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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2019, 3:04 AM CDT for Butler County, Stoddard County, Wayne 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 21, 2019, 3:04 AM CDT (08:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2019, 3:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Butler County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:04 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
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 1455 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 887 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 325 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.1
- Supercell composite
- 31.8
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 20, 11:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 20, 11:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 3:45 AM CDT, 23 hours 19 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Paducah KY 345 AM CDT Mon May 20 2019 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-211000- 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- 345 AM CDT Mon May 20 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, western Kentucky, and southeast Missouri. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. However, flooding continues on the Mississippi River and its tributaries. Please refer to the latest river flood warnings and statements for details. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday A line of strong to severe storms is expected to push rapidly eastward into southeast Missouri late Tuesday afternoon or early Tuesday evening. Damaging winds and a few tornadoes will be possible. The severe threat will diminish as it moves east of the Mississippi River later Tuesday night. A few thunderstorms will be possible over portions of southwest Indiana and west Kentucky Wednesday afternoon. Locally heavy rainfall and lightning will be the primary concerns. Flooding of the Mississippi River and its tributaries will slowly decrease. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be requested in southeast Missouri late Tuesday afternoon and throughout the region Tuesday night. DRS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 21, 2:55 AM CDT, 9 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Alexander, Jackson, Union | 65 min |
| May 21, 4:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski, Union | 60 min |
| May 21, 9:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Hamilton, White | 45 min |
| May 21, 3:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Scott, Stoddard | 30 min |
| May 21, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carter, Ripley | 54 min |
| May 21, 6:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Carter, Ripley | 39 min |
| May 21, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Butler, Ripley, Wayne | 63 min |
| May 21, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ripley | 39 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.