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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Paducah, KY

March 2, 20204 counties in Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 2020, 8:08 PM CST for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 2, 2020, 8:08 PM CST (02:08 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 2020, 9:00 PM CST
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bollinger County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:11 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 2, 5:21 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 242 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 634 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1095 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 261 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 361 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.1
Supercell composite: 5.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

683 
WUUS53 KPAH 030208
SVRPAH
MOC017-031-201-207-030300-
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0021.200303T0208Z-200303T0300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
808 PM CST Mon Mar 2 2020

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Bollinger County in southeastern Missouri...
  Scott County in southeastern Missouri...
  Northeastern Stoddard County in southeastern Missouri...
  Southwestern Cape Girardeau County in southeastern Missouri...

* Until 900 PM CST.

* At 808 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Advance,
  moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Sikeston, Chaffee, Bloomfield, Advance, Oran, Miner, Benton,
  Morley, Kelso, Bell City, Hay-Wood City, Vanduser, Blodgett,
  Diehlstadt, Commerce and Lambert.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 57 in Missouri between Mile Markers 1 and 2.
 Interstate 55 between Mile Markers 66 and 88.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CST for southern
Illinois...and southeastern Missouri.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3689 9011 3715 9004 3721 8947 3714 8943
      3710 8938 3705 8939 3701 8931 3700 8937
      3697 8937 3697 8941 3694 8943 3694 8946
      3691 8947 3691 8950 3688 8950 3687 8952
      3686 8961
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 263DEG 28KT 3709 8986 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

PS

1 follow-up statement

195 
WWUS53 KPAH 030238
SVSPAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
838 PM CST Mon Mar 2 2020

MOC017-030248-
/O.CAN.KPAH.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-200303T0300Z/
Bollinger MO-
838 PM CST Mon Mar 2 2020

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BOLLINGER COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CST for southern
Illinois...and southeastern Missouri.

LAT...LON 3692 8999 3713 8986 3721 8947 3714 8943
      3710 8938 3705 8939 3701 8931 3700 8937
      3697 8937 3697 8941 3694 8943 3694 8946
      3691 8947 3691 8950 3688 8950 3687 8952
      3686 8961
TIME...MOT...LOC 0238Z 263DEG 28KT 3712 8957 

$$

MOC031-201-207-030300-
/O.CON.KPAH.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-200303T0300Z/
Scott MO-Stoddard MO-Cape Girardeau MO-
838 PM CST Mon Mar 2 2020

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST
FOR SCOTT...NORTHEASTERN STODDARD AND SOUTHERN CAPE GIRARDEAU
COUNTIES...

At 838 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Benton, moving
east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Sikeston, Chaffee, Oran, Miner, Benton, Morley, Kelso, Bell City,
Hay-Wood City, Vanduser, Blodgett, Diehlstadt, Commerce and Lambert.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CST for southern
Illinois...and southeastern Missouri.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3692 8999 3713 8986 3721 8947 3714 8943
      3710 8938 3705 8939 3701 8931 3700 8937
      3697 8937 3697 8941 3694 8943 3694 8946
      3691 8947 3691 8950 3688 8950 3687 8952
      3686 8961
TIME...MOT...LOC 0238Z 263DEG 28KT 3712 8957 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

PS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 2, 6:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, Carter, Wayne	40 min
Mar 2, 6:14 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Butler, Carter, Wayne	46 min
Mar 2, 6:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Wayne	52 min
Mar 2, 7:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Stoddard, Wayne	47 min
Mar 2, 7:37 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Cape Girardeau, Perry	38 min
Mar 2, 7:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wayne	33 min
Mar 2, 8:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Cape Girardeau, Scott	38 min
Mar 2, 8:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Cape Girardeau	33 min
Mar 2, 8:16 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Scott, Stoddard	33 min
Mar 2, 8:34 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Scott, Stoddard, Wayne	6 hr
Mar 2, 8:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Scott	30 min
Mar 2, 8:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, Ripley	49 min
Mar 2, 9:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Mississippi, Scott	41 min
Mar 2, 9:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Butler, Ripley	47 min
Mar 2, 10:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	New Madrid, Stoddard	35 min
Mar 2, 10:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	New Madrid	45 min
Mar 2, 10:37 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Bollinger	6 hr
Mar 2, 10:59 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Scott	46 min
Mar 2, 11:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Mississippi, New Madrid	35 min
Mar 3, 5:46 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Cape Girardeau, Perry, Scott	64 days

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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.