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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 134, NWS Paducah, KY

July 6, 20164 counties in Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2016, 11:21 AM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 39 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
Jul 6, 2016, 11:21 AM CDT (16:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Butler County, MO, Carter County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Wayne County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:24 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 6, 10:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 235 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2016-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2145 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2016-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -46 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
2145 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-156 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
771 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jul 6, 2:46 AM CDT, 8 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 2:46 AM CDT, 8 hours 35 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Paducah KY
246 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

.SHORT TERM...(Today through Friday night)
Issued at 135 AM CDT Wed Jul 6 2016

MCS will be developing/storms becoming more numerous in vicinity
of current activity from Ncntrl IL back into across srn IA/nrn MO
early this morning. It will be diving southeastward and its
remnants or outflows potentially will be flirting with our
northern CWA border by 12Z this morning.

Said outflows/boundaries should touch off scattered convection for
us this morning, particularly across the north and east, where
models track decaying system. Then, said outflows/boundaries
should reignite activity during the daytime heating ptn of the
day, and this may be across our central and southern counties.
We'll therefore carry and translate mid to high chance cat pops
across the area today. This includes SWODY1 slgt risk svr. across
mainly our northern half of the area, where the boundary should
settle and help stimulate/focus some more aggressive updrafts
"during the heat of the daytime", as the outlook states.

Another wave/associated convection makes a dive southward across
the area late Wed night-early Thursday, and its outflow/boundary
could also focus some daytime convection later Thursday. So a
similar scenario for Thursday, although upper heights are starting
to rise in our south/west, in response to the broader ridge aloft.

Our best chance for stronger storms/additional coverage comes
Friday pm/evening, when a front dives south out of the zonal
westerlies that make passage across the Great Lakes and nudge into
the Ohio valley. It'll break the ridge down a bit, and activate
diurnal convection along the boundary. With some dynamical energy,
these storms will have perhaps the best chance for damaging wind
gust potential, in addition to the heavy rain/lightning producers.

Heat Index will exceed 100 today, and may approach 105 briefly in
isolated locales. A slightly better chance of reaching or
exceeding 105 for the area occurs Thursday and Friday afternoons,
and thus will be monitored closely if it necessitates
headline/advisory posting.

.LONG TERM...(Saturday through Tuesday)
Issued at 244 AM CDT Wed Jul 6 2016

Models show a frontal boundary meandering near or just south of the
PAH forecast area through the weekend into early next week.  GFS is
farther north and more robust with QPF amounts than the ECMWF,
and the Canadian implies more diurnally driven chances. Overall
this set up will keep the best shower and thunderstorm chances
focused across our southern half of counties Saturday through
Monday, with just slight chances for our northeast counties. Kept
probabilities in the chance category or lower for now until we see
a little better model agreement. Temperatures will be near
seasonal through this period with highs around 90 degrees and lows
around 70 degrees.

For Monday night into Tuesday, models show the front lifting
northeast across our region, which should give us a little more
uniform shower and thunderstorms chances.  Again, kept probabilities
in the chance category for now due to potential timing concerns and
fairly light QPF amounts. The front lifting north will also
result in slightly higher temperatures and dew points for Tuesday.

&&

.AVIATION...
Issued at 135 AM CDT Wed Jul 6 2016

Patchy pre dawn fog may restrict vsbys on occasion, but should
burn off quickly after sunrise. Decaying late night MCS associated
convection will dive toward terminals early today, but will
bargain chip SCT-BKN MVFR bases and refrain from specific
convection mention at this writing, potentially adding vicinity
convection mention on the 12Z package.

&&

.PAH Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
IL...None.
MO...None.
IN...None.
KY...None.
&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 11:17 AM CDT, 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1117 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-071000-
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-
WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION-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-
1117 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS HAS
JUST MOVED INTO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH ALL
OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...AND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIP OF ILLINOIS
AND THE PURCHASE AREA OF WEST KENTUCKY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
LARGE HAIL...BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A DAILY CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS. FRIDAY AFTERNOON MAY
YIELD THE NEXT BEST CHANCE FOR STRONGER STORMS...BUT MOST STORMS
EACH DAY WILL HAVE HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING AS THEIR PRIMARY
HAZARDS.

AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL TOP OUT IN EXCESS OF 100 DEGREES OVER
NEARLY THE ENTIRE AREA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...AND MAY AT TIMES
REACH OR EXCEED THE ADVISORY THRESHOLD OF 105 FOR SOME LOCALES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...THE
PURCHASE AREA OF KENTUCKY...AND THE SOUTHERN TIP OF ILLINOIS.

DRS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 10:29 AM CDT, 52 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 10:35 AM CDT, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1035 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

INZ082-085>088-KYZ018-019-061615-
WARRICK IN-SPENCER IN-VANDERBURGH IN-PIKE IN-POSEY IN-HENDERSON KY-
DAVIESS KY-
1035 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SPENCER...VANDERBURGH...
SOUTHEASTERN PIKE...WARRICK...EAST CENTRAL POSEY...NORTHEASTERN
HENDERSON AND NORTHWESTERN DAVIESS COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 AM CDT/1215 PM
EDT/...

AT 1034 AM CDT/1134 AM EDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MORGANTOWN TO NEAR COBB. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTEAST AT 35 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EVANSVILLE...HENDERSON...BOONVILLE...NEWBURGH...CHANDLER...
MELODY HILL...SANTA CLAUS...DALE...DARMSTADT...LYNNVILLE...
GRANDVIEW...KASSON...EUREKA...FOLSOMVILLE...BLAIRSVILLE...
ELBERFELD...CHRISNEY...TENNYSON AND GENTRYVILLE.

LAT...LON 3800 8677 3801 8680 3799 8686 3794 8692
      3793 8698 3775 8751 3805 8781 3827 8707
      3820 8707 3820 8679 3812 8681 3810 8677
      3808 8678 3806 8677 3804 8679
TIME...MOT...LOC 1534Z 354DEG 359KT 3728 8677 3699 8766
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 10:38 AM CDT, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1038 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

INZ082-085>088-KYZ018-019-061615-
WARRICK IN-SPENCER IN-VANDERBURGH IN-PIKE IN-POSEY IN-HENDERSON KY-
DAVIESS KY-
1038 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SPENCER...VANDERBURGH...
SOUTHEASTERN PIKE...WARRICK...EAST CENTRAL POSEY...NORTHEASTERN
HENDERSON AND NORTHWESTERN DAVIESS COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 AM CDT/1215 PM
EDT/...

AT 1034 AM CDT/1134 AM EDT/...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR MOUNT VERNON INDIANA
TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINSLOW INDIANA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EVANSVILLE...HENDERSON...BOONVILLE...NEWBURGH...CHANDLER...
MELODY HILL...SANTA CLAUS...DALE...DARMSTADT...LYNNVILLE...
GRANDVIEW...KASSON...EUREKA...FOLSOMVILLE...BLAIRSVILLE...
ELBERFELD...CHRISNEY...TENNYSON AND GENTRYVILLE.

LAT...LON 3800 8677 3801 8680 3799 8686 3794 8692
      3793 8698 3775 8751 3805 8781 3827 8707
      3820 8707 3820 8679 3812 8681 3810 8677
      3808 8678 3806 8677 3804 8679
TIME...MOT...LOC 1534Z 354DEG 359KT 3728 8677 3699 8766
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 10:43 AM CDT, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1043 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

MOZ086-100-107>110-061630-
BOLLINGER-WAYNE MO-CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARBLE HILL...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...
DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...BLOOMFIELD
1043 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

...STRONG STORMS MOVING TOWARD SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...

AT 1043 AM...STORMS WERE APPROACHING CARTER COUNTY MISSOURI.
ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN
MISSOURI. A SLOWER ARRIVAL TIME IS NOW EXPECTED AS SOME OF THE
STRONGER STORMS HAVE SHIFTED NORTH. THROUGH NOON...BE ALERT AS THE
STORMS MOVE INTO THE AREA. SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT...SO
LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ACROSS
CARTER...RIPLEY...WAYNE AND BUTLER COUNTIES.
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 11:10 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1110 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

ILZ084-085-061645-
JACKSON IL-WILLIAMSON IL-
1110 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON AND
SOUTHWESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 AM CDT...

AT 1109 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER CARBONDALE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CARBONDALE...MURPHYSBORO...DE SOTO...CEDAR LAKE AREA AND MAKANDA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.

LAT...LON 3760 8898 3760 8934 3778 8942 3785 8928
TIME...MOT...LOC 1609Z 323DEG 66KT 3770 8921
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 11:16 AM CDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1116 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

ILZ087-INZ086-KYZ014-018-061645-
GALLATIN IL-VANDERBURGH IN-HENDERSON KY-UNION KY-
1116 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN GALLATIN...SOUTHWESTERN
VANDERBURGH...SOUTHWESTERN HENDERSON AND UNION COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 AM
CDT...

AT 1115 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR HENDERSON TO NEAR SHAWNEETOWN.
MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HENDERSON...MORGANFIELD...STURGIS...SHAWNEETOWN...
BRECKINRIDGE CENTER...UNIONTOWN...CORYDON...ROBARDS...
WAVERLY AND OLD SHAWNEETOWN.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.

LAT...LON 3764 8757 3764 8773 3757 8782 3752 8800
      3754 8800 3755 8802 3751 8803 3751 8806
      3757 8812 3757 8815 3760 8818 3760 8820
      3769 8830 3779 8798 3777 8795 3780 8793
      3788 8764 3769 8744
TIME...MOT...LOC 1615Z 316DEG 23KT 3783 8763 3765 8824

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 11:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHHenderson, Union29 min
Jul 6, 12:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHLyon, Marshall44 min
Jul 6, 12:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHLyon, Marshall37 min
Jul 6, 12:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHDaviess115 min
Jul 6, 1:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Lyon, Trigg30 min
Jul 6, 1:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken42 min
Jul 6, 1:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Christian, Trigg44 min
Jul 6, 1:17 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHBallard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken3 hr
Jul 6, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Livingston, McCracken and 1 more47 min
Jul 6, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Calloway, Crittenden, Graves, Livingston, Lyon and 2 more35 min
Jul 6, 1:57 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHCalloway, Graves, Livingston, Marshall2 hr
Jul 6, 1:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHMuhlenberg, Todd46 min
Jul 6, 2:14 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHCaldwell, Crittenden, Lyon, Trigg2 hr
Jul 6, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Trigg42 min
Jul 6, 2:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCrittenden, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Union, Webster28 min
Jul 6, 2:41 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHChristian, Hopkins, Union, Webster2 hr
Jul 6, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMuhlenberg, Todd46 min
Jul 6, 3:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHMuhlenberg, Todd2 hr
Jul 6, 9:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHEdwards, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Wabash, Wayne and 1 more45 min
Jul 6, 11:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHJackson35 min
Jul 6, 12:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJackson42 min
Jul 6, 12:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHAlexander, Jackson, Pulaski, Union33 min
Jul 6, 10:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarter, Wayne41 min
Jul 6, 11:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarter, Wayne31 min
Jul 6, 11:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBollinger, Butler, Stoddard, Wayne53 min
Jul 6, 11:45 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHButler, Carter, Ripley, Wayne3 hr
Jul 6, 11:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler, Carter, Ripley, Wayne33 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.