Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Paducah, KY
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 7:59 AM CST | HAIL 0.75 | Doniphan, MO | DIME/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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 3:58 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 7:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Carter | 60 min |
| Mar 1, 8:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ripley | 41 min |
| Mar 1, 8:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wayne | 44 min |
| Mar 1, 8:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ripley | 34 min |
| Mar 1, 8:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler | 50 min |
| Mar 1, 8:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Wayne | 49 min |
| Mar 1, 9:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau, Perry | 46 min |
| Mar 1, 10:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau, Scott | 49 min |
| Mar 1, 10:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, Stoddard | 24 min |
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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.