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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Paducah, KY

April 24, 2004Stoddard County, Wayne County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2004, 7:00 PM CDT for Stoddard County, Wayne County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 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
Apr 24, 2004, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2004, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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
Apr 24, 12:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Apr 24, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 240 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 2004-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 37 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 2004-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
37 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
884 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KPAH 250000
TORPAH
MOC207-223-250045-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEAST WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
  NORTHERN STODDARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 656 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER PUXICO...OR
  ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREENVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BELL CITY...BLOOMFIELD AND LEORA.

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 3708 9035 3688 9022 3686 8975 3703 8980

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 7:24 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry66 min
Apr 24, 7:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHButler3 hr
Apr 24, 7:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHBollinger, Wayne3 hr

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Missouri, 2004Every tornado warning in 2004Tornadoes in 2004

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.