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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Paducah, KY

July 18, 2013New Madrid County, Stoddard County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2013, 2:31 PM CDT for New Madrid County, Stoddard County, Missouri. It was in force for 29 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 18, 2013, 2:31 PM CDT (19:31 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2013, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties New Madrid County, MO, Stoddard County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 2013-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1817 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 2013-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1817 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1227 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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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 17, 6:19 PM CDT, 20 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 6:19 PM CDT, 20 hours 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 11:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Lyon35 min
Jul 18, 12:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Lyon, Trigg45 min
Jul 18, 12:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway, Graves28 min

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.