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Tornado Warning 86, NWS Paducah, KY

April 25, 2011Bollinger County, Cape Girardeau County, Wayne County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2011, 6:11 PM CDT for Bollinger County, Cape Girardeau County, Wayne County, Missouri. It was in force for 34 min. 5 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, 6:11 PM CDT (23:11 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2011, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

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

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 25, 6:25 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 602 S Marble Hill, MOALSO A REPORT OF A POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT HWY 34 AND HWY DD
Apr 25, 6:30 PM CDTTORNADO3 Sw Sedgewickville, MO...LATE REPORT... EF1 TORNADO WITH 2 MILE PATH LENGTH. ROOF TORN OFF. MOBILE HOME BLOWN OVER.
Apr 25, 6:37 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD7 N Marble Hill, MOSPOTTER FOLLOWING FUNNEL CLOUD AS IT MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST.
Apr 25, 6:50 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGPatton, MOROOF OFF OF HOUSE BETWEEN PATTON AND SEDGEWICKVILLE. TREES DOWN WEST OF MARBETH.
Apr 25, 6:55 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGSedgewickville, MOON HIGHWAY EE MOBILE HOME SPLIT IN HALF. WOMAN INSIDE BUT RESCUE TEAM HAVING DIFFICULTY REACHING HER DUE TO FLOODED ROADWAYS.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 25, 4:50 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 283 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 12:00Z on 2011-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 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 12:00Z on 2011-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 210 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
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.

352 
WFUS53 KPAH 252311
TORPAH
MOC017-031-223-252345-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0086.110425T2311Z-110425T2345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BOLLINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  WESTERN CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT.

* AT 607 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GRASSY...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  GRASSY...
  CASCADE...
  LEOPOLD...
  MARBLE HILL...
  PATTON...
  BURFORDVILLE...
  ALLIANCE...
  MILLERSVILLE...

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 3732 9031 3732 9016 3748 9016 3761 8992
      3760 8987 3722 8962 3709 9017
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 222DEG 40KT 3731 9013

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler, Stoddard31 min
Apr 24, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHRipley22 min
Apr 24, 9:55 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningPAHBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Mississippi, New Madrid and 5 more59 hr
Apr 24, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler25 min
Apr 24, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler, Stoddard43 min
Apr 24, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCape Girardeau, Mississippi, Scott40 min
Apr 24, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMississippi, New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard28 min
Apr 24, 11:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHCape Girardeau, Scott3 hr
Apr 25, 12:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHMississippi2 hr
Apr 25, 1:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, New Madrid, Perry and 3 more3 hr
Apr 25, 3:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHCape Girardeau, Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott3 hr
Apr 25, 9:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHButler4 hr
Apr 25, 1:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHButler6 hr
Apr 25, 4:38 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyPAHBollinger, Butler, Carter, Perry, Ripley, Stoddard and 1 more5 hr
Apr 25, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHRipley66 min
Apr 25, 5:12 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHRipley33 min
Apr 25, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler, Carter, Ripley, Wayne51 min
Apr 25, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBollinger, Butler, Stoddard, Wayne73 min
Apr 25, 5:38 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHButler, Ripley, Wayne37 min
Apr 25, 5:52 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHButler, Stoddard, Wayne23 min
Apr 25, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry59 min
Apr 25, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry34 min
Apr 25, 6:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott6 hr
Apr 25, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCape Girardeau48 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.