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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2015, 11:19 AM CDT for Alexander County, Pulaski County, Union County, 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2015, 11:19 AM CDT (16:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2015, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Alexander County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Union County, IL
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:21 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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 278 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
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -578 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1008 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 516 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 503 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
576
WUUS53 KPAH 031619
SVRPAH
ILC003-153-181-031700-
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0021.150403T1619Z-150403T1700Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1119 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
NORTHWESTERN ALEXANDER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
NORTHWESTERN PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL NOON CDT
* AT 1119 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EAST CAPE
GIRARDEAU...OR NEAR SCOTT CITY...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ANNA...JONESBORO...DONGOLA...TAMMS...EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU...ULLIN...
THEBES...PULASKI...MILL CREEK AND EAST CAPE GIRARDEA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3720 8946 3725 8946 3725 8949 3728 8952
3731 8951 3734 8946 3734 8944 3736 8943
3758 8904 3724 8904 3717 8944
TIME...MOT...LOC 1619Z 247DEG 50KT 3724 8942
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
432
WWUS53 KPAH 031654
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1154 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015
ILC003-153-181-031704-
/O.EXP.KPAH.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150403T1700Z/
UNION IL-ALEXANDER IL-PULASKI IL-
1154 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN UNION...
NORTHWESTERN ALEXANDER AND NORTHWESTERN PULASKI COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE
AT 1200 PM CDT...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3720 8946 3725 8946 3725 8949 3728 8952
3731 8951 3734 8946 3734 8944 3736 8943
3758 8904 3724 8904 3717 8944
TIME...MOT...LOC 1649Z 247DEG 50KT 3724 8942
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 7:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Wayne | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 12:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Jackson, Saline, White and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 12:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Franklin | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson, Williamson | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 2:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Saline | 29 min |
| Apr 3, 10:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Wabash, White | 7 days |
| Apr 3, 11:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin | 26 days |
| Apr 3, 11:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Pope, Saline | 24 min |
| Apr 3, 11:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Pope, Saline | 28 min |
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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.