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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Paducah, KY

April 24, 2002Butler County, Stoddard County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2002, 5:13 PM CDT for Butler County, Stoddard County, Missouri. It was in force for 62 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 2002, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2002, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Butler County, MO, Stoddard County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 24, 5:21 PM CDTTornado F1Rombauer, MOThe long-track tornado that crossed much of Carter and Butler Counties briefly touched down again near Rombauer. Numerous trees were down along the short damage track.
Apr 24, 5:34 PM CDTTornado F0Dudley, MOThe supercell thunderstorm that spawned a long-track tornado over Butler and Carter Counties produced a brief, weak tornado very close to the Stoddard/Butler County line, just east of Fisk. No damage was reported.
Apr 24, 5:59 PM CDTHail 1Dudley, MO

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
Apr 24, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 228 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 2002-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 749 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 2002-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 164 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
749 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-185 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
776 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
225 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KPAH 242213
TORPAH
MOC023-207-242315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
513 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY IN MISSOURI
  STODDARD COUNTY IN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 513 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 9 MILES NORTH OF POPLAR     
  BLUFF...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

SEEK SHELTER NOW

MOVE INTO A BASEMENT...OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR ANY STORM DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED
FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

LAT...LON 3691 9049 3680 9061 3668 9002 3693 9003
          3692 9021

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarter50 min
Apr 24, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarter, Ripley24 min
Apr 24, 12:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler42 min
Apr 24, 7:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHBollinger, Scott, Stoddard, Wayne3 hr
Apr 24, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarter57 min
Apr 24, 4:11 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCarter34 min
Apr 24, 4:35 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHButler40 min
Apr 24, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWayne39 min
Apr 24, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBollinger58 min
Apr 24, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarter23 min
Apr 24, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWayne47 min
Apr 24, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCape Girardeau43 min
Apr 24, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBollinger, Wayne44 min
Apr 24, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler, Stoddard36 min
Apr 24, 6:20 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHScott, Stoddard25 min
Apr 24, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHNew Madrid64 min
Apr 24, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.