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Tornado Warning 151, NWS Paducah, KY

May 25, 2011Bollinger County, Wayne County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 6:13 PM CDT for Bollinger County, Wayne County, Missouri. It was in force for 32 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
May 25, 2011, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2011, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bollinger County, MO, Wayne County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 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
May 25, 6:33 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUDGlenallen, MOFUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

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
May 25, 11:09 AM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 262 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°0°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.

100 
WFUS53 KPAH 252313
TORPAH
MOC017-223-252345-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0151.110525T2313Z-110525T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
613 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BOLLINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT.

* AT 608 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A 
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ISOLATED TORNADOES 
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ALLIANCE TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
WAPPAPELLO LAKE AREA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

THE BEST CIRCULATION WAS JUST NORTH OF GRASSY IN BOLLINGER COUNTY 
MOVING NORTHEAST BETWEEN MARBLE HILL AND PATTON.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  PATTON...
  ALLIANCE...
  CASCADE...
  SHOOK...
  WAPPAPELLO LAKE AREA...
  GRASSY...
  WAPPAPELLO...
  MARBLE HILL...
  LEOPOLD...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF 70 TO 80 
MPH.

&&

LAT...LON 3694 9048 3732 9026 3732 9016 3750 9013
      3756 9007 3760 8987 3714 8987 3713 8990
      3713 8996 3709 8996 3705 9004 3705 9015
      3699 9018 3693 9025
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 273DEG 43KT 3755 8994 3694 9039

$$
1 follow-up statement
441 
WWUS53 KPAH 252328
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
628 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

MOC017-223-252345-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0151.000000T0000Z-110525T2345Z/
WAYNE MO-BOLLINGER MO-
628 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR BOLLINGER
AND EASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...

AT 622 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR GLENALLEN. 
THIS STORM WAS PART OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM ALLIANCE TO 
WAPPAPELLO...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MARBLE HILL AND LEOPOLD.

LAT...LON 3694 9048 3732 9026 3732 9016 3750 9013
      3756 9007 3760 8987 3714 8987 3713 8990
      3713 8996 3709 8996 3705 9004 3705 9015
      3699 9018 3693 9025
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 273DEG 43KT 3754 8989 3693 9017

$$

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, 6:01 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHNew Madrid, Scott, Stoddard29 min
May 25, 6:08 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMississippi, New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.