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Tornado Warning 147, NWS Paducah, KY

May 25, 2011New Madrid County, Scott County, Stoddard County, Missouri

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 25, 11:09 AM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC10 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2011-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2124 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 2011-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 445 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 4:11 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryPAHBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Mississippi, New Madrid and 5 more16 hr
May 25, 3:02 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCarter, Ripley43 min
May 25, 3:27 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHWayne33 min
May 25, 3:40 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCarter35 min
May 25, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHButler, Wayne50 min
May 25, 4:11 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCarter34 min
May 25, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarter, Ripley46 min
May 25, 4:27 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHButler, Ripley33 min
May 25, 4:34 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPerry41 min
May 25, 4:43 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBollinger, Butler, Carter, Wayne47 min
May 25, 4:52 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHButler, Ripley38 min
May 25, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBollinger, Perry45 min
May 25, 5:23 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBollinger, Butler, Stoddard, Wayne52 min
May 25, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler, New Madrid, Stoddard46 min
May 25, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBollinger, Wayne46 min
May 25, 5:37 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHButler, Carter, Ripley, Stoddard38 min
May 25, 5:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHRipley2 hr
May 25, 5:57 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCape Girardeau, Perry48 min
May 25, 6:08 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMississippi, New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard37 min
May 25, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBollinger, Wayne32 min
May 25, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHButler, Carter, New Madrid, Ripley, Stoddard30 min
May 25, 6:43 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMississippi, New Madrid, Scott32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.