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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Paducah, KY

May 22, 2014Perry County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2014, 10:19 PM CDT for Perry County, Missouri. 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 22, 2014, 10:19 PM CDT (03:19 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2014, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Perry County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 336 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2014-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1786 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2014-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
1786 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1377 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-1.5

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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 22, 6:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 6:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 4:51 AM CDT, 17 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
451 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2014

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-231000-
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-
451 AM CDT THU MAY 22 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND WESTERN
KENTUCKY. THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A
LINE FROM PIEDMONT MISSOURI TO PADUCAH AND MADISONVILLE KENTUCKY.
DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL WILL POSE THE MAIN STORM RISKS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ISOLATED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
FRIDAY...PRIMARILY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND FAR WESTERN
KENTUCKY...THEN AGAIN SATURDAY IN THE OZARK FOOTHILLS OF SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI. WHILE AN ISOLATED STRONG STORM IS POSSIBLE...SEVERE
STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED.

INCREASING CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FROM TUESDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE
PRIMARY CONCERN...A STRAY STRONG TO SEVERE STORM CANNOT BE RULED
OUT...ESPECIALLY IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 22, 5:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before
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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.