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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Paducah, KY

May 16, 20254 counties in Kentucky; Mississippi County, New Madrid County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2025, 7:35 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kentucky; Mississippi County, New Madrid County, Missouri. It was in force for 40 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 16, 2025, 7:35 AM CDT (12:35 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2025, 8:15 AM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Carlisle County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO

The radar

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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
May 16, 2:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

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 16, 3:53 AM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 3:53 AM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 2:33 AM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 16, 3:23 AM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 16, 6:10 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 16, 6:55 AM CDT, 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 16, 6:58 AM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 16, 7:10 AM CDT, 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 16, 7:29 AM CDT, 6 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 16, 1:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard, McCracken	50 min
May 16, 2:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Crittenden, Livingston, Union, Webster	47 min
May 16, 3:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Daviess, Webster	51 min
May 16, 3:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Crittenden, Henderson, McLean, Union, Webster	21 min
May 16, 3:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Daviess	31 min
May 16, 3:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Crittenden, Hopkins, Union, Webster	35 min
May 16, 4:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Henderson, McLean, Union, Webster	31 min
May 16, 4:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Daviess, Henderson	36 min
May 16, 5:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman	52 min
May 16, 5:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman	38 min
May 16, 6:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Ballard, McCracken	65 min
May 16, 7:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Muhlenberg	36 min
May 16, 8:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Calloway, Graves, Marshall, Trigg	47 min
May 16, 9:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Christian, Todd, Trigg	41 min
May 16, 3:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PAH	Ballard	48 min
May 16, 4:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle, Graves, McCracken	48 min
May 16, 5:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon, McCracken, Marshall	43 min
May 16, 5:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon and 1 more	43 min
May 16, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Todd, Trigg	54 min
May 16, 6:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Todd, Trigg	52 min
May 16, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Muhlenberg, Todd	36 min
May 16, 6:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Todd	30 min
May 16, 6:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PAH	Ballard	45 min
May 16, 6:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	PAH	Union	34 min
May 16, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jefferson	23 min
May 16, 4:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Union	17 min
May 16, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Perry	17 min
May 16, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson	42 min
May 16, 5:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Jackson	41 min
May 16, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Franklin, Jackson, Williamson	38 min
May 16, 6:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Jackson, Williamson	42 min
May 16, 6:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Alexander	45 min
May 16, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hamilton, White	43 min
May 16, 6:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedCatastrophic damage threat	PAH	Saline, Williamson	35 min
May 16, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Gallatin, Hamilton, Saline, White	43 min
May 16, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jackson, Williamson	33 min
May 16, 4:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, Stoddard	38 min
May 16, 4:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	New Madrid, Stoddard	52 min
May 16, 6:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, New Madrid, Stoddard	40 min
May 16, 6:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, Ripley	49 min
May 16, 6:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, Stoddard	43 min
May 16, 2:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Carter, Wayne	55 min
May 16, 2:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Carter, Stoddard, Wayne	64 min
May 16, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	PAH	Carter	30 min
May 16, 2:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Wayne	31 min
May 16, 3:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Scott, Stoddard, Wayne	54 min
May 16, 3:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Bollinger	33 min
May 16, 3:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Cape Girardeau	41 min
May 16, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Cape Girardeau	20 min
May 16, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Carter, Wayne	51 min
May 16, 5:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Perry	23 min
May 16, 5:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Perry	36 min
May 16, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Carter, Ripley	48 min
May 16, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Stoddard, Wayne	45 min
May 16, 5:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Stoddard, Wayne	25 min
May 16, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Butler, Carter, Ripley	46 min
May 16, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, Ripley	43 min
May 16, 6:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Butler, New Madrid, Stoddard	40 min
May 16, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	PAH	Butler, New Madrid, Stoddard	50 min
May 16, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, Ripley	47 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.