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Tornado Warning 62, NWS Paducah, KY

April 5, 2012New Madrid County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 2012, 1:32 PM CDT for New Madrid County, Missouri. It was in force for 43 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
Apr 5, 2012, 1:32 PM CDT (18:32 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 2012, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County New Madrid County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 177 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2012-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 42 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2012-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -41 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
42 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1448 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

138 
WFUS53 KPAH 051832
TORPAH
MOC143-051915-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0062.120405T1832Z-120405T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
132 PM CDT THU APR 5 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MADRID COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 215 PM CDT.

* AT 127 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NORTHEAST   
  OF PORTAGEVILLE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING          
  SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
  PORTAGEVILLE.

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 3638 8978 3639 8978 3650 8969 3648 8961
      3640 8965 3639 8969 3641 8971 3642 8974
      3639 8974
TIME...MOT...LOC 1831Z 036DEG 3KT 3647 8967

$$
2 follow-up statements
678 
WWUS53 KPAH 051848
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
148 PM CDT THU APR 5 2012

MOC143-051915-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-120405T1915Z/
NEW MADRID MO-
148 PM CDT THU APR 5 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MADRID
COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 215 PM CDT...

AT 144 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS 
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PORTAGEVILLE...MOVING SOUTH 
SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.  SEVERAL PUBLIC REPORTS OF A TORNADO JUST NORTH 
OF PORTAGEVILLE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.

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 3638 8978 3639 8978 3650 8969 3648 8961
      3640 8965 3639 8969 3641 8971 3642 8974
      3639 8974
TIME...MOT...LOC 1846Z 021DEG 6KT 3644 8969

$$
356 
WWUS53 KPAH 051907
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
207 PM CDT THU APR 5 2012

MOC143-051915-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-120405T1915Z/
NEW MADRID MO-
207 PM CDT THU APR 5 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MADRID
COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 215 PM CDT...

AT 201 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS 
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF PORTAGEVILLE...MOVING 
SOUTHWEST AT 5 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 3638 8978 3639 8978 3646 8972 3643 8963
      3640 8965 3639 8969 3641 8971 3642 8974
      3639 8974
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 024DEG 4KT 3643 8969

$$

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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.