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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Paducah, KY

January 8, 2026Bollinger County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 8, 2026, 11:56 PM CST for Bollinger County, Missouri. It was in force for 49 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: Jan 8, 2026, 11:56 PM CST (05:56 UTC)
Expired: Jan 9, 2026, 12:45 AM CST
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Bollinger County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 338 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 567 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 703 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 843 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jan 8, 11:44 PM CST, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 11:44 PM CST, 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 8, 6:15 PM CST, 5 hours 41 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Paducah KY
615 PM CST Thu Jan 8 2026

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100-
107>112-114-100015-
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-
615 PM CST Thu Jan 8 2026 /715 PM EST Thu Jan 8 2026/

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Gusty winds up to 40 mph are possible through this evening across
southeast Missouri, southwest Illinois, and far western Kentucky.
Refer to the Special Weather Statement for details.

Thunderstorms are possible this evening and overnight. The risk
for severe storms this evening is marginal, and includes damaging
winds as the primary risk, with isolated tornadoes possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Thunderstorm chances are minimal but not zero Friday afternoon,
including a marginal risk for severe storms.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed tonight.

DWS/DH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 8, 10:33 PM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 8, 10:40 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 8, 10:41 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 8, 11:16 PM CST, 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 8, 11:27 PM CST, 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 8, 11:27 PM CST, 29 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
Jan 8, 7:15 PM CST	Wind Advisory	PAH	Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more	8 hr
Jan 8, 10:41 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Ballard, Henderson, Union	64 min
Jan 8, 10:40 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Hardin, Pope	50 min
Jan 8, 11:27 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Perry	33 min
Jan 8, 11:58 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Jefferson	32 min
Jan 9, 12:18 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Wayne	57 min
Jan 9, 1:11 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Franklin, Hamilton, Williamson	49 min
Jan 9, 1:45 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Edwards, Hamilton, Wabash	60 min
Jan 9, 1:49 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards, Hamilton, Wayne, White	41 min
Jan 9, 2:10 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wabash, White	50 min
Jan 8, 9:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Carter	42 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.