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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Paducah, KY

May 26, 2021Jackson County, Illinois

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2021-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 158 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2021-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -121 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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
 
$$

DWS
1 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 

$$

DWS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 4:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHHamilton35 min
May 26, 4:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHFranklin37 min
May 26, 5:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHSaline31 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.