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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Paducah, KY

July 6, 2013Carter County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2013, 3:33 PM CDT for Carter County, Missouri. It was in force for 27 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
Jul 6, 2013, 3:33 PM CDT (20:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2013, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Carter County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 195 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 252 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2013-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 734 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2013-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
734 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
845 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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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 Jul 6, 2:45 PM CDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 2:45 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 11:05 AM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1105 AM CDT SAT JUL 6 2013

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-071000-
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-
1105 AM CDT SAT JUL 6 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THE REST OF TODAY
AND INTO EARLY TONIGHT. A FEW STRONG STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT.
THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND
SMALL HAIL.

MODERATE FLOOD CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER THE WEEKEND
ALONG PORTIONS OF THE LITTLE WABASH RIVER IN ILLINOIS. MINOR RIVER
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR FORECAST ALONG PORTIONS OF THE
WABASH AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER
FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST EACH DAY. THE GREATEST
COVERAGE IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

A FEW STORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH
LOCAL WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. GIVEN A
MOVEMENT NORTHEAST BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
WILL BE POSSIBLE.

THE BEST CHANCE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THE GREATEST CONCERN WILL BE TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL THAT MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
AND SMALL TO MODERATE HAIL WILL BE SECONDARY HAZARDS WITH STRONGER
STORMS ON WEDNESDAY. STORM MOTION WILL LIKELY BE SOUTHEAST BETWEEN
10 AND 20 MPH.

AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY REACH INTO THE 100 TO 105 DEGREE
RANGE OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...AS WELL AS PART OF THE PURCHASE AREA
OF WEST KENTUCKY AND EXTREME SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MONDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY.

MODERATE FLOOD CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP THROUGH SUNDAY OVER
PORTIONS OF THE LITTLE WABASH RIVER IN ILLINOIS. MINOR RIVER
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS FORECAST ALONG PORTIONS OF THE WABASH
AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS EARLY NEXT WEEK. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST
RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 9:47 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHTodd3 hr
Jul 5, 11:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchPAHChristian, Muhlenberg, Todd, Trigg8 hr
Jul 6, 4:24 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHChristian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Webster3 hr
Jul 6, 9:05 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHMuhlenberg5 days
Jul 6, 1:28 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson44 hr
Jul 6, 1:28 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHHenderson, Union72 hr
Jul 6, 1:28 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHUnion21 hr
Jul 6, 1:28 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHCrittenden, Union4 days
Jul 6, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarlisle, Hickman47 min
Jul 6, 5:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHHickman3 hr
Jul 6, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGraves, Hickman37 min
Jul 6, 5:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHGraves3 hr
Jul 6, 6:12 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHMarshall3 hr
Jul 6, 6:27 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHBallard, McCracken3 hr
Jul 6, 6:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHMarshall3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.