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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Paducah, KY

April 24, 2004Bollinger County, Perry County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2004, 6:52 PM CDT for Bollinger County, Perry 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 24, 2004, 6:52 PM CDT (23:52 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2004, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bollinger County, MO, Perry County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 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, 7:38 PM CDTHAIL 0.758 Sw Marble Hill, MO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 24, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 292 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 2004-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 535 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2004-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 255 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
535 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
671 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
243 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.0

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The text

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

668 
WFUS53 KPAH 242352
TORPAH
MOC017-157-250030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
651 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
  BOLLINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 646 PM CDT...TRAINED STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 8   
  MILES WEST OF PATTON...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF               
  FREDERICKTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE GLENALLEN...GRASSY...MARBLE HILL...
  PATTON JUNCTION...PERRYVILLE...SEDGEWICKVILLE...SILVER LAKE AND    
  ZALMA.

THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BOLLINGER COUNTY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 730 
PM. 

NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE ACTION SEEK SHELTER...BY MOVING INTO A
BASEMENT...OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.
ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3736 9021 3714 9021 3715 8990 3760 8988
          3778 8971 3782 9013

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler, Ripley51 min
Apr 24, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWayne51 min
Apr 24, 6:14 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBollinger, Wayne46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.