Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 20, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2002, 6:20 PM CDT for Scott County, Stoddard County, Missouri. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report 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, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2002, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 6:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Vanduser, MO | Two trees were down, including one that fell downtown. The other fell west of town. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 244 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KPAH 242320 TORPAH MOC201-207-242345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 619 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SCOTT COUNTY IN MISSOURI STODDARD COUNTY IN MISSOURI * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 619 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO OVER BELL CITY...OR 4 MILES NORTH OF BLOOMFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 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 3713 8970 3705 9000 3682 8982 3697 8945
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carter | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 12:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carter, Ripley | 24 min |
| Apr 24, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 7:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Scott, Stoddard, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carter | 57 min |
| Apr 24, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Carter | 34 min |
| Apr 24, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Butler | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wayne | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger | 58 min |
| Apr 24, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carter | 23 min |
| Apr 24, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Butler, Stoddard | 62 min |
| Apr 24, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wayne | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Wayne | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, Stoddard | 36 min |
| Apr 24, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | New Madrid | 64 min |
| Apr 24, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler | 47 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.