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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Paducah, KY

July 9, 2021Butler County, Stoddard County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2021, 5:17 PM CDT for Butler County, Stoddard County, Missouri. It was in force for 13 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: Jul 9, 2021, 5:17 PM CDT (22:17 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2021, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 13 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Butler County, MO, Stoddard County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 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 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 210 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3332 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

006 
WUUS53 KPAH 092217
SVRPAH
MOC023-207-092230-
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0065.210709T2217Z-210709T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
517 PM CDT Fri Jul 9 2021

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Stoddard County in southeastern Missouri...
  East central Butler County in southeastern Missouri...

* Until 530 PM CDT.

* At 517 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Dudley, or 10
  miles west of Dexter, moving east at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar 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
  southwestern Stoddard and east central Butler Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3665 9017 3681 9021 3677 9010 3671 8994
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 281DEG 18KT 3677 9015 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SMITH

1 follow-up statement

979 
WWUS53 KPAH 092229
SVSPAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
529 PM CDT Fri Jul 9 2021

MOC023-207-092238-
/O.EXP.KPAH.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-210709T2230Z/
Stoddard MO-Butler MO-
529 PM CDT Fri Jul 9 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN STODDARD AND EAST
CENTRAL BUTLER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM CDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has collapsed and should weaken 
in the next few minutes. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to 
expire.  However small hail, gusty winds and heavy rain are still 
possible with this thunderstorm through at least 540 pm CDT.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Paducah.

LAT...LON 3665 9017 3681 9021 3677 9010 3671 8994
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 281DEG 18KT 3676 9010 

$$

SMITH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 4:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Ripley	50 min
Jul 9, 4:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Butler	39 min
Jul 9, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler	24 min
Jul 9, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Stoddard	33 min
Jul 9, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Mississippi, New Madrid	40 min
Jul 9, 5:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Wayne	45 min
Jul 9, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Stoddard	52 min
Jul 9, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Stoddard, Wayne	31 min
Jul 9, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Scott	28 min
Jul 9, 6:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Cape Girardeau	38 min
Jul 9, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Cape Girardeau	17 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.