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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Paducah, KY

May 21, 2019Carter County, Ripley County, Missouri

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.

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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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 21, 3:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2019-05-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2019-05-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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 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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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.

&&

RICKS

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, 3:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHScott, Stoddard30 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.