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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Paducah, KY

March 12, 2020Stoddard County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 12, 2020, 5:53 PM CDT for Stoddard County, Missouri. It was in force for 27 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: Mar 12, 2020, 5:53 PM CDT (22:53 UTC)
Expired: Mar 12, 2020, 6:20 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Stoddard County, MO

The radar

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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
Mar 12, 11:44 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Mar 12, 3:44 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

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 Mar 12, 3:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 3:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 12, 3:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Paducah KY
334 PM CDT Thu Mar 12 2020

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-132045-
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-
334 PM CDT Thu Mar 12 2020

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southern
Illinois, southwest Indiana, western Kentucky, and southeast
Missouri.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Scattered severe thunderstorms will be possible into this
evening. Damaging wind gusts, large hail and tornadoes will all be
possible. A few significant tornadoes cannot be ruled out.

Heavy rain is possible with storms into early this evening. A
Flash Flood Watch is in effect along and east of a line from Mount
Vernon Illinois to Dixon Kentucky until 03z.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

Thunderstorms are forecast for portions or all of our region from
time to time from Tuesday through Wednesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will likely be needed through this evening.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 12, 5:10 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
510 PM CDT THU MAR 12 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0455 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GREENVILLE              37.20N 87.18W
03/12/2020                   MUHLENBERG         KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A ROOF HAS BEEN BLOWN OFF A STORE. THERE ARE
            SEVERAL TREES DOWN.

&&

Local storm report, Mar 12, 5:27 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 12, 5:34 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 12, 5:37 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 12, 5:44 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 12, 5:46 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 12, 2:39 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	PAH	Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves and 5 more	7 hr
Mar 12, 10:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	PAH	Daviess, Henderson, McLean, Union, Webster	10 hr
Mar 12, 2:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Crittenden, Livingston, Union	3 hr
Mar 12, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins, Union, Webster	39 min
Mar 12, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg	65 min
Mar 12, 4:12 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Daviess, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Webster	2 hr
Mar 12, 4:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Henderson	86 min
Mar 12, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Muhlenberg	16 min
Mar 12, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Muhlenberg	29 min
Mar 12, 6:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Daviess, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Webster	103 min
Mar 12, 6:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Muhlenberg	42 min
Mar 12, 1:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jefferson, Perry	45 min
Mar 12, 1:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jackson, Perry, Union, Williamson	51 min
Mar 12, 1:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry, Wayne and 1 more	2 hr
Mar 12, 1:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, White	43 min
Mar 12, 2:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Hamilton, Johnson, Pope, Saline, Williamson	39 min
Mar 12, 2:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Franklin	73 min
Mar 12, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Hardin, Pope, Saline	48 min
Mar 12, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Carter	45 min
Mar 12, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, Carter, Wayne	36 min
Mar 12, 4:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Butler, Carter, Wayne	40 min
Mar 12, 5:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Butler, Wayne	26 min
Mar 12, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Carter	27 min
Mar 12, 5:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	PAH	Butler	24 min
Mar 12, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler	18 min
Mar 12, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, Ripley, Stoddard	35 min
Mar 12, 6:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Butler, Ripley, Stoddard	2 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.