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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 29, 2012, 3:43 AM CST for Union County, Illinois; Bollinger County, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. It was in force for 32 min. 5 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
- Feb 29, 2012, 3:43 AM CST (09:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 4:15 AM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Union County, IL, Bollinger County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 3:49 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Se Sedgewickville, MO | BARN BLOWN AWAY ALONG HIGHWAY 72 NEAR THE BOLLINGER AND CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY LINE. |
| Feb 29, 3:57 AM CST | TSTM WND GST 0 | Sedgewickville, MO | OUT BUILDINGS DAMAGED. |
| Feb 29, 3:59 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Oak Ridge, MO | NUMEROUS HOME STUCTURE DAMAGE. WIDESPREAD TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. DAMAGE OBSERVED BY FIRE RESCUE TEAMS AND RELAYED TO E0C. POSSIBLE TORNADO. NO INJURIES REPORTED AT THIS TIME. |
| Feb 29, 4:00 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Oak Ridge, MO | *** 1 INJ *** EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTING WIDESPREAD DAMAGE ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF CAPE GIRADEAU COUNTY. MANAGER IS ASKING FOR NO ONE TO ENTER THE AREA TO ALLOW EMERGENCY SERVICES TO REPSOND. POSSIBLE TORNADO. 1 MAN INJURED AFTER HOME COLLAPSED ON HIM. |
| Feb 29, 4:18 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Oak Ridge, MO | LINE OF DAMAGE FROM OAK RIDGE TO POCAHANTAS MISSOURI. NUMEROUS STRUCTURAL AND TREE DAMAGE. POWER OUTAGES. NO INJURES REPORTED AT THIS TIME. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 1:14 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 300 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
075
WFUS53 KPAH 290943
TORPAH
ILC181-MOC017-031-291015-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0005.120229T0943Z-120229T1015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
343 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
NORTHEASTERN BOLLINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
NORTHERN CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 415 AM CST.
* AT 338 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MILLERSVILLE...OR 12 MILES
NORTH OF MARBLE HILL...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
IN ADDITION...AT 340 AM TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN
SEDGEWICKVILLE WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
JACKSON...MILLERSVILLE...DAISY...WARE...OAK RIDGE AND POCAHONTAS.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN EXITS 105 AND 117.
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 3738 8993 3757 8991 3758 8958 3756 8953
3758 8950 3756 8947 3758 8945 3759 8936
3735 8933
TIME...MOT...LOC 0942Z 269DEG 44KT 3748 8983
$$2 follow-up statements
954
WWUS53 KPAH 290949
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
349 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
MOC017-290959-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120229T1015Z/
BOLLINGER MO-
349 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BOLLINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3737 8980 3757 8977 3758 8958 3757 8959
3756 8953 3758 8950 3756 8947 3758 8945
3759 8936 3735 8933
TIME...MOT...LOC 0949Z 269DEG 44KT 3749 8971
$$
ILC181-MOC031-291015-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120229T1015Z/
UNION IL-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-
349 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN UNION COUNTY IN
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND NORTHERN CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI UNTIL 415 AM CST...
AT 347 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DAISY...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF JACKSON...
MOVING EAST AT 50 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 3737 8980 3757 8977 3758 8958 3757 8959
3756 8953 3758 8950 3756 8947 3758 8945
3759 8936 3735 8933
TIME...MOT...LOC 0949Z 269DEG 44KT 3749 8971
$$591
WWUS53 KPAH 291005
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
405 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
ILC181-MOC031-291015-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120229T1015Z/
UNION IL-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-
405 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN UNION COUNTY IN
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEASTERN CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 415 AM CST...
AT 401 AM CST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE...POSSIBLY DUE TO A TORNADO...IN OAK RIDGE. THIS POSSIBLE
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF GRAND TOWER...OR 14 MILES
NORTHEAST OF JACKSON...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO MAY BE THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3759 8936 3737 8934 3740 8958 3757 8958
3756 8953 3758 8950 3756 8947 3758 8945
TIME...MOT...LOC 1004Z 260DEG 49KT 3755 8946
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 10:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gallatin, White | 24 min |
| Feb 29, 4:08 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson, Johnson, Union, Williamson | 22 min |
| Feb 29, 4:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson, Johnson, Saline, Union, Williamson | 35 min |
| Feb 29, 4:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Saline, Williamson | 32 min |
| Feb 29, 4:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski | 29 min |
| Feb 29, 5:04 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Saline, White | 26 min |
| Feb 29, 5:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac, Pulaski | 31 min |
| Feb 29, 5:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander | 29 min |
| Feb 29, 5:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 29 min |
| Feb 29, 5:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 16 min |
| 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, 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, 4:51 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, 5:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Mississippi, New Madrid, Stoddard | 37 min |
| Feb 29, 5:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Mississippi, New Madrid | 15 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 |
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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.