Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 1989, 5:47 PM CDT for Pemiscot County, Missouri. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 1989, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1989, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Pemiscot, MO |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPAH 112250 TORPAH MOC155-112330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 547 PM CDT SUN JUN 11 1989 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...PEMISCOTT AT 545 PM CDT JONESBORO ARKANASAS REPORTED A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH/ WEST OF STEELE MISSOURI ALONG THE ARKANSAS - MISSOURI PEMISCOTT COUNTY LINE PERSONS IN PEMISCOTT COUNTY SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY... ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR STEELE. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...GO TO A BASEMENT SHELTER IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM OR CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR STURDY FURNITURE. COVER YOUR BODY WITH BLANKETS...PILLOWS OR CUSHIONS. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING. DIGIORGI
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, Jun 11, 2:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 235 PM CDT SUN JUN 11 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PART OF WESTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 900 PM CDT... . AT 225 PM CDT...RAINSHOWERS WERE IN WESTERN KENTUCKY AND A SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. THE SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM THE SHAWNEE NATIONAL FOREST IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH OF PADUCAH KENTUCKY...TO SCOTTSVILLE KENTUCKY ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN. THERE WAS ALSO SCATTERED LIGHT RAINSHOWERS IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF MT VERNON ILLINOIS. THIS PRECIPITATION WAS ABOUT 80 MILES WEST AND 50 MILES SOUTH OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA. . MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SUMMY
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 330 PM CDT SUN JUN 11 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PART OF WESTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 900 PM CDT... . AT 325 PM CDT...RAINSHOWERS WERE IN WESTERN KENTUCKY AND A SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. THERE WERE SHOWERS ABOUT 75 MILES NORTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE NEAR SALEM AND VANDALIA ILLINOIS. THE SHOWERS IN WESTERN KENTUCKY EXTENDED FROM NEAR PROVIDENCE AND MADISONVILLE SOUTHEAST TO BOWLING GREEN. THESE SHOWERS WERE ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SUMMY
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 433 PM CDT SUN JUN 11 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PART OF WESTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 900 PM CDT... . AT 425 PM CDT...THERE WERE SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND EXTREME WESTERN KENTUCKY. THE MAIN BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF A LINE FROM MARION ILLINOIS...TO PADUCAH KENTUCKY...TO THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF KENTUCKY LAKE IN WESTERN TENNESSEE. THERE WERE OTHER SHOWERS ABOUT 75 MILES NORTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE NEAR EFFINGHAM ILLINOIS...AND 100 MILES WEST OF EVANSVILLE...NEAR SPARTA ILLINOIS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILESK AN HOUR. . REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. SPODEN
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 435 PM CDT SUN JUN 11 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT TILL 700 PM FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI INCLUDING THE BOOTHEEL AND FOR ALL OF WEST KENTUCKY EXCEPT CRITTENDEN COUNTY... ...ALL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND THE BOOTHEEL HAVE EXPIRED... AT 430 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR AT PADUCAH KENTUCKY INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM JACKSON MISSOURI TO JUST WEST OF MURRAY KENTUCKY TO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JONESBORO ARKANSAS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. THERE HAVE BEEN NO FURTHER REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THESE STORMS. HOWEVER...THERE HAS BEEN A REPORT OF SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING IN QULIN MISSOURI IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BUTLER COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY THEY MAY AGAIN STRENGTHEN OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE STRONGER STORMS ARE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...STRONG GUSTY WIND...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HAIL. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. DIGIORGI
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:49 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO HEADLINE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 435 PM CDT SUN JUN 11 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT TILL 700 PM CDT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI INCLUDING THE BOOTHEEL. ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT TILL 900 PM CDT FOR ALL OF WEST KENTUCKY EXCEPT CRITTENDEN COUNTY... ...ALL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND THE BOOTHEEL HAVE EXPIRED... AT 430 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR AT PADUCAH KENTUCKY INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM JACKSON MISSOURI TO JUST WEST OF MURRAY KENTUCKY TO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JONESBORO ARKANSAS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. THERE HAVE BEEN NO FURTHER REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THESE STORMS. HOWEVER...THERE HAS BEEN A REPORT OF SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING IN QULIN MISSOURI IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BUTLER COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY THEY MAY AGAIN STRENGTHEN OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE STRONGER STORMS ARE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...STRONG GUSTY WIND...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HAIL. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. DIGIORGI
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 5:34 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 533 PM CDT SUN JUN 11 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PART OF WESTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 900 PM CDT... . AT 525 PM CDT...THERE WERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...AND RAIN SHOWERS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARION ILLINOIS...JUST SOUTH OF STONEFORT ILLINOIS... AND JUST NORTH OF PADUCAH KENTUCKY. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF A LINE FROM JUST EAST OF EFFINGHAM ILLINOIS...WHICH IS 75 MILES NORTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE ...TO BARKELY LAKE IN WESTERN KENTUCKY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT CLOSE TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. SPODEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Dunklin, Pemiscot | 39 min |
| Jun 11, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, Stoddard | 40 min |
| Jun 11, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | New Madrid | 45 min |
| Jun 11, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Pemiscot | 30 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.