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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2021, 2:50 AM CDT for Fulton County, Hickman County, Kentucky; 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 55 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 4, 2021, 2:50 AM CDT (07:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2021, 3:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Fulton County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:48 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 3:19 AM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Wnw Dorena, MO | THE TORNADO BEGAN 1.4 MILES WNW OF DORENA IN OPEN FARMLAND JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 102 AND UPROOTED AND SNAPPED SOME LARGE TREES ALONG HIGHWAY 77, AND PROCEEDED EAST-NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, DAMAGING A PIVOT SPRINKLER SYSTEM AND TOTALLY DESTRO |
| May 4, 3:21 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 10 S Pinhook, MO | LATE REPORT. TWO FARM BUILDINGS DESTROYED, TREES DOWN, AND A PIVOT FLIPPED. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 4, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 3608 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1081 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.3
- Supercell composite
- 15.3
The text
As transmitted.
749
WUUS53 KPAH 040750
SVRPAH
KYC075-105-MOC133-143-201-207-040845-
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0028.210504T0750Z-210504T0845Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
250 AM CDT Tue May 4 2021
The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Fulton County in western Kentucky...
West central Hickman County in western Kentucky...
Mississippi County in southeastern Missouri...
Southern Scott County in southeastern Missouri...
New Madrid County in southeastern Missouri...
Stoddard County in southeastern Missouri...
* Until 345 AM CDT.
* At 249 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles west of Bloomfield to near Gideon to near
Deering, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Sikeston, Dexter, Charleston, Portageville, East Prairie, New
Madrid, Hickman, Bernie, Bloomfield, Lilbourn, Miner, Towosahgy
State Historic Site, Big Oak Tree State Park, Hunter-Dawson State
Historic Site, Gideon, Morehouse, Bertrand, Parma, Matthews and
Marston.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 57 in Missouri between Mile Markers 1 and 21.
Interstate 55 between Mile Markers 33 and 74.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3634 8954 3640 8959 3643 8972 3639 8975
3639 8995 3663 8996 3663 9010 3689 9023
3702 8933 3699 8927 3703 8922 3676 8915
3673 8920 3664 8913 3651 8911 3650 8942
3646 8946 3650 8953 3643 8955 3637 8951
TIME...MOT...LOC 0749Z 253DEG 39KT 3688 9005 3651 8988 3626 8994
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
DWS1 follow-up statement
456
WWUS53 KPAH 040836
SVSPAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
336 AM CDT Tue May 4 2021
KYC075-105-MOC133-143-201-207-040846-
/O.EXP.KPAH.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-210504T0845Z/
Fulton KY-Hickman KY-Mississippi MO-Scott MO-New Madrid MO-
Stoddard MO-
336 AM CDT Tue May 4 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FULTON...WEST CENTRAL
HICKMAN...MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHERN SCOTT...NEW MADRID AND STODDARD
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 345 AM CDT...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 AM CDT for
southern Illinois...western Kentucky...and southeastern Missouri.
LAT...LON 3634 8954 3640 8959 3643 8972 3639 8975
3639 8995 3663 8996 3663 9010 3689 9023
3702 8933 3699 8927 3703 8922 3676 8915
3673 8920 3664 8913 3651 8911 3650 8942
3646 8946 3650 8953 3643 8955 3637 8951
TIME...MOT...LOC 0836Z 253DEG 39KT 3702 8946 3665 8929 3640 8935
$$
DWSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 11:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Henderson | 31 min |
| May 3, 11:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Lyon | 34 min |
| May 3, 11:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Union | 51 min |
| May 4, 12:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Daviess | 43 min |
| May 4, 1:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Caldwell | 25 min |
| May 4, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess | 31 min |
| May 4, 1:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Hopkins | 52 min |
| May 4, 2:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg | 45 min |
| May 4, 2:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman | 43 min |
| May 4, 2:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Livingston, Lyon, McCracken | 64 min |
| May 4, 2:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg | 69 min |
| May 4, 3:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg | 7 hr |
| May 4, 3:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman | 3 hr |
| May 4, 3:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Crittenden, Livingston | 53 min |
| May 4, 3:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman | 40 min |
| May 4, 3:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Daviess, McLean | 51 min |
| May 4, 3:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves | 31 min |
| May 4, 4:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Christian, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg | 52 min |
| May 4, 4:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | McCracken | 3 hr |
| May 4, 4:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon and 1 more | 45 min |
| May 4, 4:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Hopkins, Lyon, Muhlenberg | 5 hr |
| May 4, 5:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Todd | 39 min |
| May 4, 5:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd | 21 min |
| May 4, 9:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Todd | 110 min |
| May 4, 10:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 6 days |
| May 4, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | New Madrid | 54 min |
| May 4, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, Carter, New Madrid, Ripley, Wayne | 62 min |
| May 4, 1:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ripley | 21 min |
| May 4, 2:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard | 53 min |
| May 4, 2:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ripley | 3 hr |
| May 4, 2:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Stoddard | 5 hr |
| May 4, 5:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | Stoddard | 3 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.