Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 34, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 11:39 AM CST for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 36 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
- Mar 2, 2012, 11:39 AM CST (17:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 12:15 PM CST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bollinger County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 12:22 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Cape Girardeau, MO | 3 INCH DIAMTER BRANCHES FALLING WITH SHINGLES RIPPED OFF ON ONE ROOF IN THE COMMUNITY OF SCOTT CITY. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 9:54 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 253 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.
185
WFUS53 KPAH 021739
TORPAH
MOC017-031-201-207-021815-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0034.120302T1739Z-120302T1815Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1139 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BOLLINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
SOUTHERN CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
NORTH CENTRAL STODDARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 1215 PM CST.
* AT 1135 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF GRASSY...OR 10 MILES WEST OF
ADVANCE...AND MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.
IN ADDITION...GOLFBALL SIZE IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
ADVANCE...ORAN...CHAFFEE...BENTON...SCOTT CITY...BELL CITY...
DELTA...DUTCHTOWN...MORLEY...HAY-WOOD CITY...KELSO...WHITEWATER...
ALLENVILLE...LAMBERT AND BLODGETT.
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 3704 9011 3708 9011 3709 9014 3719 9015
3730 8953 3698 8944
TIME...MOT...LOC 1739Z 260DEG 55KT 3713 9003
$$1 follow-up statement
159
WWUS53 KPAH 021756 RRA
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1156 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
MOC017-207-021805-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-120302T1815Z/
BOLLINGER MO-STODDARD MO-
1156 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL STODDARD AND SOUTHERN
BOLLINGER COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3711 8977 3713 8977 3713 8980 3723 8984
3730 8953 3698 8944
TIME...MOT...LOC 1755Z 260DEG 55KT 3717 8973
$$
MOC031-201-021815-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-120302T1815Z/
CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-SCOTT MO-
1156 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN SCOTT AND
SOUTHERN CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 1215 PM
CST...
AT 1152 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DELTA...OR 7 MILES WEST OF CHAFFEE...MOVING
EAST AT 65 MPH.
YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THE TORNADO UNTIL IT IS RIGHT ON TOP OF
YOU...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!
IN ADDITION...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IS ALSO 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 3711 8977 3713 8977 3713 8980 3723 8984
3730 8953 3698 8944
TIME...MOT...LOC 1755Z 260DEG 55KT 3717 8973
$$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, 11:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Wayne | 34 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 |
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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.