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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Paducah, KY

February 29, 2012Mississippi County, New Madrid County, Missouri; Carlisle County, Hickman County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 29, 2012, 5:54 AM CST for Mississippi County, New Madrid County, Missouri; Carlisle County, Hickman County, Kentucky. It was in force for 15 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 29, 2012, 5:54 AM CST (11:54 UTC)
Expired: Feb 29, 2012, 6:09 AM CST
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Carlisle County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:56 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.

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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 228 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: 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

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The text

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

274 
WFUS53 KPAH 291154
TORPAH
KYC039-105-MOC133-143-291230-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0017.120229T1154Z-120229T1230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
554 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CARLISLE COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
  NORTHWESTERN HICKMAN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
  CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  NORTHEASTERN NEW MADRID COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 630 AM CST.

* AT 552 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EAST PRAIRIE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
  EAST PRAIRIE...ANNISTON...COLUMBUS AND ARLINGTON.

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 3669 8943 3679 8946 3692 8908 3693 8906
      3678 8898
TIME...MOT...LOC 1155Z 252DEG 40KT 3675 8939

$$

2 follow-up statements

417 
WWUS53 KPAH 291203
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
603 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012

KYC105-MOC143-291213-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120229T1230Z/
HICKMAN KY-NEW MADRID MO-
603 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HICKMAN COUNTY IN WESTERN
KENTUCKY...AND NORTHEASTERN NEW MADRID COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3681 8937 3693 8906 3678 8898 3677 8906
      3679 8907 3679 8911 3676 8912 3673 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 1203Z 248DEG 38KT 3679 8929

$$

KYC039-MOC133-291230-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120229T1230Z/
CARLISLE KY-MISSISSIPPI MO-
603 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN CARLISLE COUNTY IN
WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI UNTIL 630 AM CST...

AT 601 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ANNISTON...OR NEAR EAST PRAIRIE...MOVING EAST
AT 45 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 3681 8937 3693 8906 3678 8898 3677 8906
      3679 8907 3679 8911 3676 8912 3673 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 1203Z 248DEG 38KT 3679 8929

$$

748 
WWUS53 KPAH 291209
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
609 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012

KYC039-MOC133-291219-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120229T1230Z/
CARLISLE KY-MISSISSIPPI MO-
609 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN CARLISLE COUNTY IN WESTERN
KENTUCKY...AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY...HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST.

LAT...LON 3681 8937 3693 8906 3678 8898 3677 8906
      3679 8907 3679 8911 3676 8912 3673 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 1209Z 248DEG 38KT 3681 8921

$$

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, 4:35 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, 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
Feb 29, 5:04 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Henderson, Union	26 min
Feb 29, 5:14 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Ballard, McCracken	31 min
Feb 29, 5:31 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Henderson, Union	29 min
Feb 29, 5:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Livingston	29 min
Feb 29, 5:50 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard, Livingston, McCracken	16 min
Feb 29, 5:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Daviess, Henderson	34 min
Feb 29, 5:59 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Livingston	31 min
Feb 29, 5:59 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Henderson	31 min
Feb 29, 6:17 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins, Webster	28 min
Feb 29, 6:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Daviess, Henderson, McLean	38 min
Feb 29, 6:28 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Daviess	17 min
Feb 29, 6:34 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg	26 min
Feb 29, 6:58 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	McLean, Muhlenberg	17 min
Feb 29, 7:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Graves, Livingston, Lyon, McCracken, Marshall	44 min
Feb 29, 7:20 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg	25 min
Feb 29, 7:35 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Calloway, Graves, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg	25 min
Feb 29, 7:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	McLean, Muhlenberg	17 min
Feb 29, 8:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon, Trigg	28 min
Feb 29, 8:19 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Trigg	26 min
Feb 29, 8:44 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Christian, Todd	46 min
Feb 29, 8:50 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Muhlenberg	25 min
Feb 29, 8:59 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Calloway, Marshall, Trigg	31 min
Feb 29, 9:19 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon, Muhlenberg, Todd and 1 more	26 min
Feb 29, 9:24 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Calloway	6 hr
Feb 29, 9:27 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Trigg	33 min
Feb 29, 9:50 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Christian, Todd	25 min
Feb 29, 9:54 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Calloway, Marshall, Trigg	6 hr
Feb 29, 9:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Christian, Trigg	32 min
Feb 29, 10:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd	11 min
Feb 29, 10:19 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Christian, Todd	6 hr
Feb 29, 10:21 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Calloway, Marshall, Trigg	24 min
Feb 29, 10:31 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd	29 min
Feb 29, 11:17 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Muhlenberg	28 min
Feb 29, 11:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Todd	20 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.