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Tornado Warning 147, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 6:01 PM CDT for New Madrid County, Scott County, Stoddard County, Missouri. It was in force for 29 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
- May 25, 2011, 6:01 PM CDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties New Madrid County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 11:09 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 2124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 445 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 413 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 6.0
- Supercell composite
- 20.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
067 WFUS53 KPAH 252301 TORPAH MOC143-201-207-252330- /O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0147.110525T2301Z-110525T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 601 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN NEW MADRID COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... SOUTH CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... SOUTHEASTERN STODDARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT. * AT 559 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PARMA... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... PARMA... RISCO... BERNIE... CANALOU... MOREHOUSE... MATTHEWS... SIKESTON... FARRENBURG... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NOW IS THE TIME TO IMPLEMENT YOUR TORNADO PLAN OF ACTION. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IN A BASEMENT...OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A HOME OR BUILDING. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. && LAT...LON 3694 8959 3670 8942 3653 8984 3667 8998 TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 233DEG 61KT 3666 8980 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 4:11 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Mississippi, New Madrid and 5 more | 16 hr |
| May 25, 3:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Carter, Ripley | 43 min |
| May 25, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Wayne | 33 min |
| May 25, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Carter | 35 min |
| May 25, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Butler, Wayne | 50 min |
| May 25, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Carter | 34 min |
| May 25, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carter, Ripley | 46 min |
| May 25, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Butler, Ripley | 33 min |
| May 25, 4:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Perry | 41 min |
| May 25, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Butler, Carter, Wayne | 47 min |
| May 25, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Butler, Ripley | 38 min |
| May 25, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Perry | 45 min |
| May 25, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Butler, Stoddard, Wayne | 52 min |
| May 25, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, New Madrid, Stoddard | 46 min |
| May 25, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Wayne | 46 min |
| May 25, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Butler, Carter, Ripley, Stoddard | 38 min |
| May 25, 5:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ripley | 2 hr |
| May 25, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau, Perry | 48 min |
| May 25, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard | 37 min |
| May 25, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Wayne | 32 min |
| May 25, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Butler, Carter, New Madrid, Ripley, Stoddard | 30 min |
| May 25, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.