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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2023, 2:28 PM CDT for Jackson County, Union County, Illinois; Cape Girardeau County, Perry County, Missouri. It was in force for 32 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
- Mar 31, 2023, 2:28 PM CDT (19:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2023, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Jackson County, IL, Union County, IL, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Perry County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 12:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 296 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1009 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 646 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 712 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Mar 31, 1:49 PM CDT, 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 1:49 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 1:54 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Paducah KY 154 PM CDT Fri Mar 31 2023 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-011900- 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- 154 PM CDT Fri Mar 31 2023 /254 PM EDT Fri Mar 31 2023/ ...Outbreak of severe thunderstorms forecast...a few strong tornadoes are possible this afternoon and early tonight... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, western Kentucky, and southeast Missouri. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Numerous severe thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and early tonight. The highest risk is from 3pm to 10pm. A few long- track strong tornadoes are possible. Large hail and damaging winds are expected. Storms will be fast moving to the east-northeast at up to 70 mph. This is a particularly dangerous situation. Remain alert for watches and warnings. Outside of thunderstorms, all areas can expect southwest winds will increase to 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 40 to 50 mph. A Wind Advisory is in effect for this afternoon and early tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Gusty northwest winds occasionally up to 40 mph are possible. Thunderstorms return to the forecast Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday. Severe thunderstorms are possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report significant weather according to standard operating procedure. JGG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wayne | 21 min |
| Mar 31, 3:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Williamson | 23 min |
| Mar 31, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Wayne | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau | 17 min |
| Mar 31, 5:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | New Madrid | 14 min |
| Mar 31, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Mississippi | 10 min |
| Mar 31, 6:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Butler, Ripley | 25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.