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Tornado Warning 152, NWS Paducah, KY

May 25, 20115 counties in Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 6:15 PM CDT for 5 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 30 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, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2011, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Butler County, MO, Carter County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Stoddard County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 220 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.

489 
WFUS53 KPAH 252315
TORPAH
MOC023-035-143-181-207-252345-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0152.110525T2315Z-110525T2345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  SOUTHEASTERN CARTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  WEST CENTRAL NEW MADRID COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  SOUTHEASTERN RIPLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  STODDARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT.

* AT 613 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HENDRICKSON TO DONIPHAN...
  MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  MILLTOWN...
  DONIPHAN...
  HENDRICKSON...
  BUDAPEST...
  OXLY...
  FAIRDEALING...
  POPLAR BLUFF...
  NAYLOR...
  HARVIELL...
  PUXICO...
  NEELYVILLE...
  FISK...
  DUDLEY...
  BLOOMFIELD...
  QULIN...
  DEXTER...
  ESSEX...
  BERNIE...

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 3692 9059 3693 9023 3704 9013 3705 8997
      3712 8994 3712 8980 3706 8978 3662 8985
      3658 8997 3662 8997 3662 9015 3660 9018
      3655 9018 3650 9023 3649 9114
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 270DEG 40KT 3687 9039 3658 9079

$$

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, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBollinger, Wayne32 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.