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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Paducah, KY

April 28, 2002New Madrid County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2002, 1:52 AM CDT for New Madrid County, Missouri. It was in force for 38 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 28, 2002, 1:52 AM CDT (06:52 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2002, 2:30 AM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County New Madrid County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:54 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 28, 2:19 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 52 E	New Madrid, MO	Numerous trees and power poles were down.

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

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1817 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 653 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 480 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 529 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 6.4
Supercell composite: 25.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KPAH 280652
TORPAH
MOC143-280730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
152 AM CDT SUN APR 28 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 149 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF GIDEON...MOVING EAST AT 50 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 3661 8993 3641 8995 3658 8943 3678 8949
          3664 8969

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 27, 11:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Perry	33 min
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

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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.