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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Paducah, KY

May 16, 1990Butler County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 16, 1990, 7:50 PM CDT for Butler County, Missouri. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1990, 7:50 PM CDT (00:50 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1990, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Butler 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 157 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 00:00Z on 1990-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1794 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 00:00Z on 1990-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 249 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1794 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
878 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.7
Supercell composite
14.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPAH 170051
TORPAH
MOC023-170130-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
750 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE
UNTIL  830 PM CST FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF

SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... BUTLER

AT 748 PM CDT OFFICIALS FROM BUTLER COUNTY REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE
GROUND NEAR NEELYVILLE MISSOURI...50 MILES NORTH OF JONESBORO ARKANSAS.

PERSONS IN BUTLER   COUNTY SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY... ESPECIALLY
IN AND NEAR  NEELYVILLE AND POPLAR BLUFF.

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

The office that day

Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWayne30 min
May 16, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHStoddard40 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Missouri, 1990Every tornado warning in 1990Tornadoes in 1990

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.