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Special Weather Statement, NWS Paducah, KY

July 16, 2021Butler County, Ripley County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2021, 1:07 PM CDT for Butler County, Ripley County, Missouri. It was in force for 38 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 16, 2021, 1:07 PM CDT (18:07 UTC)
Expired: Jul 16, 2021, 1:45 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY

Counties Butler County, MO, Ripley County, MO

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:05 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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 223 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: 681 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 567 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 16 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 Jul 16, 12:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 12:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 4:15 AM CDT, 8 hours 52 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Paducah KY
415 AM CDT Fri Jul 16 2021

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-171000-
Jefferson-Wayne IL-Edwards-Wabash-Perry IL-Franklin-Hamilton-
White-Jackson-Williamson-Saline-Gallatin-Union-Johnson-Pope-
Hardin-Alexander-Pulaski-Massac-Gibson-Pike-Posey-Vanderburgh-
Warrick-Spencer-Fulton-Hickman-Carlisle-Ballard-McCracken-Graves-
Livingston-Marshall-Calloway-Crittenden-Lyon-Trigg-Caldwell-
Union KY-Webster-Hopkins-Christian-Henderson-Daviess-McLean-
Muhlenberg-Todd-Perry MO-Bollinger-Cape Girardeau-Wayne MO-Carter-
Ripley-Butler-Stoddard-Scott-Mississippi-New Madrid-
415 AM CDT Fri Jul 16 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southern
Illinois, southwest Indiana, western Kentucky, and southeast
Missouri.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms will be possible, especially
this afternoon into early evening. A few isolated severe storms
with gusty winds cannot be ruled out. However, the more common
thunderstorm hazards will come with lightning and locally heavy
rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

Scattered thunderstorms over the weekend will become much less
numerous next week. Lightning and locally heavy rainfall are
expected to be the primary thunderstorm hazards.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 16, 8:56 AM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 8:58 AM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 9:57 AM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 12:14 PM CDT, 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 12:58 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 1:07 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 16, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle	18 min
Jul 15, 10:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Franklin, Williamson	44 min
Jul 15, 11:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Perry	17 min
Jul 15, 11:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Perry	3 hr
Jul 16, 1:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jefferson	6 hr
Jul 16, 2:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Perry	6 hr
Jul 16, 6:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Jefferson	6 hr
Jul 16, 7:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Jefferson, Saline	4 min
Jul 16, 8:11 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Jefferson	110 min
Jul 16, 12:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Jefferson	46 min
Jul 16, 12:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Wayne	2 hr
Jul 16, 12:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Hamilton	47 min
Jul 16, 1:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson	114 min
Jul 16, 1:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Edwards, Wabash	115 min
Jul 16, 2:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Hamilton, Wayne, White	116 min
Jul 16, 2:17 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wabash, White	118 min
Jul 16, 2:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Jackson, Perry	3 hr
Jul 16, 3:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Wayne	3 hr
Jul 16, 3:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry	3 hr
Jul 16, 4:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Perry	2 hr
Jul 16, 4:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Franklin, Hamilton, Wayne	3 hr
Jul 16, 4:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Jackson, Saline, Williamson	119 min
Jul 16, 4:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wabash, White	3 hr
Jul 16, 6:12 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Perry	13 hr
Jul 16, 3:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Gibson, Pike	66 min
Jul 16, 4:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Pike, Warrick	52 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Missouri, 2021 Every special weather statement in 2021

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.