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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Paducah, KY

June 7, 1995Butler County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1995, 5:52 PM CDT for Butler County, Missouri. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1995, 5:52 PM CDT (22:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1995, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Butler County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 214 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1995-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1513 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 1995-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1513 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-264 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
877 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPAH 072253
TORPAH
MOC023-072330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
552 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
 
   ...WESTERN BUTLER COUNTY
 
A TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH OR NEAR NEELYVILLE BY 630 PM.
 
AT 551 PM STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 2 MILES WEST OF FAIRDEALING
OR 8 MILES WEST OF POPLAR BLUFF.  MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 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...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
NOLES

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, Jun 7, 1:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT...COR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
847 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995

TIME(CDT)  ...CITY LOCATION...       STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ...COUNTY LOCATION...

0410 PM    NEAR ROUTE 416            KY   .75 INCH HAIL. LARGE LIMBS
06/06/95   EASTERN HENDERSON              DOWN.

0415 PM    PANTHER                   KY   .75 INCH HAIL. LARGE LIMBS
06/06/95   DAVIESS                        DOWN.

0419 PM    HOPKINSVILLE              KY   .75 INCH HAIL.
06/06/95   CHRISTIAN

0516 PM    LEWISBURG                 KY   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/06/95   LOGAN

0525 PM                              KY   TOP OF TREE DOWN AND
06/06/95   SOUTHERN LOGAN                 LIMBS DOWN COVERING ROAD.

0540 PM    LEWISPORT                 KY   TREES DOWN OVER ROUTE 324
06/06/95   HANCOCK                        NEAR LEWISPORT.

0553 PM    BOWLING GREEN             KY   1.00 INCH HAIL.
06/06/95   WARREN

0632 PM    NEAR LEITCHFIELD          KY   WIND DAMAGE TO AN APARTMENT
06/06/95   GRAYSON                        BUILDING UNDER
                                          CONSTRUCTION.

0642 PM    BROWNSVILLE               KY   TREE BLOWN OVER INTO A
06/06/95   EDMONSON                       PICK-UP TRUCK WITH ONE
                                          OCCUPANT. THE INDIVIDUAL
                                          RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.

SLEIGHTER
Local storm report, Jun 7, 4:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
405 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995

TIME (CDT) ...CITY LOCATION...    STATE
           ...COUNTY LOCATION...            ...EVENT/REMARKS...

033d0 PM    5N MURPHYSBORO            IL     1.00 INCH HAIL
06/06/95   JACKSON                          SHERIFF ON WAY TO WORK

PGW
Local storm report, Jun 7, 4:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
405 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995

TIME (CDT) ...CITY LOCATION...    STATE
           ...COUNTY LOCATION...            ...EVENT/REMARKS...

0330 PM    5N MURPHYSBORO            IL     1.00 INCH HAIL
06/06/95   JACKSON                          SHERIFF ON WAY TO WORK

PGW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCape Girardeau55 min
Jun 7, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBollinger, Wayne58 min
Jun 7, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMississippi56 min
Jun 7, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler, Wayne60 min
Jun 7, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHNew Madrid48 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.