Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 1994, 11:06 AM CDT for Pemiscot County, Missouri. It was in force for 19 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1994, 11:06 AM CDT (16:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1994, 11:25 AM CDT
- In force
- 19 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, 4.1 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
- 2109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 280 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 287 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.2
- Supercell composite
- 14.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPAH 151606 TORPAH MOC155-151700- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1106 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI ...PEMISCOT COUNTY AT 1105 AM...PADUCAH RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 65 MILES SOUTH OF CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI. THIS STORM MAY BE PRODUCING A TORNADO IN PEMISCOT COUNTY NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF STEELE. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. 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 lSHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. HUMPHREY 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, Apr 15, 6:14 AM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
KYZ001>013-ILZ081-082-084>086-088>094-MOZ086-087-100-109>115-121230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 615 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND MOST OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNTIL 10 AM... AT 610 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT PADUCAH SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE TRI STATE. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SOUTHWEST TO WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAV Y RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTINING. IF A STORM APPROACHES MOVE TO AN INDOOR SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LINDSTROM
Special weather statement, Apr 15, 10:26 AM CDT, 40 minutes before
KYZ001>013-ILZ081-082-084>086-088>094-MOZ086-087-100-109>115-121620- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1020 AM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WEST KENTUCKY UNTIL NOON... AT 1015 AM...PADUCAH RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY SOUTHWEST TO JUST EAST OF DYERSBURG TENNESSEE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 40 MILES SOUTH OF PADUCAH...IN SOUTHERN GRAVES COUNTY NEAR FAIRBANKS AND BOYDSVILLE...AND 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PADUCAH NEAR MURRAY KENTUCKY. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE DETECTED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI...BETWEEN COMMERCE AND POWER ISLAND IN EASTERN SCOTT COUNTY... AND 35 MILES SOUTH OF CAPE GIRARDEAU NEAR CATRON IN NEW MADRID COUNTY. EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 40 MPH THROUGH BELL CITY...CROSSLAND...MURRAY AND NEW PROVIDENCE KENTUCKY...KEWANEE AND MATTHEWS MISSOURI...AND GALE ILLINOIS. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. THIS MEANS ONE OF THESE STORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR A TORNADO. DLH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 6:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau | 46 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.