Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 29, 2012, 3:40 AM CST for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 35 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
- Feb 29, 2012, 3:40 AM CST (09:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 4:15 AM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 4:00 AM CST | TORNADO | 1 W Asherville, MO | NWS STORM DAMAGE SURVEY REVEALS AN EF3 TORNADO THAT STARTED .5 MILES WEST OF ASHERVILLE TO 2 MILES WEST OF BELL CITY. SEE PNSPAH FOR DETAILS. |
| Feb 29, 4:15 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Brownwood, MO | EM REPORTS PATH OF DAMAGE BETWEEN OTTAWILD AND BROWNWOOD.LATE REPORT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 35 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 1:14 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 240 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
- 61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -316 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 578 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 335 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 421 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
547 WUUS53 KPAH 290940 SVRPAH MOC017-023-207-223-291015- /O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0027.120229T0940Z-120229T1015Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 340 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL BOLLINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... NORTHWESTERN STODDARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... * UNTIL 415 AM CST. * AT 338 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WILLIAMSVILLE...OR 13 MILES WEST OF WAPPAPELLO LAKE AREA...AND MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE... WAPPAPELLO LAKE AREA...BLOOMFIELD...HENDRICKSON...SHOOK... WAPPAPELLO...PUXICO...ESSEX AND ROMBAUER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. && A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. LAT...LON 3711 8983 3680 8983 3683 9066 3705 9057 TIME...MOT...LOC 0940Z 271DEG 55KT 3694 9052 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.50IN $$
1 follow-up statement
882
WWUS53 KPAH 291001
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
401 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
MOC023-291011-
/O.CAN.KPAH.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-120229T1015Z/
BUTLER MO-
401 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY IN
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3691 9026 3692 9026 3692 9030 3693 9032
3707 9030 3711 8983 3680 8983
TIME...MOT...LOC 1001Z 271DEG 55KT 3693 9012
$$
MOC017-207-223-291015-
/O.CON.KPAH.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-120229T1015Z/
BOLLINGER MO-STODDARD MO-WAYNE MO-
401 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
WAYNE...NORTHWESTERN STODDARD AND SOUTH CENTRAL BOLLINGER COUNTIES IN
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 415 AM CST...
AT 357 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PUXICO...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF WAPPAPELLO LAKE AREA...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
&&
LAT...LON 3691 9026 3692 9026 3692 9030 3693 9032
3707 9030 3711 8983 3680 8983
TIME...MOT...LOC 1001Z 271DEG 55KT 3693 9012
WIND...HAIL 70MPH <.50IN
$$What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Feb 28, 11:52 PM CST, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 11:52 PM CST, 3 hours 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1152 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 1152 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 REVISED AVIATION DISCUSSION FOR 06Z TAFS. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 223 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 THE MAIN CONCERN CONTINUES TO BE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. INSERTED SCATTERED TSRA AFTER 00Z WED FOR WARM ADVECTION TSRA AS WARM FRONT OVERTAKES THE AREA. THE WARM FRONT WILL BE NORTH OF THE FA BY 06Z WED. THE LATEST MODEL RUNS INDICATE THE BEST COVERAGE AND HEAVIEST RAIN WILL BEGIN AROUND 6Z WED AND BE CENTERED ON THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY PER THE 00Z TUE ECMWF AND JUST EAST OF THAT WITH 12Z WED GFS. THE 12Z WED NAM BUFKIT SOUNDINGS ARE FAIRLY IMPRESSIVE WITH THE SEVERE PARAMETERS AROUND 09Z. HOWEVER THERE IS A VERY WEAK CAP REFLECTED NEAR THE SURFACE. ALBEIT WEAK IF THIS MANAGES TO COME TO FRUITION AND HOLD IT WOULD REDUCE BUT NOT ELIMINATE THE TOR THREAT OVERNIGHT. WITH OTHER MODELS THE CAP ERODES AROUND 6Z AND WOULD SUGGEST SURFACE BASE STORMS THAT COULD BECOME SEVERE...HOWEVER THE BEST TOR THREAT IS STILL AFTER 9Z. WITH THE ALL MODELS SUPPORTING NO CAP AFTER 12Z AS THE HEAVIEST RAIN WITH GREATEST COVERAGE IS SHIFTING TO THE EAST. HELICITY VALUES RANGE FROM 400 TO 600 BUT THE CAPE AND LI'S REALLY DOESNT GET GOING GOOD UNTIL AROUND 9Z THEN LIS START GOING NEGATIVE AND CAPE STARTS AROUND 500 INCREASING TO GREATER THAN A 1K BY 12Z AND LI'S INCREASING TO -3. MOST ALL THESE VALUES WERE GLEANED FROM THE 12Z WED NAM BUFKIT SOUNDING. THIS WOULD INDICATE AT LEAST ELEVATED SEVERE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 6Z AND 9Z BECOMING MORE SURFACED BASED AFTER 09Z AND ABSOLUTELY SURFACE BASED BY 12Z. THUS MAIN AREA WILL MOVE THROUGH OVERNIGHT WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF DISCRETE SUPER CELLS POSSIBLE IN THE MAIN AREAS WAKE AROUND OR EVEN AFTER SUNRISE. ALSO EXPECT VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. AFTER 18Z WED EXPECT HIGH PRESSURE TO START BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WITH ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPS. THE NEXT SYSTEM STARTS TO LIFT INTO THE AREA SHORTLY BEFORE 12Z FRIDAY. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 223 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 AFTER A BRIEF RESPITE FROM TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAYS WEATHER EVENT...ON FRIDAY A STORM SYSTEM TRACKING TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE REGION WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY RESULTING IN A GOOD CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. INSTABILITY PARAMETERS ETC STILL INDICATING A SMALL POTENTIAL FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. PRECIP CHANCES WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE THE SYSTEM MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. ANY WRAP AROUND MOISTURE/PRECIP SHOULD REMAIN NORTH AND EAST OF THE REGION ON SATURDAY. EVEN WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING ACROSS THE REGION...ON SUNDAY IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE COMBINED WITH DECENT MOISTURE COULD PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER ALL BUT THE FAR SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF OUR CWA. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN KEEP THE REGION DRY WITH MORE SEASONAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD. EVEN THOUGH IT IS BEYOND THE CURRENT FORECAST PERIOD PRECIP CHANCES COULD RETURN TO THE AREA NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT. LONG RANGE MODELS STILL NOT IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON TIMING AND PLACEMENT AT THIS TIME. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z WEDNESDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 1152 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 MAIN CONCERN REMAINS THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. WHILE WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHT...THE MAIN EVENT WILL LIKELY HOLD OFF UNTIL DAYBREAK...GIVE OR TAKE A FEW HOURS. MVFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT KCGI/KPAH...AS VFR CONDITIONS TRANSITION TO MVFR OVERNIGHT AT KEVV/KOWB. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE PROBABLE BETWEEN 09-15Z AS A FRONT APPROACHES. PERIODS OF IFR AND LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS. ANY LINGERING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE FORECAST TERMINALS BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AS SKIES CLEAR. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE DAY...WITH SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 20 KNOTS AND OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 KNOTS. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...NONE. MO...NONE. IN...NONE. KY...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 6:02 PM CST, 9 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 602 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-291100- JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL- UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER- RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- 602 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. ANY STORMS THAT FORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE HAIL AND STRONG WIND. MAINLY ELEVATED STORMS ARE FORECAST THIS EVENING THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. TOWARD DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY...SURFACE BASED STORMS COULD DEVELOP AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE MORE INTENSE. DAMAGING WIND SHOULD BE THE MAIN HAZARD. BUT A BRIEF TORNADO OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT AS WELL. STORMS SHOULD MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AROUND 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT EARLY WEDNESDAY OVER PORTIONS OF THE REGION. THE BEST CHANCE AREA WILL BE SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...FAR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WEST KENTUCKY...MOVING EAST WITH TIME. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND A BRIEF TORNADO OR TWO WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE RAPIDLY EAST NORTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH A FEW OF THE STORMS AS WELL. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH MAY GUST 30 TO 40 MPH AT TIMES BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH SUNSET FRIDAY. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. ISOLATED TORNADO DEVELOPMENT CANNOT BE RULED OUT IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE AREA OF GREATEST CONCERN WILL BE WESTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI NEAR THE BOOTHEEL REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND AGAIN FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 28, 11:00 PM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1100 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ILZ083-INZ081-085-086-KYZ014-018-290545- GIBSON IN-HENDERSON KY-POSEY IN-UNION KY-VANDERBURGH IN-WHITE IL- 1100 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN WHITE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...AND EXTREME SOUTHERN GIBSON...POSEY AND VANDERBURGH COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND NORTHWESTERN HENDERSON AND EXTREME NORTHERN UNION COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY UNTIL 1145 PM CST... AT 1056 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF MOUNT VERNON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED INCLUDE... EVANSVILLE...BLAIRSVILLE...POSEYVILLE...KASSON AND CYNTHIANA. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY.
Special weather statement, Feb 29, 1:44 AM CST, 1 hour 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 144 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 MOZ076-086-087-100-107>110-290915- PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER- STODDARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL... CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF... BLOOMFIELD 144 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 44 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST... LOOK FOR THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST PART OF CARTER COUNTY...NORTHWEST OF VAN BUREN AT 3 AM CST. THIS LINE OF STORMS SHOULD THEN MOVE NEAR A LINE FROM GATEWOOD...WILLIAMSVILLE...ZALMA AND JACKSON MISSOURI AROUND 4 AM CST. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI EARLIER TONIGHT. A TORNADO WATCH CURRENTLY COVERS ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 9 AM CST. IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. SMITH
Local storm report, Feb 29, 2:36 AM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
236 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1113 PM HAIL WADESVILLE 38.10N 87.79W
02/28/2012 E1.00 INCH POSEY IN TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
RSTLocal storm report, Feb 29, 3:24 AM CST, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
324 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0323 AM HAIL VAN BUREN 37.01N 91.01W
02/29/2012 E0.75 INCH CARTER MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
PSLocal storm report, Feb 29, 3:34 AM CST, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
334 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0333 AM HAIL ELLSINORE 36.93N 90.75W
02/29/2012 M1.50 INCH CARTER MO TRAINED SPOTTER
PING PONG SIZE HAIL ALONG HIGHWAY V IN TOWN. WIND GUST 30
TO 40 MPH ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM.
&&
SMITTYSpecial weather statement, Feb 29, 3:35 AM CST, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 335 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ111-112-114- 291215- JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL- UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- MUHLENBERG-TODD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION... MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO... CARMI...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN... JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO... MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE... EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON... BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON... MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD... DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO... CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON... NEW MADRID 335 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 44 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST... ...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH LIKELY AHEAD OF THE LINE OF STORMS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...WEST KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 9 AM CST. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI EARLIER IN THE NIGHT...ALONG WITH DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO AN UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT AND WILL LIKELY REMAIN STRONG TO SEVERE THROUGH DAYBREAK. THE STORMS WERE GENERALLY MOVING EAST AROUND 50 MPH. BASED ON THE CURRENT SPEED OF THE STORMS...THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LINE OF STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR ...FROM MOUNT VERNON...CARBONDALE ILLINOIS AND POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI AROUND 4 AM CST. ...CARMI...CAIRO ILLINOIS AND SIKESTON MISSOURI BY 5 AM CST. ...BOONVILLE INDIANA...RIEDLAND AND CLINTON KENTUCKY BY 6 AM CST. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS AND A WARNING IS ISSUED...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. SOUTH WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TO GUST BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH UP TO ONE TO TWO HOURS AHEAD OF THE LINE OF STORMS. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL ON EAST...WEST ORIENTED ROAD...BE PREPARED FOR SOME DIFFICULTY IN CONTROLLING YOUR VEHICLE DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS. MONITOR SOCIAL MEDIA AND MOBILE DEVICES FOR THE LATEST RADAR PICTURES AND WARNINGS. SMITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 2:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carter, Wayne | 36 min |
| Feb 29, 3:03 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau | 42 min |
| Feb 29, 3:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, Carter, Wayne | 23 min |
| Feb 29, 3:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau | 32 min |
| Feb 29, 4:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ripley | 35 min |
| Feb 29, 4:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Scott, Stoddard | 31 min |
| Feb 29, 4:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard | 24 min |
| Feb 29, 4:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Butler, Ripley, Stoddard | 25 min |
| Feb 29, 4:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Mississippi, Scott, Stoddard | 36 min |
| Feb 29, 4:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Mississippi, Scott | 29 min |
| Feb 29, 4:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard | 24 min |
| Feb 29, 5:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | New Madrid, Stoddard | 23 min |
| Feb 29, 5:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott | 29 min |
| Feb 29, 5:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Mississippi, New Madrid, Stoddard | 37 min |
| Feb 29, 5:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Mississippi, New Madrid | 15 min |
| Feb 29, 7:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | New Madrid | 24 min |
| Feb 29, 7:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Mississippi, New Madrid | 31 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.