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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Paducah, KY

May 21, 2019Scott County, Stoddard County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2019, 3:45 AM CDT for Scott County, Stoddard County, Missouri. It was in force for 30 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, 3:45 AM CDT (08:45 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2019, 4:15 AM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:47 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 237 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 00:00Z on 2019-05-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1455 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 00:00Z on 2019-05-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 245 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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 May 20, 11:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 11:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 3:45 AM CDT, 24 hours 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, 50 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 2:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHAlexander, Jackson, Union65 min
May 21, 4:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHAlexander, Pulaski, Union60 min
May 21, 9:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHHamilton, White45 min
May 21, 3:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler, Stoddard, Wayne41 min
May 21, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarter, Ripley54 min
May 21, 6:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHCarter, Ripley39 min
May 21, 6:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHButler, Ripley, Wayne63 min
May 21, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHRipley39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2019Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.