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Tornado Warning 68, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Aug 31, 2012, 4:29 PM CDT for Bollinger County, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. It was in force for 31 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
- Aug 31, 2012, 4:29 PM CDT (21:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2012, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 1:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 288 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
- 120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 446 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
904 WFUS53 KPAH 312129 TORPAH MOC017-031-312200- /O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0068.120831T2129Z-120831T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 429 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL BOLLINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... WEST CENTRAL CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... * UNTIL 500 PM CDT. * AT 427 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LEOPOLD...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE... MARBLE HILL...DAISY AND SEDGEWICKVILLE. 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 3755 8999 3753 8978 3724 8987 3725 9000 TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 187DEG 30KT 3728 8994 $$
2 follow-up statements
182 WWUS53 KPAH 312142 SVSPAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 442 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 MOC017-031-312200- /O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0068.000000T0000Z-120831T2200Z/ BOLLINGER MO-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO- 442 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL CAPE GIRARDEAU AND EAST CENTRAL BOLLINGER COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 500 PM CDT... AT 440 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST MARBLE HILL...MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3755 8999 3753 8978 3731 8985 3734 8999 TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 187DEG 30KT 3739 8991 $$
356 WWUS53 KPAH 312158 SVSPAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 458 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 MOC017-031-312208- /O.EXP.KPAH.TO.W.0068.000000T0000Z-120831T2200Z/ BOLLINGER MO-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO- 458 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL CAPE GIRARDEAU AND EAST CENTRAL BOLLINGER COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM CDT... THE CIRCULATION WITHIN THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. LAT...LON 3755 8999 3753 8978 3731 8985 3734 8999 TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 187DEG 30KT 3752 8989 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Wayne | 25 min |
| Aug 31, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger | 23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.