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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Paducah, KY

May 18, 2000Cape Girardeau County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 18, 2000, 8:45 PM CDT for Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 18, 2000, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2000, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Cape Girardeau County, MO

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 18, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 285 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 2000-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1359 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 2000-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 144 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1359 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1134 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
4.4

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The text

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

462 
WFUS53 KPAH 190147
TORPAH
MOC031-190230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
845 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 845 PM CDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD OVER CENTRAL 
BOLLINGER COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  NEAR FRUITLAND OR 5 MILES NORTH OF JACKSON AT 905 PM CDT.

TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS


KH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHRipley55 min
May 18, 8:21 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBollinger39 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.