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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Paducah, KY

April 19, 20114 counties in Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2011, 8:03 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 27 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, 8:03 PM CDT (01:03 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2011, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bollinger County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 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
Apr 19, 6:46 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 267 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 00:00Z on 2011-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1605 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 00:00Z on 2011-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 173 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1605 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2015 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
10.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

559 
WFUS53 KPAH 200103
TORPAH
MOC017-031-207-223-200130-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0039.110420T0103Z-110420T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
803 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BOLLINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  SOUTHERN CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  NORTH CENTRAL STODDARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT.

* AT 757 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 
  HAD HIT ARROWHEAD CAMPGROUND WEST OF MARBLE HILL. RADAR SHOWED
  THIS STORM WAS NEAR GRASSY...BEARING DOWN ON MARBLE HILL...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  GRASSY...
  MARBLE HILL...
  MARBLE HILL...
  LEOPOLD...
  DELTA...
  BURFORDVILLE...
  JACKSON...
  GORDONVILLE...
  DUTCHTOWN...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3704 9023 3731 9023 3732 9016 3734 9015
      3742 8951 3715 8972
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 246DEG 48KT 3726 9004

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler, Carter, Wayne41 min
Apr 19, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler, Carter, Ripley56 min
Apr 19, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry, Scott, Stoddard, Wayne62 min
Apr 19, 7:48 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBollinger, Wayne27 min
Apr 19, 7:49 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry26 min
Apr 19, 7:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHBollinger, Butler, Carter, Perry, Ripley, Wayne3 hr
Apr 19, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler, Carter, Wayne32 min
Apr 19, 8:02 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPerry18 min
Apr 19, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCape Girardeau, Perry31 min
Apr 19, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarter24 min
Apr 19, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler, Ripley, Stoddard, Wayne35 min
Apr 19, 8:27 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHCape Girardeau, Scott, Stoddard3 hr
Apr 19, 8:34 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBollinger, Stoddard, Wayne26 min
Apr 19, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMississippi, Scott, Stoddard38 min
Apr 19, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMississippi, Scott44 min
Apr 19, 9:13 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, Scott, Stoddard32 min
Apr 19, 9:30 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCape Girardeau, Scott, Stoddard30 min
Apr 19, 9:39 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMississippi, New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard36 min
Apr 19, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMississippi59 min
Apr 19, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMississippi, New Madrid51 min
Apr 19, 9:54 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCape Girardeau, Mississippi, Scott20 min
Apr 19, 9:58 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHMississippi, New Madrid3 hr

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.