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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Paducah, KY

May 30, 2004Ripley County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2004, 5:48 PM CDT for Ripley County, Missouri. It was in force for 57 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: May 30, 2004, 5:48 PM CDT (22:48 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2004, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ripley County, MO

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 30, 6:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	10 N Doniphan, MO	ON HWY 21 N TO K HWY DOWN K HWY ABOUT 7 MILES A TREE FELL ON A 18 WHEELER. THE TREE WAS APPROXIMATELY 36 IN IN DIAMETER. ON COUNTY ROAD 18 A TREE FELL ACROSS THE ROAD. TREEE WAS APPROXIMATELY 28 INCHES IN DIAMETER.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 30, 1:05 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
May 30, 3:20 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 223 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: 2272 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 590 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 281 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 311 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.9
Supercell composite: 15.7

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The text

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

348 
WFUS53 KPAH 302248
TORPAH
MOC181-302345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
548 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  RIPLEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 545 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 13 MILES WEST OF
  GATEWOOD...OR ABOUT 27 MILES NORTHWEST OF POCAHONTAS...MOVING EAST
  AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BRIAR...DONIPHAN...NAYLOR...BENNETT...
  FLATWOODS...PINE...POYNOR AND PURMAN

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 3675 9118 3651 9114 3652 9059 3682 9064

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 4:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Carter	62 min
May 30, 5:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Wayne	36 min
May 30, 5:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Wayne	65 min
May 30, 5:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Bollinger	46 min
May 30, 5:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Perry	58 min
May 30, 6:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Cape Girardeau	52 min
May 30, 6:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Butler	42 min
May 30, 6:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Stoddard	65 min
May 30, 6:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Scott	57 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.