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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Paducah, KY

May 26, 2000New Madrid County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2000, 3:29 PM CDT for New Madrid County, Missouri. It was in force for 31 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 26, 2000, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2000, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Whole counties

County New Madrid County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 198 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 2000-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 398 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 2000-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 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
398 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-152 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1121 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.8

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The text

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

486 
WFUS53 KPAH 262030
TORPAH
MOC143-262100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
329 PM CDT FRI MAY 26 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN NEW MADRID COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 329 PM CDT...AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO BETWEEN 
  GIDEON AND PORTAGEVILLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 40
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  PORTAGEVILLE
  NEW MADRID
  MARSTON
  HOWARDVILLE

SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY

NOLES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMississippi, New Madrid64 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.