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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Paducah, KY

July 8, 2015Alexander County, Illinois; Cape Girardeau County, Scott County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2015, 8:42 PM CDT for Alexander County, Illinois; Cape Girardeau County, Scott County, Missouri. It was in force for 18 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 8, 2015, 8:42 PM CDT (01:42 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2015, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Alexander County, IL, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Scott County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 8, 8:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Scott City, MO	2 SHEDS BLOWN DOWN AND A BARN WAS DAMAGED
Jul 8, 8:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Thebes, IL	60 MPH WINDS AND DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED. ALSO...A 100 YARD PATH OF TREES AND TREE LIMBS DOWN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 8, 6:05 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 265 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 608 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1326 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 241 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

717 
WFUS53 KPAH 090142
TORPAH
ILC003-MOC031-201-090200-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0024.150709T0142Z-150709T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
842 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN ALEXANDER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
  EAST CENTRAL CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...
  NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
    
* AT 842 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SCOTT CITY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHWESTERN ALEXANDER...EAST CENTRAL CAPE GIRARDEAU AND
  NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  THEBES...EAST CAPE GIRARDEA AND COMMERCE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3708 8951 3728 8959 3733 8934 3713 8935
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 254DEG 23KT 3720 8951 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Jul 8, 5:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 5:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
545 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2015

.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 543 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2015

UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION FOR 00Z TAF ISSUANCE.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 308 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2015

AFTER COLLABORATING WITH WFO LMK...WILL BE ENDING THE SOUTHEAST
PORTION OF THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH EARLY. A FEW SHOWERS HAVE
DEVELOPED SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON...BUT THEY HAVE BEEN SHORT-
LIVED...AND NOT THE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCERS NEEDED TO WARRANT THE
WATCH. THE REMAINDER OF THE WATCH WILL BE LEFT AS IS THROUGH 06Z.

THERE IS QUITE A VARIETY OF SOLUTIONS FOR CONVECTIVE TRENDS
THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY. THE HRRR HAS CONSISTENTLY
ADVERTISED CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON ALONG
DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY FROM WESTERN ARKANSAS THROUGH SOUTH
CENTRAL MISSOURI. THIS HAS ALREADY BEGUN OVER ARKANSAS...AND
MISSOURI IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE THAT FAR BEHIND.

THE NAM AND HRRR INDICATE THAT THIS CONVECTION WILL LIFT NORTH
NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS IN THE
00Z-06Z PERIOD. IN BOTH CASES...THE CONVECTION REALLY WEAKENS...IF
NOT COMPLETELY DISSIPATES...AS IT REACHES SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND
WEST KENTUCKY. THE GFS IS FARTHER NORTHWEST WITH THE MAIN
ACTIVITY...AND SPARES MOST OF THE AREA FROM ANY SIGNIFICANT QPF.

TRIED TO USE THE NAM/HRRR SOLUTIONS AS A GUIDE THROUGH TONIGHT.
CERTAINLY COULD SEE SOME HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING ISSUES DEVELOP...SO
THE NORTHWEST SEGMENT OF THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH LOOKS GOOD THROUGH
06Z. DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE A CONCERN WITH THE
CONVECTION THIS EVENING OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS.

FOR THURSDAY THE MODELS ALL DRAPE THE FRONT ACROSS WEST KENTUCKY
AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THE NAM DEVELOPS
AND HOLDS ONTO WEAKER CONVECTION ALONG THIS BOUNDARY THROUGH MUCH
OF THE DAY. CANNOT RULE OUT FURTHER HEAVY RAIN NEAR THE FRONT
THURSDAY.

THE BOUNDARY WILL LIFT BACK TO THE NORTH THURSDAY NIGHT...AND SOME
SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG IT...MAINLY OVER SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. HEADING INTO FRIDAY AND FRIDAY
NIGHT...ALL INDICATIONS ARE THAT AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BE BUILDING
OVERHEAD FROM THE SOUTHWEST FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...AND THIS
SHOULD EVENTUALLY PUT AN END TO THE CONVECTION FOR AWHILE. THERE
IS SOME DISCREPANCY IN HOW QUICKLY THIS WILL HAPPEN...AND THAT
WILL LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN FOR CONVECTION ALONG THE NORTHEAST
PERIPHERY OF THE REGION FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. FOR NOW WILL
LEAVE A SMALL POP FOR FRIDAY...BUT WILL KEEP FRIDAY NIGHT DRY.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE DEPENDENT ON CONVECTIVE TRENDS THROUGH
THURSDAY...BUT IT WILL BE GETTING HOT BY FRIDAY WITH MUCH OF THE
AREA INTO THE LOWER 90S.

.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 308 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2015

ECMWF, GFS AND CANADIAN SHOW AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM
OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES SLOWLY SLIDING WEST THROUGH THE
WEEKEND, MOVING OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE BY 12Z MONDAY.  CONDITIONS
WILL REMAIN DRY AND HOT SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT, THOUGH AN
ISOLATED SHOWER OR STORM IS NOT COMPLETELY OUT OF THE QUESTION
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  AS THE HIGH SHIFTS FARTHER WEST, AN UPPER LEVEL
LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION SUNDAY.  MODELS ALL
SHOW A MORE PRONOUNCED TROF GRADUALLY DEVELOPING SOUTHWESTWARD
MONDAY INTO TUESDAY.  CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
RETURN TO OUR NORTHEAST HALF OF COUNTIES SUNDAY NIGHT, WITH CHANCES
INCREASING AND EXPANDING SOUTHWEST MONDAY INTO TUESDAY.

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST SATURDAY THROUGH
MONDAY NIGHT, WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO PUMP WARM MOIST AIR INTO OUR
REGION.  HEAT INDEX READINGS WILL REACH THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100
DEGREES.  BY TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT, A WEAK SURFACE LOW WILL
MOVE JUST EAST OF OUR AREA, AND WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST.
THIS WILL HELP TEMPERATURES DROP BACK A FEW DEGREES TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY.

AS THE UPPER TROF AND WEAK SURFACE LOW MOVE SOUTHEAST, SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BEGIN SLOWLY TAPERING OFF FROM THE
NORTHWEST TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...
ISSUED AT 543 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2015

MAINTAINED GENERAL THEME OF INHERITED FORECAST WITH NEARBY
BOUNDARY YIELDING TSRA CHANCE ESP N/W LATER TONIGHT
(KCGI/KEVV)...THEN DIURNALLY TMRW ALL TERMINALS AS IT IS STILL IN
THE VICINITY. OTHERWISE ANTICIPATE GENERAL LOWERING OF VFR CIGS
WITH TIME AND MOVE INTO MVFR IF/AS PCPN OCCURS. SIMILAR WITH VSBYS
IF RESTRICTIONS OCCUR.

&&

.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY FOR ILZ075>078-080>094.

MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY FOR MOZ076-086-087-100-
     107>111.

IN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY FOR INZ081-082-085>087.

KY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY FOR KYZ004-005.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 4:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
405 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2015

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-091000-
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-
405 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE AREA LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY
BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES THE PRIMARY
CONCERNS. THE TORNADO CONCERN WOULD BE GREATEST NEAR A WARM FRONT
ALONG INTERSTATE 64.

MORE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTH
NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS LATER THIS
EVENING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING
WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE. THE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE AS THEY TRY TO MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST
INDIANA AND WEST KENTUCKY INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY ANY THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE REFER TO THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR
DETAILS ON THE HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING POTENTIAL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY
NIGHT...POSSIBLY LINGERING INTO FRIDAY OVER THE EVANSVILLE TRI
STATE REGION. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY.
ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL
BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THROUGHOUT THE AREA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...AND OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SPOTTERS THROUGHOUT THE AREA
ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY HEAVY RAINFALL OR FLOODING ISSUES
THROUGH TONIGHT.

DRS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 5:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
551 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2015

MOZ107-108-082330-
RIPLEY MO-CARTER MO-
551 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR RIPLEY AND WESTERN CARTER
COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

AT 550 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES NORTHEAST OF ALTON...OR 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF THAYER...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DONIPHAN...VAN BUREN...FREMONT...GATEWOOD...HANDY...FREEMONT AND
BRIAR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3698 9122 3706 9097 3657 9070 3657 9074
      3652 9113 3682 9112 3683 9122
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 241DEG 43KT 3676 9128

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 6:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
634 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2015

MOZ086-100-107>110-090030-
BOLLINGER MO-STODDARD MO-BUTLER MO-WAYNE MO-RIPLEY MO-CARTER MO-
634 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN RIPLEY...WAYNE...EASTERN
CARTER...SOUTHWESTERN BOLLINGER...CENTRAL STODDARD AND BUTLER
COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 634 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
BUDAPEST...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF DONIPHAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
POPLAR BLUFF...DEXTER...PIEDMONT...BERNIE...BLOOMFIELD...MARBLE
HILL...GREENVILLE...WAPPAPELLO LAKE AREA...SAM A BAKER STATE PARK...
PUXICO...NAYLOR...ESSEX...ELLSINORE...WILLIAMSVILLE...FISK...
DUDLEY...GLEN ALLEN...FAIRDEALING...HARVIELL AND OXLY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3705 9084 3706 9078 3714 9078 3714 9076
      3717 9076 3717 9074 3727 9073 3727 9055
      3732 9055 3731 9015 3734 9014 3734 9000
      3668 8982 3656 9070
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 245DEG 43KT 3683 9071

Local storm report, Jul 8, 7:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
713 PM CDT WED JUL 08 2015

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

0711 PM     TSTM WND GST     7 NNW POPLAR BLUFF      36.86N 90.46W
07/08/2015  E50 MPH          BUTLER             MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

DLL

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 7:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
725 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2015

MOZ086-087-100-109>111-090130-
BOLLINGER MO-STODDARD MO-BUTLER MO-WAYNE MO-SCOTT MO-
CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-
725 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN UNION...WESTERN
ALEXANDER...CAPE GIRARDEAU...SOUTHEASTERN PERRY...NORTHWESTERN
MISSISSIPPI...EASTERN WAYNE...SCOTT...BOLLINGER...NORTHERN NEW
MADRID...STODDARD AND CENTRAL BUTLER COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 724 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CASCADE TO PUXICO TO NEAR
HARVIELL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CAPE GIRARDEAU...POPLAR BLUFF...SIKESTON...JACKSON...DEXTER...SCOTT
CITY...CHAFFEE...BERNIE...BLOOMFIELD...MARBLE HILL...ADVANCE...
ORAN...MINER...BENTON...WAPPAPELLO LAKE AREA...MOREHOUSE...PUXICO...
MORLEY...KELSO AND ESSEX.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3658 9050 3704 9046 3732 9033 3731 9015
      3745 9014 3753 8986 3760 8986 3760 8961
      3757 8952 3740 8942 3735 8943 3734 8948
      3728 8952 3725 8946 3704 8938 3701 8931
      3694 8946 3688 8951 3686 8970 3670 8970
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 242DEG 34KT 3728 9022 3697 9014 3673 9050

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 8:26 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
826 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2015

ILZ088-092-MOZ086-087-100-107>111-090230-
UNION IL-ALEXANDER IL-BOLLINGER MO-STODDARD MO-BUTLER MO-WAYNE MO-
RIPLEY MO-SCOTT MO-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-CARTER MO-
826 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN UNION...WESTERN
ALEXANDER...RIPLEY...CAPE GIRARDEAU...WAYNE...SCOTT...CARTER...
BOLLINGER...STODDARD AND BUTLER COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT...

AT 825 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM AROUND CAPE GIRARDEAU TO
NEAR ATTICA...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CAPE GIRARDEAU...POPLAR BLUFF...SIKESTON...JACKSON...DEXTER...SCOTT
CITY...CHAFFEE...DONIPHAN...PIEDMONT...BLOOMFIELD...MARBLE HILL...
ADVANCE...ORAN...BENTON...VAN BUREN...GREENVILLE...SAM A BAKER STATE
PARK...WAPPAPELLO LAKE AREA...PUXICO AND MORLEY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3708 9118 3705 9079 3717 9076 3717 9074
      3727 9073 3731 9015 3756 9008 3756 8947
      3753 8929 3705 8935 3693 8955 3686 8977
      3671 8973 3667 9018 3650 9022 3650 9113
      3682 9112 3683 9122
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 264DEG 82KT 3733 8938 3637 9096

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 8:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Alexander	64 min
Jul 8, 9:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Johnson, Pulaski, Union	27 min
Jul 8, 9:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Alexander, Hamilton, Johnson, Pope, Pulaski, Saline and 2 more	68 min
Jul 8, 9:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Alexander, Johnson, Pulaski, Union	3 hr
Jul 8, 10:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Alexander, Johnson, Pope, Pulaski, Saline, Union	55 min
Jul 8, 10:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski, Union	64 min
Jul 8, 10:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Johnson, Pope, Saline, Williamson	3 hr
Jul 8, 10:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Jackson, Johnson, Union, Williamson	2 hr
Jul 8, 11:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Massac, Pope	112 min
Jul 8, 11:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Hardin, Pope	59 min
Jul 8, 11:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Hardin	3 hr
Jul 9, 1:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Alexander, Johnson, Pulaski, Union	4 hr
Jul 9, 2:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Massac	4 hr
Jul 9, 2:45 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Pope	4 hr
Jul 9, 3:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	PAH	Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more	34 hr
Jul 9, 8:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Alexander, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski, Union	116 min
Jul 9, 8:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Massac	83 min
Jul 9, 8:45 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Pope	2 hr
Jul 9, 9:08 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Hardin	3 hr
Jul 9, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander	24 min
Jul 9, 6:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Alexander	29 min
Jul 9, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski	41 min
Jul 9, 6:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski, Union	3 hr
Jul 8, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Wayne	30 min
Jul 8, 7:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Scott, Stoddard	65 min
Jul 8, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Cape Girardeau, Scott	26 min
Jul 9, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Carter	51 min
Jul 9, 5:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Bollinger	3 hr

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.