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Tornado Warning 87, NWS Paducah, KY

April 25, 2011Bollinger County, Cape Girardeau County, Perry County, Missouri; Jackson County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2011, 6:41 PM CDT for Bollinger County, Cape Girardeau County, Perry County, Missouri; Jackson County, Illinois. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report 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, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2011, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Jackson County, IL, Bollinger County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Perry County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 6:55 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 288 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2011-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2011-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
460 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

922 
WFUS53 KPAH 252341
TORPAH
ILC077-MOC017-031-157-260015-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0087.110425T2341Z-110426T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BOLLINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  NORTHWESTERN CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  WEST CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT.

* AT 639 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 7 
  MILES NORTH OF MARBLE HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. 60 MPH
  WINDS WERE REPORTED 2 MILES SOUTH OF MARBLE HILL ON HIGHWAY 51.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  DAISY...
  ALLIANCE...
  PERRYVILLE...

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 3785 8973 3767 8949 3744 8974 3761 9016
      3764 9016 3786 8997 3788 8994 3788 8989
      3791 8986
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 207DEG 46KT 3761 8988

$$

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, 6:11 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Wayne34 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
Apr 25, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJohnson, Pope, Saline, Williamson17 min
Apr 25, 12:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHEdwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Saline, Wabash, Wayne and 1 more3 hr
Apr 25, 5:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHGallatin, Hardin, Massac, Pope, Saline3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.