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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Paducah, KY

August 12, 2021Jackson County, Perry County, Illinois; Perry County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2021, 7:23 PM CDT for Jackson County, Perry County, Illinois; Perry County, Missouri. It was in force for 52 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
Aug 12, 2021, 7:23 PM CDT (00:23 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2021, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Jackson County, IL, Perry County, IL, Perry County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 12, 8:09 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 602 Nnw Mcbride, MOMEASURED AT THE PERRYVILLE AIRPORT.
Aug 12, 8:10 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 63Pinckneyville, IL63 MPH WIND GUST REPORTED BY A VIEWERS WEATHER STATION.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 267 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1699 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

220 
WUUS53 KPAH 130023
SVRPAH
ILC077-145-MOC157-130115-
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0091.210813T0023Z-210813T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
723 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Perry County in south central Illinois...
  Northwestern Jackson County in southern Illinois...
  Northwestern Perry County in southeastern Missouri...

* Until 815 PM CDT.

* At 723 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Lebanon to Red Bud to near Bonne Terre, moving
  southeast at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Chester, Perryville, Pinckneyville, Tamaroa, Willisville, Cutler,
  Campbell Hill and Lithium.

This includes Interstate 55 between Mile Markers 132 and 139.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3821 8915 3781 8967 3781 8968 3767 9011
      3782 9000 3787 8994 3787 8990 3791 8984
      3788 8980 3785 8979 3785 8974 3781 8969
      3783 8966 3796 8959 3822 8959
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 311DEG 38KT 3864 8979 3819 9000 3793 9049 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

CN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFranklin, Jefferson, Perry38 min
Aug 12, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJackson49 min
Aug 12, 8:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHFranklin, Hamilton, Saline, Union, Wayne, Williamson71 min
Aug 12, 9:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHHamilton, Johnson, Pulaski, Saline, Union, White and 1 more66 min
Aug 12, 10:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHAlexander46 min
Aug 12, 8:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHPerry40 min
Aug 12, 9:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHBollinger, Carter, Wayne63 min
Aug 12, 11:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHMississippi, New Madrid68 min
Aug 13, 9:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHRipley23 min
Aug 13, 10:12 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHButler, Carter, Ripley2 hr
Aug 13, 10:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHButler41 min
Aug 13, 10:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHButler, Ripley3 hr
Aug 13, 10:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHButler3 hr
Aug 13, 10:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHStoddard4 hr
Aug 13, 11:07 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHWayne3 hr
Aug 13, 11:37 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHBollinger3 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.