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Tornado Warning 84, NWS Paducah, KY

April 25, 2011Butler County, Ripley County, Wayne County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2011, 5:38 PM CDT for Butler County, Ripley County, Wayne County, Missouri. It was in force for 37 min. 2 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 25, 2011, 5:38 PM CDT (22:38 UTC)
Expired: Apr 25, 2011, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Butler County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Wayne County, MO

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 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 25, 5:47 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	1 W Poplar Bluff, MO
Apr 25, 5:50 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Poplar Bluff, MO

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 25, 4:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 212 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: 11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -189 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 729 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 210 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 321 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.8

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The text

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

304 
WFUS53 KPAH 252238
TORPAH
MOC023-181-223-252315-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0084.110425T2238Z-110425T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
538 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  EASTERN RIPLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  SOUTH CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT.

* AT 534 PM CDT...AN OFF DUTY FIREMAN REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 6 TO 7 
MILES SOUTHEAST OF DONIPHAN. RADAR SHOWS THIS STORM LOCATED 4 MILES 
NORTH OF OXLY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  FAIRDEALING...
  MILLTOWN...
  OXLY...
  NAYLOR...
  NEELYVILLE...
  HARVIELL...
  POPLAR BLUFF...

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 
LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

&&

LAT...LON 3650 9065 3668 9080 3681 9064 3693 9041
      3681 9039 3649 9038
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 253DEG 43KT 3668 9063

$$

1 follow-up statement

166 
WWUS53 KPAH 252248
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
548 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

MOC023-181-223-252315-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0084.000000T0000Z-110425T2315Z/
WAYNE MO-BUTLER MO-RIPLEY MO-
548 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
RIPLEY...WESTERN BUTLER AND SOUTH CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI...

AT 547 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 1 
MILE WEST OF POPLAR BLUFF. RADAR SHOWS THIS STORM BEARIND DOWN ON 
POPLAR BLUFF RIGHT NOW...TAKE COVER NOW...IT IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 
45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE POPLAR BLUFF.

LAT...LON 3650 9065 3668 9080 3681 9064 3693 9041
      3681 9039 3649 9038
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 253DEG 50KT 3672 9047

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 24, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, Stoddard	31 min
Apr 24, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ripley	22 min
Apr 24, 9:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Mississippi, New Madrid and 5 more	59 hr
Apr 24, 10:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler	25 min
Apr 24, 10:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, Stoddard	43 min
Apr 24, 11:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, Scott	40 min
Apr 24, 11:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard	28 min
Apr 24, 11:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Cape Girardeau, Scott	3 hr
Apr 25, 12:39 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Mississippi	2 hr
Apr 25, 1:26 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, New Madrid, Perry and 3 more	3 hr
Apr 25, 3:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott	3 hr
Apr 25, 9:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Butler	4 hr
Apr 25, 1:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Butler	6 hr
Apr 25, 4:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	PAH	Bollinger, Butler, Carter, Perry, Ripley, Stoddard and 1 more	5 hr
Apr 25, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ripley	66 min
Apr 25, 5:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Ripley	33 min
Apr 25, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, Carter, Ripley, Wayne	51 min
Apr 25, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Butler, Stoddard, Wayne	73 min
Apr 25, 5:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Butler, Stoddard, Wayne	23 min
Apr 25, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry	59 min
Apr 25, 6:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Wayne	34 min
Apr 25, 6:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry	34 min
Apr 25, 6:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott	6 hr
Apr 25, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Cape Girardeau	48 min

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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.