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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 22, 2022, 3:59 AM CST for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 22, 2022, 3:59 AM CST (09:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2022, 4:30 AM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 3:52 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 243 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 764 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 446 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 445 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 549 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 12.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Feb 22, 3:46 AM CST, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 3:46 AM CST, 13 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Feb 22, 3:22 AM CST, 37 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
322 AM CST Tue Feb 22 2022
MOZ100-107>109-221000-
Butler MO-Carter MO-Wayne MO-Ripley MO-
322 AM CST Tue Feb 22 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of southeastern Carter,
Ripley, south central Wayne and Butler Counties through 400 AM CST...
At 321 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Handy to near Attica. Movement was
northeast at 60 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Strong thunderstorms will be near...
Hunter around 335 AM CST.
Budapest around 340 AM CST.
Other locations in the path of these storms include Naylor,
Ellsinore, Milltown, Oxly, Neelyville, Brush Arbor, Williamsville,
Hendrickson and Harviell.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
office in Paducah.
If on or near Current River, get out of the water and move indoors
or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 10 miles
from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close
enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not
be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.
Persons in campgrounds should consider seeking sturdy shelter until
these storms pass.
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LAT...LON 3711 9037 3650 9029 3650 9108 3678 9112
TIME...MOT...LOC 0921Z 247DEG 51KT 3671 9105 3639 9100
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
SMITHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 7:58 PM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman | 26 days |
| Feb 21, 7:58 PM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Livingston | 23 days |
| Feb 21, 7:58 PM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Livingston, McCracken | 23 days |
| Feb 22, 5:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton | 36 min |
| Feb 22, 5:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Graves, Hickman | 18 min |
| Feb 22, 6:11 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Fulton | 19 min |
| Feb 22, 6:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Fulton, Hickman | 19 min |
| Feb 22, 6:47 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Graves, Hickman | 22 min |
| Feb 22, 7:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway | 26 min |
| Feb 22, 7:17 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd | 43 min |
| Feb 22, 7:23 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman | 6 hr |
| Feb 22, 7:37 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Trigg | 8 min |
| Feb 22, 8:01 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Todd | 29 min |
| Feb 22, 8:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 22 min |
| Feb 22, 12:55 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman | 6 hr |
| Feb 22, 2:18 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton and 6 more | 51 hr |
| Feb 22, 4:32 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Union | 28 min |
| Feb 22, 3:22 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Butler, Ripley | 38 min |
| Feb 22, 3:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, Carter, Ripley, Wayne | 29 min |
| Feb 22, 4:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, Ripley, Stoddard | 32 min |
| Feb 22, 5:28 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | New Madrid | 47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.