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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 12:03 PM CST for Alexander County, Pulaski County, Union County, Illinois; Cape Girardeau County, Scott County, Missouri. It was in force for 42 min. 4 reports 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, 12:03 PM CST (18:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 12:45 PM CST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Alexander County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Union County, IL, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Scott County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 12:06 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 53 | Cape Girardeau, MO | 1/2 INCH HAIL ALSO REPORTED AT NORTH KINGSHIGHWAY ROAD |
| Mar 2, 12:06 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Cape Girardeau, MO | QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR WALLMART ALONG HIGHWAY H. |
| Mar 2, 12:07 PM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | Cape Girardeau, MO | UNCONFIRMED...REPORTED BY PUBLIC. |
| 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 277 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
- 1667 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
096 WFUS53 KPAH 021803 TORPAH ILC003-153-181-MOC031-201-021845- /O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0036.120302T1803Z-120302T1845Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1203 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ALEXANDER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... WESTERN PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... SOUTHERN CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... * UNTIL 1245 PM CST. * AT 1201 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED STRONG ROTATION NEAR WHITEWATER...NORTH OF CHAFFEE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH. IN ADDITION...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE... SCOTT CITY...CAPE GIRARDEAU...KELSO...OLIVE BRANCH...TAMMS... MOUNDS...DONGOLA...EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU...COMMERCE...THEBES...MILL CREEK...PULASKI AND ULLIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...STRONG ROTATION IS REPORTED. 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 3745 8905 3710 8913 3712 8973 3732 8978 TIME...MOT...LOC 1803Z 260DEG 58KT 3725 8961 $$
1 follow-up statement
141 WWUS53 KPAH 021831 SVSPAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1231 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ILC003-153-181-MOC031-201-021845- /O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120302T1845Z/ PULASKI IL-UNION IL-ALEXANDER IL-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-SCOTT MO- 1231 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALEXANDER...SOUTHERN UNION AND WESTERN PULASKI COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND NORTHERN SCOTT AND SOUTHERN CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 1245 PM CST... AT 1224 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DONGOLA STRETCHING BACK TOWARD CAPE GIRARDEAU...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH. A SECOND STORM...ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...IS NOW LOCATED NEAR DUTCHTOWN MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3745 8905 3710 8913 3712 8973 3732 8978 TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 260DEG 58KT 3734 8921 $$
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 | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 19 hr |
| Mar 2, 11:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Williamson | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 11:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Williamson | 42 min |
| Mar 2, 11:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Saline | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 11:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Saline, Williamson | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 12:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Hamilton, White | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 12:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hamilton, White | 38 min |
| Mar 2, 12:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wabash, White | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 12:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Union | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 12:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 12:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Johnson, Pope | 22 min |
| Mar 2, 12:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | White | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 1:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac, Pulaski | 20 min |
| Mar 2, 1:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin, Pope, Saline | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 1:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 22 min |
| Mar 2, 1:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 1:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 1:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 1:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hardin | 36 min |
| 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, 11:39 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Scott, Stoddard | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 12:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Scott, Stoddard | 34 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.