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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Paducah, KY

June 4, 2012Mississippi County, Scott County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2012, 8:43 PM CDT for Mississippi County, Scott County, Missouri. It was in force for 17 min. 3 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: Jun 4, 2012, 8:43 PM CDT (01:43 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Mississippi County, MO, Scott County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:46 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
Jun 4, 8:44 PM CDT	TORNADO 2	Diehlstadt, MO	* 3 FATAL * EVENT UPDATED FROM TSTM WND DMG TO EF-2 TORNADO. PATH 1/4 MILE NORTH OF DIEHLSTADT TO 1/4 MILE SOUTH OF DIEHLSTADT. PEAK WIND 115 MPH. PATH LENGTH 1/2 MILE. PATH WIDTH 75 YARDS. SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOME DEMOLISHED WITH UNDERCARRIAGE BLOWN 100 YA
Jun 4, 8:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Diehlstadt, MO	* 3 FATAL * UPDATED AND CORRECTED...TIME ADJUSTED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR DATA. MISSOURI STATE POLICECONFIRMED 3 FATALITIES WITH NO INFORMATION CONCERNING INJURIES. STATE POLICE RECEIVED FIRST CALL AT 2109 PM LOCAL. LARGE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
Jun 4, 9:09 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Diehlstadt, MO	LATE REPORT. MOBILE HOME REPORTED OVERTURNED AND FIRE/RESCUE IS REPSONDING. REPORT RECEIVED BY STATE POLICE.

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
Jun 4, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 261 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 162 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1734 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

047 
WFUS53 KPAH 050143
TORPAH
MOC133-201-050200-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0063.120605T0143Z-120605T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
843 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT.

* AT 842 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  BERTRAND...OR NEAR CHARLESTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

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 3686 8926 3683 8942 3697 8946 3699 8939
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 337DEG 22KT 3696 8940

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Cape Girardeau, Scott	28 min
Jun 4, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Scott	41 min
Jun 4, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott	33 min
Jun 4, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott	30 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.