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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Paducah, KY

May 21, 2013Graves County, McCracken County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2013, 5:58 PM CDT for Graves County, McCracken County, Kentucky. It was in force for 47 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 21, 2013, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2013, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Graves County, KY, McCracken County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 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 21, 3:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 3:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 21, 3:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
357 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-222100-
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-
357 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

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 SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM VAN BUREN MISSOURI...TO CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI...TO
EVANSVILLE INDIANA. DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF STORMS WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF A LINE FROM
BOONVILLE INDIANA TO CADIZ KENTUCKY. DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN
HAZARD.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. ORGANIZED
SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA.

PS

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 21, 12:06 PM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 21, 12:09 PM CDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 21, 4:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
414 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0406 PM     HAIL             6 W RISCO               36.55N 89.93W
05/21/2013  E0.75 INCH       NEW MADRID         MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING 30 TO 50 MPH

&&

MY
Special weather statement, May 21, 4:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
415 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

KYZ001-MOZ110>112-114-212200-
FULTON KY-MISSISSIPPI MO-NEW MADRID MO-SCOTT MO-STODDARD MO-
415 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY IN
WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEASTERN STODDARD...SCOTT...NEW MADRID AND
MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 500 PM CDT...

AT 411 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PARMA...OR 5 MILES EAST OF BERNIE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DEXTER...LILBOURN...NEW MADRID...HUNTER-DAWSON STATE HISTORIC
  SITE...SIKESTON...EAST PRAIRIE...MINER...ORAN...CHARLESTON...
  BENTON...ESSEX...CANALOU...FARRENBURG...MATTHEWS...MOREHOUSE...
  ANNISTON...BERTRAND...HAY-WOOD CITY...MORLEY AND NORTH LILBOURN.

PS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCrittenden, Union, Webster46 min
May 21, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHEdwards, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Perry, Wayne and 1 more46 min
May 21, 1:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler, Ripley28 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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.