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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Paducah, KY

May 18, 2022Jackson County, Perry County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2022, 6:53 AM CDT for Jackson County, Perry County, Illinois. It was in force for 37 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: May 18, 2022, 6:53 AM CDT (11:53 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2022, 7:30 AM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Jackson County, IL, Perry County, IL

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 May 18, 3:41 AM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 3:41 AM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 3:56 AM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 18, 6:42 AM CDT, 11 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
May 18, 7:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle, McCracken	48 min
May 18, 8:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Graves, McCracken	37 min
May 18, 8:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Marshall	50 min
May 18, 8:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Crittenden	41 min
May 18, 9:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Calloway	18 min
May 18, 6:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Franklin, Jackson, Perry	48 min
May 18, 7:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Franklin, Johnson, Union, Williamson	59 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.