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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Paducah, KY

June 20, 1995Butler County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 1995, 8:15 PM CDT for Butler County, Missouri. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 1995, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Butler County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 20, 8:15 PM CDTTornado F0Poplar Bluff, MOA weak, short-lived tornado touched down near the intersection of Route HH and Missouri 53. Some trees were downed, but no other damage occurred.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 164 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
164 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1799 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 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 210118
TORPAH
MOC023-210145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
815 PM CDT TUE JUN 20 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
 
   ...SOUTHERN BUTLER COUNTY
 
AT 815 PM A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND IN THE VICINITY OF
HIGHWAYS 53 AND HH OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF POPLAR BLUFF MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO MAY REACH THE VASTUS AREA BY 825 PM.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
NOLES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMississippi, Scott52 min
Jun 20, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHNew Madrid, Scott, Stoddard48 min
Jun 20, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHScott40 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.