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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Paducah, KY

May 6, 2003Scott County, Missouri; Alexander County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2003, 8:33 PM CDT for Scott County, Missouri; Alexander County, Illinois. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 2003, 8:33 PM CDT (01:33 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2003, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Alexander County, IL, Scott County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 6, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 256 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 00:00Z on 2003-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2657 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 00:00Z on 2003-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 172 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2657 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
897 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.6
Supercell composite
17.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KPAH 070133
TORPAH
ILC003-MOC201-070215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
833 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ALEXANDER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
  SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 831 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR COMMERCE.
  THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BENTON...KELSO AND LAMBERT

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 3703 8959 3703 8937 3721 8937 3721 8959

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBollinger46 min
May 6, 8:08 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBollinger22 min
May 6, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCape Girardeau44 min
May 6, 8:16 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPerry44 min
May 6, 8:21 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCape Girardeau39 min
May 6, 8:26 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBollinger34 min
May 6, 8:56 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCape Girardeau19 min
May 6, 8:58 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPerry32 min
May 6, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWayne42 min
May 6, 9:12 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCape Girardeau13 min
May 6, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCape Girardeau33 min
May 6, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBollinger31 min
May 6, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCape Girardeau43 min
May 6, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHScott51 min
May 6, 10:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry3 hr
May 6, 10:24 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHScott36 min
May 6, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMississippi54 min
May 6, 8:45 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJackson, Perry45 min
May 6, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPulaski, Union50 min
May 6, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJohnson47 min
May 6, 9:33 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMassac42 min
May 6, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJefferson23 min
May 6, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFranklin36 min
May 6, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHUnion48 min
May 6, 9:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHPerry3 hr
May 6, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPope49 min
May 6, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJefferson31 min
May 6, 10:05 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPope55 min
May 6, 10:12 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMassac8 min
May 6, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJohnson12 min
May 6, 10:26 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJohnson, Pulaski49 min
May 6, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWayne29 min
May 6, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHUnion12 min
May 6, 10:36 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMassac39 min
May 6, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHHardin45 min
May 6, 10:59 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPope46 min
May 6, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMassac37 min
May 6, 11:16 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHGallatin44 min
May 6, 11:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHJohnson, Massac, Pope4 hr
May 7, 12:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHHardin2 hr

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.