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Tornado Warning 113, NWS Paducah, KY

September 22, 2006Butler County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Sep 22, 2006, 7:53 PM CDT for Butler County, Missouri. It was in force for 49 min. 2 reports 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
Sep 22, 2006, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired
Sep 22, 2006, 8:42 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Butler County, MO

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 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
Sep 22, 8:22 PM CDTHAIL 1Qulin, MODIME SIZED HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
Sep 22, 8:38 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD1 S Qulin, MOFUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED JUST OFF HWY 53... 1 MILE SOUTH OF QULIN

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
Sep 22, 1:16 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 194 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 2006-09-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2310 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 00:00Z on 2006-09-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 233 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
2310 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1432 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
233 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
342 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.9
Supercell composite
14.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KPAH 230055
TORPAH
MOC023-230200-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0113.060923T0053Z-060923T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
753 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT.

* AT 750 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 18 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF QULIN...NEAR CORNING....MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  NEAR QULIN BY 815 PM CDT.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND 70 MPH WINDS.

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE INDOORS...AND TAKE SHELTER IN A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. IF CAUGHT IN THE OPEN...SEEK
SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

LAT...LON 3652 9058 3650 9057 3650 9025 3663 9016

$$

RP/MY
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KPAH 230142
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
842 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

MOC023-230152-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0113.000000T0000Z-060923T0200Z/
BUTLER MO-
842 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE TORNADO
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.

LAT...LON 3652 9058 3650 9057 3650 9025 3663 9016

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 22, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHScott, Stoddard53 min
Sep 22, 8:28 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHNew Madrid62 min
Sep 22, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMississippi53 min
Sep 22, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMississippi56 min
Sep 22, 9:24 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMississippi51 min
Sep 22, 10:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHNew Madrid3 hr
Sep 22, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMississippi43 min
Sep 23, 1:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHMississippi, New Madrid6 hr
Sep 23, 1:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHButler, Ripley, Stoddard4 hr
Sep 23, 5:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHButler, Ripley4 hr
Sep 23, 8:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBollinger30 min
Sep 23, 9:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHMississippi, New Madrid4 hr
Sep 23, 9:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHButler, Ripley3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.