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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Paducah, KY

January 3, 2000Carlisle County, Kentucky; Mississippi County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Jan 3, 2000, 10:45 AM CST for Carlisle County, Kentucky; Mississippi County, Missouri. It was in force for 30 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
Jan 3, 2000, 10:45 AM CST (16:45 UTC)
Expired
Jan 3, 2000, 11:15 AM CST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carlisle County, KY, Mississippi County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 235 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 031647
TORPAH
KYC039-MOC133-031715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1045 AM CST MON JAN 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
  CARLISLE COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 1115 AM CST

* AT 1045 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF WYATT...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST
  OF EAST PRAIRIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WYATT AT 1050 AM CST
  JUST NORTH OF BARDWELL AT 1105 AM CST

STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LEAVE AUTOMOBILES AND MOBILE HOMES...WHICH
OFFER LITTLE PROTECTION FROM A TORNADO. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...
MOVE TO A STURDY BUILDING OR UNDERGROUND SHELTER. AS A LAST RESORT...
SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH...CULVERT OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD
WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMrAINS 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, 10:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard, McCracken47 min
Jan 3, 11:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHUnion31 min
Jan 3, 11:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHenderson30 min
Jan 3, 12:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHDaviess36 min
Jan 3, 2:19 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHMcCracken3 hr
Jan 3, 2:36 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle3 hr
Jan 3, 3:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFulton29 min
Jan 3, 3:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHickman29 min
Jan 3, 3:25 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHHenderson110 min
Jan 3, 3:26 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHWebster34 min
Jan 3, 3:32 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHFulton, Graves, Hickman118 min
Jan 3, 3:40 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHGraves, Hickman35 min
Jan 3, 3:43 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson, McLean32 min
Jan 3, 4:12 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHDaviess33 min
Jan 3, 5:01 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHCaldwell, Crittenden, Daviess, Hopkins, McLean, Webster3 hr
Jan 3, 5:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg39 min
Jan 3, 5:24 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHMcLean21 min
Jan 3, 5:30 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHCalloway, Trigg30 min
Jan 3, 5:55 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHCaldwell, Calloway, Christian, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins and 5 more2 hr
Jan 3, 7:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarter, Ripley45 min
Jan 3, 8:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBollinger, Wayne45 min
Jan 3, 8:26 AM CSTTornado WarningPAHBollinger19 min
Jan 3, 8:34 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCape Girardeau, Perry26 min
Jan 3, 9:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMississippi, Scott30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.