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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Paducah, KY

April 27, 1994Pemiscot County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 1994, 2:35 PM CDT for Pemiscot County, Missouri. It was in force for 10 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 27, 1994, 2:35 PM CDT (19:35 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 1994, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 10 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, 7.6 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: 1797 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 618 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 4.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTL 271936
TORPAH
MOC155-271945-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
ISSUED BY ST LOUIS MO
235 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
 
   ...PEMISCOTT COUNTY
 
AT 225 PM...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARUTHERSVILLE.
THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
 
 
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...P(ILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
 
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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

Local storm report, Apr 27, 9:24 AM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
605 AM CDT WED APR 27 1994

TIME                 EVENT  WEDNESDAY MORNING APRIL 27, 1994

240 AM CST           JACKSON COUNTY ILLINOIS...WIND DAMAGE WITH SEVERAL
                     TREES DOWN IN AVA ILLINOIS. REPORTED BY THE
                     JACKSON COUNTY SHERIFF.

305 AM CST           HAMILTON COUNTY ILLINOIS...WIND DAMAGE REPORTED IN
                     AROUND MCCLEANSBORO ILLINOIS WITH NUMEROUS TREES
                     DOWN. ALSO...3/4 INCH HAIL REPORTED NORTH OF
                     MCCLEANSBORO. REPORTED BY THE HAMILTON COUNTY
                     SHERIFF.

405 AM CST           FRANKLIN COUNTY ILLINOIS...TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
                     JUST EAST OF WEST FRANKFORT AT OLD BEN COAL MINE
                     NO. 25.  1 HOUSE TRAILER DESTROYED. 1 100' X 300'
                     MINE BUILDING 80 PERCENT DESTROYED. 1 INJURY
                     REPTORTED...A LADY CHIPPED A FRONT TOOTH. PATH
                     REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN ABOUT 1 MILE IN LENGTH.
                     REPORTED BY COUNTY DES AND SHERIFF'S DEPT.

LINDSTROM/OBMANN

Local storm report, Apr 27, 12:35 PM CDT, 2 hours before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
1235 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994

PRELIMINARY STORM REPORTS FOR SEVERE WEATHER EVENT APRIL 26-27 1994.

1140 PM CDT...WAYNE COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED WIND DAMAGE TO
              HOMES IN COUNTY.

1140 PM CDT...CLAY COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN
              DOWN THROUGHOUT LOUISVILLE AND 2 BARNS DESTROYED 6 MILES
              NORTH OF LOUISVILLE.

1153 PM CDT...WAYNE COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED BUILDINGS DESTROYED
              JUST NORTHWEST OF CISNE.

1205 AM CDT...CRAWFORD COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED TREES BLOWN DOWN
              IN OBLONG.
.
1225 AM CDT...KNOX COUNTY INDIANA...BRUCEVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED
              TREES BLOWN DOWN IN BRUCEVILLE.

1229 AM CDT...LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED TREES AND ELECTRICAL
              LINES BLOWN DOWN.

1250 AM CDT...CLAY COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL
              IN LOUISVILLE.

1250 AM CDT...DAVIESS COUNTY INDIANA DES REPORTED TREES BLOWN DOWN IN
              PLAINVILLE AND ELNORA.

239 AM CDT...RICHLAND COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL
             IN OLNEY.

329 AM CDT...JASPER INDIANA STATE POLICE REPORTED WIND GUSTS 50-60 MPH
             IN DUBOIS COUNTY.

745 AM CDT...EDMONSON COUNTY KENTUCKY SHERIFF REPORTED TREES AND POWER
             LINES BLOWN DOWN.

Local storm report, Apr 27, 12:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
1235 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994

PRELIMINARY STORM REPORTS FOR SEVERE WEATHER EVENT APRIL 26-27 1994.

1140 PM CDT...WAYNE COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED WIND DAMAGE TO
              HOMES IN COUNTY.

1140 PM CDT...CLAY COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN
              DOWN THROUGHOUT LOUISVILLE AND 2 BARNS DESTROYED 6 MILES
              NORTH OF LOUISVILLE.

1153 PM CDT...WAYNE COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED BUILDINGS DESTROYED
              JUST NORTHWEST OF CISNE.

1205 AM CDT...CRAWFORD COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED TREES BLOWN DOWN
              IN OBLONG.
.
1225 AM CDT...KNOX COUNTY INDIANA...BRUCEVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED
              TREES BLOWN DOWN IN BRUCEVILLE.

1229 AM CDT...LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED TREES AND ELECTRICAL
              LINES BLOWN DOWN.

1250 AM CDT...CLAY COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL
              IN LOUISVILLE.

1250 AM CDT...DAVIESS COUNTY INDIANA DES REPORTED TREES BLOWN DOWN IN
              PLAINVILLE AND ELNORA.

239 AM CDT...RICHLAND COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL
             IN OLNEY.

329 AM CDT...JASPER INDIANA STATE POLICE REPORTED WIND GUSTS 50-60 MPH
             IN DUBOIS COUNTY.

745 AM CDT...EDMONSON COUNTY KENTUCKY SHERIFF REPORTED TREES AND POWER
             LINES BLOWN DOWN.

MARCOTTE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 27, 3:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Bollinger	37 min
Apr 27, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	New Madrid	54 min
Apr 27, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Pemiscot	61 min
Apr 27, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler	57 min
Apr 27, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Stoddard	57 min
Apr 27, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler	66 min
Apr 27, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	New Madrid, Pemiscot	66 min
Apr 27, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Scott	58 min

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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.