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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 29, 2012, 4:35 AM CST for Butler County, Ripley County, Stoddard County, Missouri. It was in force for 25 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
- Feb 29, 2012, 4:35 AM CST (10:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 5:00 AM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Butler County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Stoddard County, MO
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:35 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 4:41 AM CST | HAIL 1.75 | Neelyville, MO | GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF NEELYVILLE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 1:14 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 197 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.
704
WFUS53 KPAH 291035
TORPAH
MOC023-181-207-291100-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0010.120229T1035Z-120229T1100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
435 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
SOUTHEASTERN RIPLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
SOUTH CENTRAL STODDARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 500 AM CST.
* AT 433 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NAYLOR...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF CORNING...AND
MOVING EAST AT 75 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
BERNIE...NEELYVILLE AND QULIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3649 9070 3663 9072 3669 8996 3662 8996
3662 9015 3649 9022
TIME...MOT...LOC 1036Z 266DEG 66KT 3654 9058
$$1 follow-up statement
287
WWUS53 KPAH 291049
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
449 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
MOC181-291059-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120229T1100Z/
RIPLEY MO-
449 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RIPLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3650 9047 3664 9048 3669 8996 3662 8996
3662 9015 3649 9022
TIME...MOT...LOC 1049Z 264DEG 63KT 3657 9032
$$
MOC023-207-291100-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120229T1100Z/
BUTLER MO-STODDARD MO-
449 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL STODDARD AND
SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 500 AM
CST...
AT 447 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF QULIN...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF POPLAR
BLUFF...MOVING EAST AT 75 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3650 9047 3664 9048 3669 8996 3662 8996
3662 9015 3649 9022
TIME...MOT...LOC 1049Z 264DEG 63KT 3657 9032
$$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, 3:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Butler, Stoddard, Wayne | 35 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, 4:39 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 |
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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.