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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Paducah, KY

May 9, 20144 counties in Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2014, 2:19 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 41 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 9, 2014, 2:19 PM CDT (19:19 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2014, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Franklin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Perry County, IL, Williamson County, IL

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 9, 12:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

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 9, 1:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 1:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 1:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
111 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-101000-
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-
111 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA IS UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
THROUGH 8 PM CDT...WITH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS EXPECTED
THROUGH THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE
PRIMARY HAZARDS WITH STRONG STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

ON AND OFF CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST OVER
THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THERE MAY BE A BIT
OF A LULL ON SATURDAY...OR LIMITED COVERAGE. A FEW STRONG AND
POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT ENTIRELY THROUGH THE
PERIOD. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO OCCUR.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY
REPORTS OF HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF AN INCH
IS APPRECIATED.

JP/SMITH

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 9, 1:42 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
142 PM CDT FRI MAY 09 2014

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

0135 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SE BREWER             37.76N 89.90W
05/09/2014                   PERRY              MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN ON U.S. HIGHWAY 61

&&

MY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 9, 3:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard	39 min
May 9, 3:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Ballard	36 min
May 9, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard, McCracken	46 min
May 9, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins	40 min
May 9, 1:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson, Perry	49 min
May 9, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hamilton, Saline	46 min
May 9, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Union	44 min
May 9, 3:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Alexander, Union	116 min
May 9, 4:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Johnson	41 min
May 9, 4:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Pulaski	112 min
May 9, 1:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Perry	40 min
May 9, 2:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wayne	38 min
May 9, 2:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Wayne	32 min
May 9, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Perry	46 min
May 9, 2:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Stoddard, Wayne	40 min
May 9, 2:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Stoddard, Wayne	48 min
May 9, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Cape Girardeau, Scott, Stoddard	52 min
May 9, 3:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Scott	37 min
May 9, 6:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Perry	26 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.