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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Paducah, KY

March 1, 2007Ripley County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2007, 7:20 AM CST for Ripley County, Missouri. It was in force for 40 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
Mar 1, 2007, 7:20 AM CST (13:20 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2007, 8:00 AM CST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ripley County, MO

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:23 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
Mar 1, 7:59 AM CSTHAIL 0.75Doniphan, MODIME/PENNY SIZED HAIL REPORTED

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
Mar 1, 3:58 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 215 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 2007-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1164 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 2007-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 244 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1164 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
619 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
241 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
6.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KPAH 011320
TORPAH
MOC181-011400-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0002.070301T1320Z-070301T1400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
720 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  RIPLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 800 AM CST.

* AT 719 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES WEST OF
  GATEWOOD...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF MAMMOTH SPRING....MOVING EAST
  AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GATEWOOD BY 735 AM CST...
  BRIAR BY 740 AM CST...
  DONIPHAN BY 750 AM CST...
  OXLY BY 755 AM CST...
  FAIRDEALING AND 6 MILES NORTH OF NAYLOR BY 800 AM CST...

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3672 9113 3676 9068 3673 9064 3668 9064
      3667 9061 3655 9058 3651 9059 3652 9072
      3651 9111

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KPAH 011350
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
750 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

MOC181-011400-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070301T1400Z/
RIPLEY MO-
750 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CST FOR RIPLEY
COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...

AT 748 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BRIAR...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE...
  8 MILES NORTHWEST OF DONIPHAN BY 755 AM CST...

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

LAT...LON 3680 9112 3679 9067 3673 9064 3668 9064
      3667 9061 3655 9058 3651 9059 3652 9072
      3651 9111

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 7:15 AM CSTTornado WarningPAHCarter60 min
Mar 1, 8:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHRipley41 min
Mar 1, 8:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWayne44 min
Mar 1, 8:41 AM CSTTornado WarningPAHRipley34 min
Mar 1, 8:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler50 min
Mar 1, 8:56 AM CSTTornado WarningPAHBollinger, Wayne49 min
Mar 1, 9:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCape Girardeau, Perry46 min
Mar 1, 10:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCape Girardeau, Scott49 min
Mar 1, 10:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler, Stoddard24 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.