT VERNON IL-PADUCAH KY LINE. ADVISORY CRITERIA 105 COULD BE HIT IN WRN PTNS SEMO SO WE WILL HAVE A HEAT ADVISORY FOR PTNS SEMO TBD AFTER COLLABORATION. SMALL POPS CONTINUE THRU FIRST 36 HOURS OF FORECAST...THEN BRIEFLY PAUSE BEFORE THE BEST CHANCE POPS COMING FRIDAY-FRIDAY NIGHT. THAT'S WHEN A ROBUST UPPER TROF WILL PUNCH A SURFACE COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA. SEE TEXT SWODY3 OUTLOOKS THIS AREA FOR THE FRONTS PASSAGE/ASSOCIATED STORMS. LIKELY CAT POPS MAY NEED TO BE INCREASED IF THE RUNS CONTINUE TO COME TOGETHER WITH WHAT THEY ARE SHOWING NOW. .LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 232 AM CDT WED SEP 5 2012 ECMWF AND NAM ARE SLOWER THAN THE GFS WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT SATURDAY. GFS HAS THE FRONT WELL EAST OF THE PAH FORECAST AREA AT 12Z SATURDAY...WHILE ECMWF AND NAM SHOW THE FRONT DISSECTING OUR REGION. CONSENSUS IS TO LEAN TOWARD THE SLOWER ECMWF/NAM SOLUTION...SO KEPT POPS IN THE HIGH CHANCE CATEGORY EAST FOR SATURDAY...TAPERING QUICKLY TO SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR OUR WESTERN COUNTIES. THE FRONT AND ANY ASSOCIATED PRECIP SHOULD BE EAST OF THE PAH FA BY 00Z SATURDAY...SO WE HAVE NO POPS IN THE FORECAST BEYOND SATURDAY. THE OTHER SIGNIFICANT FORECAST ISSUE IN THE EXTENDED IS COOLER TEMPERATURES. NORTH WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT SATURDAY WILL BRING COOLER AIR INTO THE REGION...WITH READINGS SATURDAY AROUND 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL/NORTHERN PLAINS WILL KEEP OUR REGION IN NORTHERLY FLOW THROUGH MONDAY...WHICH WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL DESPITE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE. ON TUESDAY THE HIGH WILL MOVE TO OUR EAST...AND A RETURN OF SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL BEGIN A GRADUAL WARM UP. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1207 PM CDT WED SEP 5 2012 CHANCE OF CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST KENTUCKY. MCV CONTINUES TO TRACK EAST ACROSS MISSOURI AND MAY TRIGGER ADDITIONAL CONVECTION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA. TONIGHT...BEST MOISTURE SHOULD SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA...SO NO PRECIPITATION FORECAST AT THIS TIME. WINDS WILL BE VARIABLE WITH CONVECTION TODAY...LIGHT TONIGHT. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...NONE. MO...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR MOZ100-107>109. IN...NONE. KY...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 5, 2:15 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 215 PM CDT WED SEP 5 2012 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-061000- 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- 215 PM CDT WED SEP 5 2012 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 A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT OVER THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER ASSOCIATED HAZARD IS ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY STORM CHANCES CONTINUE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...AS A COLD FRONT MAKES ITS APPROACH AND EVENTUAL PASSAGE. THE FRONT WILL BRING SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER AND LESS HUMID AIR FOR THE WEEKEND. THE CHANCE OF STORMS COULD INCLUDE AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM. THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN AND FOR STRONG OR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE LATE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...WHEN THE FRONT IS ACTUALLY MAKING ITS PASSAGE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECASTS AND UPDATES IN CASE THEIR ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 5, 1:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
112 PM CDT WED SEP 05 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1258 PM TSTM WND GST EVANSVILLE 37.98N 87.54W
09/05/2012 M47 MPH VANDERBURGH IN ASOS
AUTOMATED WIND GUST REPORT FROM EVANSVILLE AIRPORT.
&&
K.SMITHLocal storm report, Sep 5, 1:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
120 PM CDT WED SEP 05 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0119 PM TSTM WND GST NEWBURGH 37.95N 87.40W
09/05/2012 M56 MPH WARRICK IN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
K.SMITHSpecial weather statement, Sep 5, 1:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 124 PM CDT WED SEP 5 2012 KYZ015-016-018>021-051930- WEBSTER-HOPKINS-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HENDERSON... OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE 124 PM CDT WED SEP 5 2012 ...STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS CONTINUE AHEAD OF STORMS APPROACHING THE AREA... STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS AHEAD OF STORMS OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WILL AFFECT THE HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...DIXON AND CALHOUN AREAS FROM NOW THROUGH 215 PM. WIND SPEEDS FROM 30 TO 50 MPH WILL BE LIKELY...WHICH MAY BRING DOWN WEAK TREES AND LIMBS. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Sep 5, 1:46 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
146 PM CDT WED SEP 05 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0142 PM NON-TSTM WND GST ROCKPORT 37.88N 87.05W
09/05/2012 M55 MPH SPENCER IN TRAINED SPOTTER
WIND GUST ASSOCIATED WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AHEAD OF MAIN
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
&&
K.SMITHLocal storm report, Sep 5, 1:51 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
151 PM CDT WED SEP 05 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0148 PM NON-TSTM WND GST OWENSBORO 37.76N 87.12W
09/05/2012 E45 MPH DAVIESS KY EMERGENCY MNGR
WIND GUST OF 40 TO 45 MPH IN DOWNTOWN OWENSBORO.
&&
K.SMITHLocal storm report, Sep 5, 1:54 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
154 PM CDT WED SEP 05 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0150 PM TSTM WND GST 1 W OWENSBORO 37.76N 87.14W
09/05/2012 E50 MPH DAVIESS KY PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT FROM SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLET.
&&
K.SMITHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2:58 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | Butler, Carter, Ripley, Wayne | 14 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | New Madrid | 28 min |
| Sep 5, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, Ripley | 27 min |
| Sep 5, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, Ripley | 32 min |
| Sep 5, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Mississippi | 36 min |
| Sep 5, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | New Madrid | 26 min |
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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.