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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Paducah, KY

April 9, 2021Ripley County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 2021, 4:22 PM CDT for Ripley County, Missouri. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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: Apr 9, 2021, 4:22 PM CDT (21:22 UTC)
Expired: Apr 9, 2021, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Ripley County, MO

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Apr 9, 4:34 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	Doniphan, MO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 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-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: 2139 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

270 
WUUS53 KPAH 092122
SVRPAH
MOC181-092200-
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0008.210409T2122Z-210409T2200Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a

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

* Until 500 PM CDT.

* At 421 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Doniphan,
  moving east at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3670 9099 3681 9073 3681 9063 3668 9063
      3668 9059 3660 9059 3659 9058 3653 9091
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 248DEG 11KT 3665 9087 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

SMITH

1 follow-up statement

658 
WWUS53 KPAH 092152
SVSPAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
452 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021

MOC181-092200-
/O.CON.KPAH.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210409T2200Z/
Ripley MO-
452 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL RIPLEY COUNTY...

At 452 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northwest of
Doniphan, moving northeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Doniphan, Budapest and Briar. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Paducah.

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 3670 9099 3680 9074 3680 9064 3668 9064
      3666 9072 3663 9082 3662 9090 3661 9095
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 214DEG 14KT 3672 9088 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SMITH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 9, 3:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Wayne	30 min
Apr 9, 4:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Ripley	44 min
Apr 9, 4:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Carter	44 min
Apr 9, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, Carter, Wayne	48 min
Apr 9, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ripley	30 min
Apr 9, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, New Madrid, Stoddard	41 min
Apr 9, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wayne	33 min
Apr 9, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, Carter, Ripley, Wayne	22 min
Apr 9, 5:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Scott, Stoddard	41 min
Apr 9, 6:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Perry	34 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.