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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Paducah, KY

January 3, 2000Bollinger County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Jan 3, 2000, 8:26 AM CST for Bollinger County, Missouri. It was in force for 19 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
Jan 3, 2000, 8:26 AM CST (14:26 UTC)
Expired
Jan 3, 2000, 8:45 AM CST
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Bollinger County, MO

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 3, 8:35 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 52 EGlenallen, MOSpotters estimated gusts to 60 MPH. Some trees were down.

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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 3, 7:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 277 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 2000-01-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 486 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2000-01-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 371 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
486 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
703 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
371 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
513 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
7.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPAH 031427
TORPAH
MOC017-031445-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
826 AM CST MON JAN 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BOLLINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 845 AM CST

* AT 826 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 5 MILES NORTH OF GLENALLEN...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  MARBLE HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  OVER SEDGEWICKVILLE AT 835 AM CST

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. A
TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST MONDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 7:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarter, Ripley45 min
Jan 3, 8:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBollinger, Wayne45 min
Jan 3, 8:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCape Girardeau, Perry26 min
Jan 3, 9:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMississippi, Scott30 min
Jan 3, 10:45 AM CSTTornado WarningPAHMississippi30 min
Jan 3, 12:06 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHButler, Ripley, Stoddard114 min
Jan 3, 12:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCape Girardeau34 min
Jan 3, 1:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHNew Madrid, Stoddard42 min
Jan 3, 1:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMississippi, New Madrid38 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.