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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2014, 3:22 PM CDT for Alexander County, Union County, Illinois; Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. It was in force for 38 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
- Aug 19, 2014, 3:22 PM CDT (20:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2014, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Alexander County, IL, Union County, IL, Cape Girardeau County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 284 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
- 347 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1506 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Aug 19, 3:15 PM CDT, 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 3:15 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 11:04 AM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1104 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-201000- 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- 1104 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ANY DEVELOPMENT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE EVANSVILLE TRI STATE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. A CAPPING INVERSION IS EXPECTED TO LIMIT THE SOUTHWESTWARD EXTENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING SHOULD ALSO BE EXPECTED. ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS. A FEW LOCATIONS...MAINLY OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND THE PURCHASE AREA OF WEST KENTUCKY MAY SEE HEAT INDEX VALUES CLIMB TO AROUND 100 THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHEAST HALF TO TWO THIRDS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA WEDNESDAY...WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY IS SHAPING UP FROM MID WEEK THROUGH THE WEEKEND. PEAK AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 100 TO 105 EACH AFTERNOON FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND THE EVANSVILLE TRI STATE REGION SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DRS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 19, 12:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1210 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0449 PM TORNADO ROBARDS 37.69N 87.56W
08/17/2014 HENDERSON KY NWS STORM SURVEY
CONFIRMED BY NWS STORM DAMAGE SURVEY. EF0-1 WITH PEAK
WIND 90 MPH. PATH LENGTH 2 MILES. PATH WIDTH 60 YARDS.
BEGIN 3.5 NE ROBARDS AND END 3.75 MILES ENE ROBARDS.
DAMAGE TO 3 HOMES AND A MOBILE HOME. NUMEROUS LARGE TREE
LIMBS BROKEN WITH A COUPLE TREES UPROOTED. CONVERGET
DAMAGE PATH IN CORN FIELD.
&&
SMITTYLocal storm report, Aug 19, 2:49 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 3:53 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 19, 4:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | McCracken | 30 min |
| Aug 19, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | McCracken | 14 min |
| Aug 19, 3:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Alexander, Union | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger | 38 min |
| Aug 19, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau | 41 min |
| Aug 19, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Scott | 34 min |
| Aug 19, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Scott, Stoddard | 25 min |
| Aug 19, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Mississippi | 30 min |
| Aug 19, 6:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | New Madrid | 23 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.