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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Paducah, KY

June 8, 1995Scott County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1995, 6:32 PM CDT for Scott County, Missouri. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1995, 6:32 PM CDT (23:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1995, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Scott County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 250 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 1995-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2724 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 1995-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -45 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
2724 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-125 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
655 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-37 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 082332
TORPAH
MOC201-090000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
632 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
 
   ...SOUTHERN SCOTT COUNTY
 
STATE POLICE REPORT A TORNADO ON THE GROUND JUST WEST OF SIKESTON MOVING
EAST AROUND 30 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ALSO INDICATED A STRONG STORM IN THIS
AREA. THE TORNADO WILL MOVE NEAR SIKESTON BY 640 PM AND TO NEAR
DIEHLSTADT BY 650 TO 700 PM.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCHh
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWayne49 min
Jun 8, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHScott42 min
Jun 8, 5:34 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHWayne26 min
Jun 8, 5:42 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBollinger33 min
Jun 8, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHStoddard40 min
Jun 8, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCape Girardeau, Scott45 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.