Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Jul 22, 1993, 1:35 PM CDT for Dunklin County, Missouri. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 1993, 1:35 PM CDT (18:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 1993, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dunklin County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 211 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -209 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1294 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 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 221835 TORPAH MOC069-221900- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 135 PM CDT THU JUL 22 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI ...NORTHERN DUNKLIN COUNTY AT 130 PM CDT...DUNKLIN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS A TORNADO ON THE GROUND SOUTHWEST OF CAMPBELL MISSOURI...MOVING EAST. 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 AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILNLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. OBMANN NNNN
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, Jul 22, 11:35 AM CDT, 2 hours before
INZ011-014-ILZ012-014-221700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 1135 AM CDT THU JUL 22 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST KENTUCKY AND WERE STILL IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS AT 1130 AM CDT. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE FROM WINSLOW INDIANA... 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF EVANSVILLE...TO MT VERNON INDIANA TO JUST NORTHEAST OF PADUCAH KENTUCKY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. SOME AREAS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS RECEIVED UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING. THERE MAY BE SOME FLOODING OF STREETS AND UNDERPASSES IN URBAN AREAS AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST KENTUCKY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. BLOCK
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 11:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
INZ011-014-ILZ012-014-221700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 1135 AM CDT THU JUL 22 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST KENTUCKY AND WERE STILL IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS AT 1130 AM CDT. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE FROM WINSLOW INDIANA... 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF EVANSVILLE...TO MT VERNON INDIANA TO JUST NORTHEAST OF PADUCAH KENTUCKY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. SOME AREAS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS RECEIVED UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN THIS MORNING. THERE MAY BE SOME FLOODING OF STREETS AND UNDERPASSES IN URBAN AREAS AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST KENTUCKY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. BLOCK
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 11:54 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
MOZ022-ILZ014-015-221800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1154 AM CDT THU JUL 22 1993 AT 1050 AM CDT PADUCAH RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS. THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THIS AREA EXTENDS FROM SOUTH OF BLOOMFIELD TO JUST SOUTH OF MARION TO EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR...HOWEVER THE ENTIRE AREA WAS SAGGING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT LESS THAN 10 MILES AN HOUR. SOME PONDING OF WATER IS POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE...AS WELL AS WATER ACROSS ROADS IL LOW LYING AREAS...AS RAINFALL RATES IN SOME AREAS WERE IN THE 2 TO 3 INCH RANGE. MOTOREST SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. THE HEAVIER SHOWERS HAVE JUST MISSED CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI AND WAS FALLING TO THEIR SOUTHEAST...THIS HAS DECREASED ANY POTENTICAL PROBLEMS IN AND NEAR THE CITY OF CAPE GIRARDEAU MIS|SOURI...AT LEAST FOR THE TIME BEING. JFB NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 11:54 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
MOZ022-ILZ014-015-221800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1154 AM CDT THU JUL 22 1993 AT 1150 AM CDT PADUCAH RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS. THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THIS AREA EXTENDS FROM SOUTH OF BLOOMFIELD TO JUST SOUTH OF MARION TO EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR...HOWEVER THE ENTIRE AREA WAS SAGGING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT LESS THAN 10 MILES AN HOUR. SOME PONDING OF WATER IS POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE...AS WELL AS WATER ACROSS ROADS IL LOW LYING AREAS...AS RAINFALL RATES IN SOME AREAS WERE IN THE 2 TO 3 INCH RANGE. MOTOREST SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. THE HEAVIER SHOWERS HAVE JUST MISSED CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI AND WAS FALLING TO THEIR SOUTHEAST...THIS x Z(*=TENTICAL PROBLEMS IN AND NEAR THE CITY OF CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI...AT LEAST FOR THE TIME BEING. ...CORRECTED TIME IN PARA ONE... JFB/RLW NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 12:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
MOZ022-ILZ014-015-221800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1154 AM CDT THU JUL 22 1993 AT 1150 AM CDT PADUCAH RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS. THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THIS AREA EXTENDS FROM SOUTH OF BLOOMFIELD TO JUST SOUTH OF MARION TO EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR...HOWEVER THE ENTIRE AREA WAS SAGGING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT LESS THAN 10 MILES AN HOUR. SOME PONDING OF WATER IS POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE...AS WELL AS WATER ACROSS ROADS IL LOW LYING AREAS...AS RAINFALL RATES IN SOME AREAS WERE IN THE 2 TO 3 INCH RANGE. MOTOREST SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. THE HEAVIER SHOWERS HAVE JUST MISSED CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI AND WAS FALLING TO THEIR SOUTHEAST...THIS HAS DECREASED ANY POTENTICAL PROBLEMS IN AND NEAR THE CITY OF CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI...AT LEAST FOR THE TIME BEING. ...CORRECTED TIME IN PARA ONE... JFB/RLW NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 1:22 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
MOZ022-ILZ014-015-222030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 125 PM CDT THU JUL 22 1993 AT 115 PM CDT PADUCAH RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS...THAT EXTENDED FROM NORTH OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA TO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...NEAR SIKESTON. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OVER WEST KENTUCKY...OVER BALLARD COUNTY...ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF PADUCAH. THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR. WITH SOME OF THE HEAVIER STORMS...SOME PONDING OF WATER IS POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE...AS WELL AS WATER A CROSS ROADS IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. DAO NNNN
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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.