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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2019, 5:21 PM CDT for Carter County, Ripley County, Missouri. It was in force for 54 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, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2019, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Carter County, MO, Ripley County, MO
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 257 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1076 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 401 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
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 21, 2:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 21, 2:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 21, 3:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Paducah KY 305 PM CDT Tue May 21 2019 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-222015- 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- 305 PM CDT Tue May 21 2019 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 strong to severe storms is expected to move into southeast Missouri late this afternoon and into the evening. Damaging winds and isolated tornadoes are the main hazards. Breezy conditions today will result in an elevated hazard for boaters on area lakes. As a result, a Lake Wind Advisory has been issued for the entire region from noon until 9 PM. 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...Wednesday through Monday Widely scattered to scattered thunderstorms are expected across the northern half of the outlook area Thursday, then again Saturday through Monday. Locally heavy rain and lightning will be the primary hazards. An isolated strong thunderstorm or two may pulse up with damaging wind gusts or hail, especially during the peak heating of the day. Flooding continues on the Mississippi River and its tributaries. Please refer to the latest river flood warnings and statements for details. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is likely this afternoon and evening over southeast Missouri and portions of southern Illinois. PS
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 21, 2:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
215 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0331 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 NW DEXTER 36.82N 90.00W
05/21/2019 STODDARD MO NWS STORM SURVEY
AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED
FROM ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEXTER, MO TO 7 MILES
EAST OF BLOOMFIELD, MO. AT LEAST A DOZEN POWER POLES WERE
BROKEN. DOZENS OF TREES WERE UPROOTED OR HAD BROKEN
LIMBS.
&&
RICKSThe 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, 3:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, Stoddard, Wayne | 41 min |
| May 21, 3:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Scott, Stoddard | 30 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 |
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.