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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 11:26 AM CST for Bollinger County, Wayne County, Missouri. It was in force for 34 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, 11:26 AM CST (17:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bollinger County, MO, Wayne County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:27 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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 262 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.
950 WFUS53 KPAH 021726 TORPAH MOC017-223-021800- /O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0032.120302T1726Z-120302T1800Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1126 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN BOLLINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... EAST CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... * UNTIL NOON CST. * AT 1120 AM CST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR GREENVILLE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS ROTATION SOUTHEAST OF GREENVILLE MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. IN ADDITION...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE... MARBLE HILL...GRASSY...LEOPOLD AND ZALMA. 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 3734 8988 3708 8998 3699 9041 3717 9042 TIME...MOT...LOC 1724Z 253DEG 50KT 3710 9032 $$
2 follow-up statements
968 WWUS53 KPAH 021736 SVSPAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1136 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 MOC223-021746- /O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120302T1800Z/ WAYNE MO- 1136 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3709 9021 3721 9021 3734 8988 3708 8998 TIME...MOT...LOC 1736Z 253DEG 50KT 3714 9011 $$ MOC017-021800- /O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120302T1800Z/ BOLLINGER MO- 1136 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN BOLLINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL NOON CST... AT 1135 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF GRASSY...OR 12 MILES WEST OF ADVANCE...NEAR ZALMA...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. MORE THAN LIKELY YOU WILL NOT SEE THIS TORNADO UNTIL IT IS UPON YOU. 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 3709 9021 3721 9021 3734 8988 3708 8998 TIME...MOT...LOC 1736Z 253DEG 50KT 3714 9011 $$
649 WWUS53 KPAH 021756 RRB SVSPAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1156 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 MOC017-021806- /O.EXP.KPAH.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120302T1800Z/ BOLLINGER MO- 1156 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BOLLINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3709 9021 3721 9021 3734 8988 3708 8998 TIME...MOT...LOC 1756Z 253DEG 50KT 3722 8978 $$
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, 11:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Wayne | 24 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.