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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Paducah, KY

April 19, 2011Cape Girardeau County, Scott County, Stoddard County, Missouri; Alexander County, Jackson County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2011, 9:30 PM CDT for Cape Girardeau County, Scott County, Stoddard County, Missouri; Alexander County, Jackson County, Illinois. It was in force for 30 min. 4 reports 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: Apr 19, 2011, 9:30 PM CDT (02:30 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2011, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Alexander County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 19, 9:38 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Chaffee, MO	LARGE TREES DOWN WITH ONE DOWN ON A HOUSE. POWER OUTAGES IN THE CITY.
Apr 19, 9:38 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Chaffee, MO
Apr 19, 9:49 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 90	Olive Branch, IL	WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED 80 TO 90 MPH.
Apr 19, 9:51 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 95	Olive Branch, IL	WIND GUST MEASURED. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. POWER OUTAGES REPORTED.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 19, 6:46 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 269 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

833 
WFUS53 KPAH 200230
TORPAH
ILC003-077-MOC031-201-207-200300-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0048.110420T0230Z-110420T0300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  NORTHEASTERN STODDARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  WESTERN ALEXANDER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
  SOUTH CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.

* AT 926 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR 
  RANDLES MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  CHAFFEE...
  ORAN...
  DELTA...
  MORLEY...
  HAY-WOOD CITY...
  BENTON...
  DUTCHTOWN...
  GORDONVILLE...
  KELSO...
  SCOTT CITY...
  CAPE GIRARDEAU...
  OLIVE BRANCH...
  HORSESHOE LAKE CONSERVATION AREA...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

&&

LAT...LON 3727 8986 3758 8951 3754 8952 3738 8942
      3736 8943 3734 8947 3734 8941 3709 8930
      3706 8931 3701 8927 3701 8935 3698 8939
      3686 8972
TIME...MOT...LOC 0229Z 242DEG 42KT 3715 8968

$$

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, 8:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Perry	18 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, 9:39 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
Apr 19, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Perry, Union and 1 more	60 min
Apr 19, 8:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Jackson, Perry	18 min
Apr 19, 8:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Franklin, Jefferson, Johnson, Pulaski, Williamson	3 hr
Apr 19, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jefferson and 4 more	55 min
Apr 19, 8:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Jefferson, Perry, Wayne	37 min
Apr 19, 9:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Hamilton, White	32 min
Apr 19, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards, Gallatin, Wabash, White	58 min
Apr 19, 9:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Pope, Saline and 3 more	3 hr
Apr 19, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Hardin	55 min
Apr 19, 9:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Wayne	23 min
Apr 19, 9:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	White	31 min
Apr 19, 9:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wabash, Wayne	25 min
Apr 19, 10:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards, Gallatin, Wabash, White	53 min
Apr 19, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Hardin	66 min
Apr 19, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Massac, Pope	59 min
Apr 20, 10:05 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Wayne, White	50 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.