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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 6:37 PM CDT for Jackson County, Illinois. It was in force for 23 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
- May 26, 2021, 6:37 PM CDT (23:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Jackson County, IL
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 277 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
- 158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 603 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted.
898
WUUS53 KPAH 262337
SVRPAH
ILC077-270000-
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0040.210526T2337Z-210527T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
637 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Jackson County in southern Illinois...
* Until 700 PM CDT.
* At 636 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles south of
Ava, or 9 miles west of Murphysboro, moving west at 10 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.
* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Jackson County, including the following locations...
Gorham.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3787 8945 3772 8938 3766 8951 3769 8952
3771 8958 3775 8962 3775 8967 3779 8966
3782 8968 3783 8966 3786 8965
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 070DEG 9KT 3778 8951
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
DWS1 follow-up statement
664
WWUS53 KPAH 262357
SVSPAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
657 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
ILC077-270006-
/O.EXP.KPAH.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-210527T0000Z/
Jackson IL-
657 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN JACKSON COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 3787 8945 3772 8938 3766 8951 3769 8952
3771 8958 3775 8962 3775 8967 3779 8966
3782 8968 3783 8966 3786 8965
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 070DEG 9KT 3778 8951
$$
DWSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 4:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Hamilton | 35 min |
| May 26, 4:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Franklin | 37 min |
| May 26, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Saline | 31 min |
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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.