Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 1989, 8:53 PM CDT for Pemiscot County, Missouri. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 1989, 8:53 PM CDT (01:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 1989, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pemiscot County, MO
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 1124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1290 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 547 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 3:30 PM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 328 PM CDT MON APR 3 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI TIL 9 PM CDT... ...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND PART OF WESTERN KENTUCKY TIL 8 PM CDT... AT 324 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF SESSER ILLINOIS OR ABOUT 14 MILES WEST OF MT VERNON ILLINOIS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND HAS ALREADY PRODUCED GOLD BALL SIZE. IT MAY AFFECT THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF FRANKLIN AND HAMILTON COUNTIES OF ILLINOIS BETWEEN 4 AND 430 PM CDT. ANOTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHWWEST OF PIEDMONT MISSOURI. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SHOULD MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SHANKLIN
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 3:59 PM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 355 PM CDT TUE APR 3 1989 AT 345 PM CDT...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING OVER MT VERNON ILLINOIS...ABOUT 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE. THIS VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND STRONG DAMAGING WIND. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED BASEBALL-SIZE HAIL AT NASHVILLE ILLINOIS AROUND 330 PM. THE STORM WAS ALSO CAUSING EXTREMELY HEAVY RA'IN WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL ENTER WESTERN WAYNE COUNTY ILLINOIS BETWEEN 4 AND 415 PM CDT. ZIMMER
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 8:37 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 835 PM CDT MON APR 3 1989 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR THE INDIANA COUNTIES OF...POSEY...VANDERBURGH...WARRICK... SPENCER AND PERRY... ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND WESTERN KENTUCKY... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA TONIGHT... VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ALONG THE OHIO RIVER FROM PADUCAH UPSTREAM TO EVANSVILLE THEN EAST TO BEYOND TELL CITY INDIANA. VERY HEAVY HAS FALLEN IN THESE AREAS DURING THE EVENING. EVANSVILLE HAS RECEIVED NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 6 PM CDT. CONSIDERABLE LOW LAND AND URBAN FLOODING CONTINUES...MANY STREETS AND AREA ROADS WITH POOR DRAINAGE WILL BE UNDERWATER IN ALL LOW SPOTS... MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH EXTRA CAUTION...DO TO TRY TO DRIVE INTO WATER ON AREA ROADS. . THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH...AND ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...LOTS OF DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND MANY ARE STILL PRODUCING SMALL HAIL. NO REPORTS OF STRONG DAMAGING WINDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED SINCE 730 PM. ALONG WITH THE STORMS...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN COVERED ALL OF SOUTH EAST ILLINOIS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND MOST OF WESTERN KENTUCKY. ZIMMER
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 8:39 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY..CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 835 PM CDT MON APR 3 1989 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR THE INDIANA COUNTIES OF...POSEY...VANDERBURGH...WARRICK... SPENCER AND PERRY... ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND WESTERN KENTUCKY... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA TONIGHT... VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ALONG THE OHIO RIVER FROM PADUCAH UPSTREAM TO EVANSVILLE THEN EAST TO BEYOND TELL CITY INDIANA. VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THESE AREAS DURING THE EVENING. EVANSVILLE HAS RECEIVED NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 6 PM CDT. CONSIDERABLE LOW LAND AND URBAN FLOODING CONTINUES...MANY STREETS AND AREA ROADS WITH POOR DRAINAGE WILL BE UNDERWATER IN ALL LOW SPOTS... MOTORISTS SHOULD DRIVE WITH EXTRA CAUTION...DO TO TRY TO DRIVE INTO WATER ON AREA ROADS. . THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH...AND ARE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...LOTS OF DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND MANY ARE STILL PRODUCING SMALL HAIL. NO REPORTS OF STRONG DAMAGING WINDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED SINCE 730 PM. ALONG WITH THE STORMS...AT 830 PM CDT...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN COVERED ALL OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND MOST OF WESTERN KENTUCKY. ZIMMER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Butler | 40 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.