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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2011, 8:02 PM CDT for Perry County, Missouri. It was in force for 18 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
- Apr 19, 2011, 8:02 PM CDT (01:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2011, 8:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Perry County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 289 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
- 2409 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 547 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 24.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
190
WFUS53 KPAH 200102
TORPAH
MOC157-200130-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0038.110420T0102Z-110420T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
802 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT.
* AT 759 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF
PERRYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
PERRYVILLE...
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
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3791 8985 3776 8968 3760 9001 3760 9015
3765 9015 3769 9011 3782 9002 3788 8995
3789 8993 3788 8989
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 244DEG 51KT 3777 8994
$$1 follow-up statement
524
WWUS53 KPAH 200120
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
820 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011
MOC157-200129-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-110420T0130Z/
PERRY MO-
820 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS MOVED EAST ACROSS THE RIVER INTO SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...
THUS THE WARNING FOR PERRY COUNTY MISSOURI HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3791 8985 3776 8968 3760 9001 3760 9015
3765 9015 3769 9011 3782 9002 3788 8995
3789 8993 3788 8989
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 244DEG 51KT 3787 8966
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, Carter, Wayne | 41 min |
| Apr 19, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, Carter, Ripley | 56 min |
| Apr 19, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry, Scott, Stoddard, Wayne | 62 min |
| Apr 19, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Wayne | 27 min |
| Apr 19, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry | 26 min |
| Apr 19, 7:52 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Bollinger, Butler, Carter, Perry, Ripley, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, Carter, Wayne | 32 min |
| Apr 19, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Stoddard, Wayne | 27 min |
| Apr 19, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau, Perry | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carter | 24 min |
| Apr 19, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, Ripley, Stoddard, Wayne | 35 min |
| Apr 19, 8:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Cape Girardeau, Scott, Stoddard | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Stoddard, Wayne | 26 min |
| Apr 19, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Mississippi, Scott, Stoddard | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Mississippi, Scott | 44 min |
| Apr 19, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, Scott, Stoddard | 32 min |
| Apr 19, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau, Scott, Stoddard | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 9:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard | 36 min |
| Apr 19, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Mississippi | 59 min |
| Apr 19, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Mississippi, New Madrid | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 9:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, Scott | 20 min |
| Apr 19, 9:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Mississippi, New Madrid | 3 hr |
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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.