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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Paducah, KY

June 4, 1993Pemiscot County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 1993, 5:46 PM CDT for Pemiscot County, Missouri. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 4, 1993, 5:46 PM CDT (22:46 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 1993, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Whole counties

County Pemiscot County, MO

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.

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: 3217 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 766 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.7
Supercell composite: 8.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 042247
TORPAH
MOC155-042315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
ISSUED BY ST LOUIS MO
546 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
 
   ...NORTHERN PEMISCOTT COUNTY
 
AT 546 PM...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED JUST WEST OF WARDELL IN NORTHERN
PEMISCOT COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL
AFFECT COMMUNITIES OF NORTHERN PEMISCOT COUNTY. TAKE COVER NOW!
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAI`LABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
&
SHEA

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 4, 2:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

INZ011-014-KYZ002-003-ILZ012-014-042045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
145 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 19933

...A A PART OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

INCLUDED IN THE PORTION OF THE WATCH AREA WHICH HAS BEEN CANCELLED ARE
THE COUNTIES OF HART...BARREN...ALLEN AND MONROE.

MARCOTTE

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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 2:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

INZ011-014-KYZ002-003-ILZ012-014-042045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
145 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 19933

...A A PART OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

INCLUDED IN THE PORTION OF THE WATCH AREA WHICH HAS BEEN CANCELLED ARE
THE COUNTIES OF HART...BARREN...ALLEN AND MONROE.

MARCOTTE

qWWUSn

Local storm report, Jun 4, 4:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
445 PM CDT FRI JUNE 4 1993

JUNE 4 1993 PRELIMINARY STORM DAMAGE

1240 AM CDT...QUARTER SIZED HAIL JUST WEST OF GENTRYVILLE INDIANA...
              NORTHEAST WARRICK COUNTY. REPORTED BY WARRICK COUNTY SHERIFF.

1243 AM CDT...QUARTER SIZED HAIL JUST SOUTH OF DALE INDIANA NEAR
              GENTRYVILLE INDIANA...SPENCER COUNTY. REPORTED BY SPENCER
              COUNTY SHERIFF.

115 AM CDT...GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL IN TROY INDIANA...PERRY COUNTY.
             REPORTED BY TELL CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.

115 AM CDT...WIND PICKED UP CAR AND THREW IT INTO A TREE ALONG HIGHWAY
             66 BETWEEN TROY AND TELL CITY INDIANA. REPORTED BY TELL
             CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
.
1023 AM CDT...3/4 INCH HAIL IN EQUALITY ILLINOIS...GALLATIN COUNTY.
              REPORTED BY ILLINOIS STATE POLICE.

1106 AM CDT...TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN FROM THUNDERSTORM WIND IN
              STURGIS KENTUCKY...UNION COUNTY. A 12000 GALLON TANK
              OF FARM FERTILIZER WAS TIPPED OVER AND SPILLED NEAR
              STURGIS KENTUCKY. REPORT BY DES.

1110 AM CDT...50 PERCENT OF THE HOMES IN DIXON KENTUCKY SUSTAINED
              MAJOR DAMAGE IN THUNDERSTORM WIND. 11 OTHER HOMES ACROSS
              WEBSTER COUNTY WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED. REPORT BY DES.

1113 AM CDT...90 MPH WIND REPORTED IN MADISONVILLE KENTUCKY...HOPKINS
              COUNTY. TWO HOMES WERE DESTROYED IN ONTON KENTUCKY.
              REPORT FROM DES.

1115 AM CDT...TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN ONE MILE SOUTH OF
              CORYDON KENTUCKY...HENDERSON COUNTY. REPORT FROM DES.

1115 AM CDT...TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN 10 MILES NORTH OF
              HOPKINSVILLE KENTUCKY...CHRISTIAN COUNTY. REPORT BY DES.

1117 AM CDT...50 HOMES SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE IN CALHOUN KENTUCKY...
              MCLEAN COUNTY. THE BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH WAS COMPLETELY
              DESTROYED IN BEECHGROVE KENTUCKY. 2 INJURIES OCCURRED IN
              MCLEAN COUNTY...ONE WHEN A TREE WAS BLOWN ONTO A CAR
              AND ANOTHER IN A HOME WHEN THE HOME COLLAPSED DUE TO THE
              THUNDERSTORM WIND. REPORT BY DES.

1117 AM CDT...TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN IN GREENVILLE KENTUCKY...
              MUHLENBERG COUNTY. PEOPLE WERE TRAPPED IN THEIR CARS DUE
              TO FALLEN TREES. REPORT BY DES.

1130 AM CDT...ONE HOME WAS DESTROYED IN MOSELEYVILLE KENTUCKY...DAVIESS
              COUNTY. REPORT BY THE DES.

1130 AM CDT...3 HOMES SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE IN CENTERTOWN KENTUCKY...
              OHIO COUNTY. AT 1143 AM CDT...THE MEDCO NURSING HOME IN
              FORDSVILLE KENTUCKY LOST ITS ROOF. REPORT FROM DES.

1146 AM CDT...TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG WITH 20 TO
              25 HOMES DESTROYED COUNTYWIDE IN BUTLER COUNTY KENTUCKY.
              REPORT FROM THE DES.

1155 AM CDT...TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN THROUGHOUT HANCOCK
              COUNTY KENTUCKY. REPORT BY DES.
.
1156 AM CDT...TREES BLOWN DOWN WITH SOME ON HOMES AND CARS IN
              CANEYVILLE KENTUCKY...GRAYSON COUNTY. REPORT FROM THE DES.

1202 PM CDT...TREES DOWN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF PERRY COUNTY
              INDIANA. REPORT FROM DES.

1205 PM CDT...1 MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED. TREES AND POWER LINES WERE
              BLOWN DOWN THROUGHOUT EDMONSON COUNTY KENTUCKY. REPORT
              FROM THE DES.

1205 PM CDT...TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN THROUGHOUT WARREN
              COUNTY KENTUCKY. REPORT FROM THE DES.

1217 PM CDT...SEVERAL BARNS ALONG WITH TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN
              DOWN IN BARREN COUNTY KENTUCKY. REPORT FROM DES.

1235 PM CDT...SEVERAL BARNS...A TOBACCO WAREHOUSE...AND A MOBILE HOME
              SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE IN HART COUNTY KENTUCKY. REPORT FROM
              THE DES.

1303 PM CDT...ONE ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF AND TREES AND POWER LINES WERE
              BLOWN DOWN IN ALLEN COUNTY KENTUCKY. REPORT FROM DES.
.
1310 PM CDT...TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS MONROE COUNTY
              KENTUCKY. REPORT BY THE DES.

SUMMY

Local storm report, Jun 4, 4:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
445 PM CDT FRI JUNE 4 1993

JUNE 4 1993 PRELIMINARY STORM DAMAGE

1240 AM CDT...QUARTER SIZED HAIL JUST WEST OF GENTRYVILLE INDIANA...
              NORTHEAST WARRICK COUNTY. REPORTED BY WARRICK COUNTY SHERIFF.

1243 AM CDT...QUARTER SIZED HAIL JUST SOUTH OF DALE INDIANA NEAR
              GENTRYVILLE INDIANA...SPENCER COUNTY. REPORTED BY SPENCER
              COUNTY SHERIFF.

115 AM CDT...GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL IN TROY INDIANA...PERRY COUNTY.
             REPORTED BY TELL CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.

115 AM CDT...WIND PICKED UP CAR AND THREW IT INTO A TREE ALONG HIGHWAY
             66 BETWEEN TROY AND TELL CITY INDIANA. REPORTED BY TELL
             CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
.
1023 AM CDT...3/4 INCH HAIL IN EQUALITY ILLINOIS...GALLATIN COUNTY.
              REPORTED BY ILLINOIS STATE POLICE.

1106 AM CDT...TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN FROM THUNDERSTORM WIND IN
              STURGIS KENTUCKY...UNION COUNTY. A 12000 GALLON TANK
              OF FARM FERTILIZER WAS TIPPED OVER AND SPILLED NEAR
              STURGIS KENTUCKY. REPORT BY DES.

1110 AM CDT...50 PERCENT OF THE HOMES IN DIXON KENTUCKY SUSTAINED
              MAJOR DAMAGE IN THUNDERSTORM WIND. 11 OTHER HOMES ACROSS
              WEBSTER COUNTY WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED. REPORT BY DES.

1113 AM CDT...90 MPH WIND REPORTED IN MADISONVILLE KENTUCKY...HOPKINS
              COUNTY. TWO HOMES WERE DESTROYED IN ONTON KENTUCKY.
              REPORT FROM DES.

1115 AM CDT...TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN ONE MILE SOUTH OF
              CORYDON KENTUCKY...HENDERSON COUNTY. REPORT FROM DES.

1115 AM CDT...TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN 10 MILES NORTH OF
              HOPKINSVILLE KENTUCKY...CHRISTIAN COUNTY. REPORT BY DES.

1117 AM CDT...50 HOMES SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE IN CALHOUN KENTUCKY...
              MCLEAN COUNTY. THE BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH WAS COMPLETELY
              DESTROYED IN BEECHGROVE KENTUCKY. 2 INJURIES OCCURRED IN
              MCLEAN COUNTY...ONE WHEN A TREE WAS BLOWN ONTO A CAR
              AND ANOTHER IN A HOME WHEN THE HOME COLLAPSED DUE TO THE
              THUNDERSTORM WIND. REPORT BY DES.

1117 AM CDT...TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN IN GREENVILLE KENTUCKY...
              MUHLENBERG COUNTY. PEOPLE WERE TRAPPED IN THEIR CARS DUE
              TO FALLEN TREES. REPORT BY DES.

1130 AM CDT...ONE HOME WAS DESTROYED IN MOSELEYVILLE KENTUCKY...DAVIESS
              COUNTY. REPORT BY THE DES.

1130 AM CDT...3 HOMES SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE IN CENTERTOWN KENTUCKY...
              OHIO COUNTY. AT 1143 AM CDT...THE MEDCO NURSING HOME IN
              FORDSVILLE KENTUCKY LOST ITS ROOF. REPORT FROM DES.

1146 AM CDT...TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG WITH 20 TO
              25 HOMES DESTROYED COUNTYWIDE IN BUTLER COUNTY KENTUCKY.
              REPORT FROM THE DES.

1155 AM CDT...TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN THROUGHOUT HANCOCK
              COUNTY KENTUCKY. REPORT BY DES.
.
1156 AM CDT...TREES BLOWN DOWN WITH SOME ON HOMES AND CARS IN
              CANEYVILLE KENTUCKY...GRAYSON COUNTY. REPORT FROM THE DES.

1202 PM CDT...TREES DOWN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF PERRY COUNTY
              INDIANA. REPORT FROM DES.

1205 PM CDT...1 MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED. TREES AND POWER LINES WERE
              BLOWN DOWN THROUGHOUT EDMONSON COUNTY KENTUCKY. REPORT
              FROM THE DES.

1205 PM CDT...TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN THROUGHOUT WARREN
              COUNTY KENTUCKY. REPORT FROM THE DES.

1217 PM CDT...SEVERAL BARNS ALONG WITH TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN
              DOWN IN BARREN COUNTY KENTUCKY. REPORT FROM DES.

1235 PM CDT...SEVERAL BARNS...A TOBACCO WAREHOUSE...AND A MOBILE HOME
              SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE IN HART COUNTY KENTUCKY. REPORT FROM
              THE DES.

1303 PM CDT...ONE ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF AND TREES AND POWER LINES WERE
              BLOWN DOWN IN ALLEN COUNTY KENTUCKY. REPORT FROM DES.
.
1310 PM CDT...TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS MONROE COUNTY
              KENTUCKY. REPORT BY THE DES.

SUMMY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 9:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Stoddard, Wayne	47 min
Jun 4, 9:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Mississippi	42 min
Jun 4, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Dunklin, New Madrid	57 min
Jun 4, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler	57 min
Jun 4, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Stoddard	45 min
Jun 4, 5:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	New Madrid	22 min
Jun 4, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Dunklin, New Madrid, Pemiscot	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.