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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 11:06 AM CST for Wayne County, Missouri. It was in force for 24 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
- Mar 2, 2012, 11:06 AM CST (17:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 11:30 AM CST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Wayne County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 9:54 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 256 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
- 1625 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 645 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 304 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.2
- Supercell composite
- 11.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
005
WFUS53 KPAH 021706
TORPAH
MOC223-021730-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0031.120302T1706Z-120302T1730Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1106 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1130 AM CST.
* AT 1103 AM CST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
ELLSINORE...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF PIEDMONT. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
IN ADDITION...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
GREENVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3707 9077 3726 9031 3706 9032 3696 9068
3703 9074 3705 9073 3705 9075
TIME...MOT...LOC 1706Z 243DEG 48KT 3703 9066
$$2 follow-up statements
995 WWUS53 KPAH 021714 SVSPAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1114 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 MOC223-021730- /O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-120302T1730Z/ WAYNE MO- 1114 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 1130 AM CST... AT 1111 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF WILLIAMSVILLE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PIEDMONT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. IN ADDITION...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3713 9063 3726 9031 3706 9032 3698 9060 TIME...MOT...LOC 1714Z 243DEG 48KT 3708 9054 $$
572 WWUS53 KPAH 021721 SVSPAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1121 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 MOC223-021730- /O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-120302T1730Z/ WAYNE MO- 1121 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 1130 AM CST... AT 1119 AM CST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. IN ADDITION...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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. && LAT...LON 3700 9055 3717 9054 3726 9031 3706 9032 TIME...MOT...LOC 1721Z 243DEG 48KT 3712 9043 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 1:30 AM CST | Wind Advisory | PAH | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Mississippi, New Madrid and 5 more | 19 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carter, Wayne | 35 min |
| Mar 2, 11:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Wayne | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 11:39 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Scott, Stoddard | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 12:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau, Scott | 42 min |
| Mar 2, 12:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Scott, Stoddard | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 12:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Mississippi, Scott | 33 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.