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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 195, NWS Paducah, KY

July 15, 2016Bollinger County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2016, 4:06 PM CDT for Bollinger County, Missouri. It was in force for 24 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 15, 2016, 4:06 PM CDT (21:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2016, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Bollinger County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 277 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 2016-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 57 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 2016-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
57 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-232 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1628 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
12 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 15, 3:06 PM CDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 3:06 PM CDT, 1 hour before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Paducah KY
306 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016

.SHORT TERM...(Tonight through Sunday night)
Issued at 211 PM CDT Fri Jul 15 2016

The models were pretty good this morning, modeling a quasi
boundary across roughly the Oh River extended, and developing heat
of day convection along it. This has more or less panned out, as
synoptically, we'll see surface High pressure come in from the
northwest, and drive the teleconnected boundary of low level
convergence winds south and east thru the FA. Therefore, we'll
extrapolate the scattered convection along it, and depart it by
about mid to late evening, as the loss of diurnal fuel and
departure of the boundary should spell the effective end of
convection by overnight. Until then, there is a marginal risk,
with locally heavy rain, lightning, and isolated strong cell
capable of localized wind gusts.

Over the weekend, the High is generally in control, and offers a
slightly cooler/comfortable day Saturday, before returning some
heat and moisture around its backside Sunday, as it migrates east,
and heat indices popping again toward or into the triple digits.
Any convection will be rimfire, generally to our south, and will
be confined as such, with collaborative tweaks for the pic.

.LONG TERM...(Monday through Friday)
Issued at 305 PM CDT Fri Jul 15 2016

With this forecast issuance, the dominance of middle and upper
level ridge hold in place early Monday, before retrograding and
dampening as the sharp shortwave dives southeast across the WFO
PAH forecast area Monday night through Tuesday evening.

The ECMWF is becoming more pronounced with retracting the ridge
further west, keeping the WFO PAH forecast in nearly north-south
upper flow through Thursday. This appears to be overdone with
respect to the Canadian, GFS, GFSEnsemble solutions and its
influence was mitigated in the gridded forecast.

Have kept with a greater impact of the ridge across the region
following the passage of the shortwave on Tuesday. A drier
solution appears to be a more acceptable collaborative solution
versus the wetter ECMWF solution and was used with this forecast
package.

if you live in Southeast Missouri next week, it is going to be a
nasty week for heat indexes in excess of 105 for nearly all the
week. If a heat watch to be considered for a prolonged time
period, roughly Sunday through Friday, Southeast Missouri would be
the mostly likely candidate. May consider issuing a public
information statement with heat safety rules for next week. Given
the variability in the exact location of heat index values above
105 beyond Southeast Missouri, will hold off on any heat watch or
advisory for the late weekend into next week.

&&

.AVIATION...
Issued at 211 PM CDT Fri Jul 15 2016

Heat of day convection will pose vicinity thunder chances thru mid
evening. Amd's with active convection and associated restrictions
to CIGS/VSBYS are anticipated, but the trending overnight should
be dispersement with scattering decks and a return to VFR
conditions. MVFR cu bases will develop again tmrw as daytime
heating commences.

&&

.PAH Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
IL...None.
MO...None.
IN...None.
KY...None.
&&

LONG TERM...Smith
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 3:34 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
334 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-161000-
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-
334 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 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 MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL EXIST ALONG AND
SOUTH OF A PERRYVILLE MISSOURI TO EVANSVILLE INDIANA LINE THROUGH
EARLY EVENING. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE ISOLATED WIND GUSTS
BETWEEN 40 AND 60 MPH THAT MAY PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE. HEAVY RAIN, IN
EXCESS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR MAY ALSO PRODUCE LOCALIZED
FLOODING. FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL BE LIKELY WITH ANY
THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THE NEXT CHANCE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LATE MONDAY
THROUGH LATE TUESDAY. AT THIS TIME...THE GREATEST HAZARD WILL BE
DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.

HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 100 TO 105 OR HIGHER WILL BE EXPECTED ACROSS
MOST OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI THROUGH NEXT WEEK AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WEST KENTUCKY...MAINLY OUTSIDE OF
AREA WHERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR EARLY NEXT WEEK.
A HEAT WATCH OR ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PART OF THE OUTLOOK
AREA NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...BUT REPORTS OF
HEAVY RAINFALL...ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS OR HAIL THAT OCCUR ARE
ALWAYS APPRECIATED.

SMITH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 15, 3:19 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 15, 3:22 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
322 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016

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

0317 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MOUNT VERNON            37.94N 87.90W
07/15/2016                   POSEY              IN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SHERIFF DEPUTY REPORTS ABOUT 12 INCHES OF WATER STANDING
            IN THE ROADWAY AT STATE ROUTE 69 AND THE SR 69 BYPASS.

&&

CW
Local storm report, Jul 15, 3:23 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
323 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016

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

0305 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MOUNT VERNON            37.94N 87.90W
07/15/2016                   POSEY              IN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORTS OF FLOODED ROADWAYS IN THE CITY. ONE VEHICLE
            STALLED IN THE WATER.

&&

CW
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 3:31 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
331 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016

INZ085-152115-
POSEY IN-
331 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR POSEY COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM CDT...

AT 330 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
BETWEEN NEW HARMONY AND MOUNT VERNON...DRIFTING SLOWLY EAST AT 10
MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT VERNON...POSEYVILLE...NEW HARMONY AND BLAIRSVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3793 8770 3794 8803 3795 8804 3796 8801
      3800 8802 3803 8801 3803 8802 3808 8796
      3810 8796 3809 8798 3813 8796 3813 8795
      3814 8793 3817 8793 3815 8792 3817 8791
      3817 8769
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 262DEG 18KT 3807 8791
Local storm report, Jul 15, 3:32 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
332 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016

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

0323 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     GREENVILLE              37.13N 90.45W
07/15/2016                   WAYNE              MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            FUNNEL BRIEFLY DIPPED OUT OF BACK SIDE OF STORM

&&

MY
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 3:59 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
359 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016

MOZ086-100-152200-
BOLLINGER MO-WAYNE MO-
359 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WAYNE AND BOLLINGER COUNTIES
UNTIL 500 PM CDT...

AT 359 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR GREENVILLE TO NEAR ADVANCE. MOVEMENT WAS
SLOWLY DRIFTING EAST.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PIEDMONT...MARBLE HILL...GREENVILLE...WAPPAPELLO LAKE AREA...
SAM A BAKER STATE PARK...WILLIAMSVILLE...GLEN ALLEN...WAPPAPELLO...
LODI...ALLIANCE...LEOPOLD...SHOOK...PATTON...CASCADE...GRASSY...
MILL SPRING...SEDGEWICKVILLE...ZALMA AND GLENALLEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3714 9077 3717 9074 3727 9073 3727 9055
      3732 9055 3731 9015 3760 9015 3760 8986
      3713 8987 3713 8996 3705 8996 3706 8999
      3704 9000 3704 9015 3692 9025 3693 9070
      3697 9070 3700 9073 3705 9073 3705 9078
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 260DEG 35KT 3712 9052 3714 8995

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 2:57 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHHenderson, Union63 min
Jul 15, 4:03 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHHenderson, Union57 min
Jul 15, 4:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHUnion87 min
Jul 15, 5:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHBallard40 min
Jul 15, 6:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHTrigg40 min
Jul 15, 6:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHLivingston46 min
Jul 15, 3:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHWhite2 hr
Jul 15, 4:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHGallatin21 min
Jul 15, 5:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHMassac51 min
Jul 15, 12:36 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHButler, Carter, Ripley54 min
Jul 15, 12:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHRipley36 min
Jul 15, 1:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHRipley26 min
Jul 15, 2:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHCape Girardeau36 min
Jul 15, 3:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHNew Madrid37 min
Jul 15, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHBollinger, Wayne61 min
Jul 15, 4:21 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHBollinger, Wayne54 min
Jul 15, 5:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHCarter3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.