Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 30, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2002, 11:42 PM CDT for Perry County, Missouri. It was in force for 33 min. 2 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 27, 2002, 11:42 PM CDT (04:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2002, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Perry County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:56 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 27, 11:46 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Womack, MO | The County Sheriff Department reported trees down blocking County Road WW northeast of Womack. |
| Apr 28, 12:00 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Countywide, MO | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down countywide, including T Highway west of Perryville, E Highway northeast of Perryville, and County Road 816 west of Brewer. Power lines were down on Highway 51N. |
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 27, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 290 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 439 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 516 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 567 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KPAH 280442 TORPAH MOC157-280515- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1142 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI * UNTIL 1215 AM CDT * AT 1138 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES WEST OF PERRYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 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 3778 9023 3761 9012 3776 8971 3797 8978
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wayne | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 12:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger | 25 min |
| Apr 28, 1:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 1:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | New Madrid | 38 min |
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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.