Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 59, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 2011, 7:23 PM CDT for Carter County, Missouri. It was in force for 37 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 22, 2011, 7:23 PM CDT (00:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Carter County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 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 22, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 251 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
- 2835 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 640 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.7
- Supercell composite
- 18.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS53 KPAH 230023
TORPAH
MOC035-230100-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0059.110423T0023Z-110423T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
723 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CARTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.
* AT 718 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES
WEST OF FREMONT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
FREMONT...
VAN BUREN...
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 3709 9122 3711 9097 3706 9096 3706 9079
3705 9074 3700 9074 3699 9072 3696 9072
3682 9122 3683 9123 3702 9124
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 247DEG 39KT 3696 9133
$$2 follow-up statements
548
WWUS53 KPAH 230049
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
749 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2011
MOC035-230100-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-110423T0100Z/
CARTER MO-
749 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR CARTER
COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
AT 746 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 2 MILES EAST OF FREMONT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LAT...LON 3709 9122 3711 9097 3706 9096 3706 9079
3705 9074 3700 9074 3699 9072 3696 9072
3682 9122 3683 9123 3702 9124
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 247DEG 39KT 3707 9100
$$962
WWUS53 KPAH 230055
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
755 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2011
MOC035-230105-
/O.EXP.KPAH.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-110423T0100Z/
CARTER MO-
755 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CARTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI WILL
EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT...
LAT...LON 3709 9122 3711 9097 3706 9096 3706 9079
3705 9074 3700 9074 3699 9072 3696 9072
3682 9122 3683 9123 3702 9124
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 247DEG 39KT 3710 9091
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, Carter, Wayne | 28 min |
| Apr 22, 7:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Carter, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Apr 22, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Stoddard, Wayne | 35 min |
| Apr 22, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Scott, Stoddard | 45 min |
| Apr 22, 8:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Scott, Stoddard | 51 min |
| Apr 22, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Butler, Carter, Ripley, Stoddard, Wayne | 38 min |
| Apr 22, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Mississippi, Scott | 43 min |
| Apr 22, 9:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 22, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Butler, Stoddard, Wayne | 30 min |
| Apr 23, 12:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Perry | 6 hr |
| Apr 23, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry | 50 min |
| Apr 23, 2:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 9:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | PAH | Ripley | 7 days |
| Apr 23, 9:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | PAH | Butler | 7 days |
| Apr 23, 9:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | PAH | Wayne | 28 days |
| Apr 23, 12:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Bollinger, Butler, Stoddard, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 1:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Mississippi | 6 min |
| Apr 23, 5:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott and 2 more | 4 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.