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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Paducah, KY

April 29, 2021Ripley County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2021, 2:56 AM CDT for Ripley County, Missouri. It was in force for 49 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
Apr 29, 2021, 2:56 AM CDT (07:56 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2021, 3:45 AM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Ripley County, MO

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:00 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 (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 217 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 2021-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 703 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2021-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 241 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
703 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
907 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
241 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
341 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
12.0

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The text

As transmitted.

137 
WUUS53 KPAH 290756
SVRPAH
MOC181-290845-
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0022.210429T0756Z-210429T0845Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
256 AM CDT Thu Apr 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Ripley County in southeastern Missouri...

* Until 345 AM CDT.

* At 255 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Gatewood, or
  14 miles west of Doniphan, moving east, northeast at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Doniphan, Naylor, Budapest, Gatewood, Oxly, Fairdealing and Briar. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3680 9111 3681 9063 3668 9063 3668 9059
      3659 9059 3659 9058 3650 9058 3650 9113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0755Z 244DEG 42KT 3661 9108 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

08
1 follow-up statement
673 
WWUS53 KPAH 290827
SVSPAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
327 AM CDT Thu Apr 29 2021

MOC181-290845-
/O.CON.KPAH.SV.W.0022.000000T0000Z-210429T0845Z/
Ripley MO-
327 AM CDT Thu Apr 29 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM CDT
FOR RIPLEY COUNTY...

At 327 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Fairdealing, or
8 miles east of Doniphan, moving east at 50 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Doniphan, Naylor, Budapest, Oxly and Fairdealing. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3680 9092 3681 9063 3668 9063 3668 9059
      3659 9059 3659 9058 3650 9058 3650 9096
TIME...MOT...LOC 0827Z 269DEG 44KT 3666 9067 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

08

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 3:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHButler, Stoddard56 min
Apr 29, 4:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHMississippi59 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.