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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 337, NWS Paducah, KY

July 7, 2023Carter County, Ripley County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2023, 10:37 PM CDT for Carter 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 7, 2023, 10:37 PM CDT (03:37 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2023, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Carter County, MO, Ripley County, MO

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 257 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2023-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2138 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2023-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
2138 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1219 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.7

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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 Jul 7, 6:28 PM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 6:28 PM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 3:49 PM CDT, 6 hours 48 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Paducah KY
349 PM CDT Fri Jul 7 2023

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100-107>112-114-081000-
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-
349 PM CDT Fri Jul 7 2023 /449 PM EDT Fri Jul 7 2023/

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

A chance of thunderstorms returns this evening mainly across
portions of southern Illinois and southeast Missouri. An isolated
strong to severe storm is possible with gusty winds and some
hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

Thunderstorms are more likely Saturday across the area, particularly
Saturday afternoon. There is the risk of severe storms with
damaging winds and hail the main concern.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed on Saturday.

DW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 1:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHTodd29 min
Jul 8, 1:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Todd24 min
Jul 8, 1:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHTodd33 min
Jul 8, 2:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHHickman35 min
Jul 7, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarter53 min
Jul 7, 11:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHButler33 min
Jul 8, 1:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarter, Ripley41 min
Jul 8, 1:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHRipley4 hr
Jul 8, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHRipley23 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.