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Special Weather Statement, NWS Paducah, KY

June 30, 2021Mississippi County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2021, 3:05 PM CDT for Mississippi County, Missouri. It was in force for 25 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: Jun 30, 2021, 3:05 PM CDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2021, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY

County Mississippi County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 240 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: 72 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1091 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 30, 1:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 1:01 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 4:27 AM CDT, 10 hours 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 30, 9:48 AM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 3:05 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
305 PM CDT Wed Jun 30 2021

ILZ092-MOZ112-302030-
Alexander IL-Mississippi MO-
305 PM CDT Wed Jun 30 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALEXANDER AND
MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

At 304 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Anniston, or near East Prairie, moving northeast at 15 mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Charleston, East Prairie, Cairo, Wyatt, Anniston and Wilson City.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3686 8949 3708 8919 3707 8918 3703 8918
      3701 8917 3697 8910 3694 8910 3686 8913
      3685 8914 3684 8917 3684 8918 3679 8917
      3671 8936
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 234DEG 14KT 3684 8935

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 29, 7:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	McLean	48 min
Jun 29, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Daviess	35 min
Jun 29, 7:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Daviess	31 min
Jun 30, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Hickman	28 min
Jun 30, 4:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Massac	31 min
Jun 30, 5:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Bollinger	43 min
Jun 30, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Bollinger	34 min
Jun 30, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Bollinger	21 min
Jun 29, 8:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Spencer	47 min
Jun 30, 4:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Vanderburgh, Warrick	3 hr
Jun 30, 4:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Pike	43 min
Jun 30, 4:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Vanderburgh	3 hr

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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.