Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 69, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Aug 31, 2012, 4:40 PM CDT for Bollinger County, Missouri. It was in force for 23 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, 4:40 PM CDT (21:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2012, 5:03 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Bollinger County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 287 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.
827
WFUS53 KPAH 312140
TORPAH
MOC017-312215-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0069.120831T2140Z-120831T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
440 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BOLLINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT.
* AT 439 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
GRASSY...OR 12 MILES WEST OF MARBLE HILL...MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
PATTON.
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 3732 9015 3741 9016 3743 9015 3756 9015
3757 9013 3755 8999 3730 9008 3730 9015
3732 9020
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 193DEG 36KT 3728 9018
$$1 follow-up statement
137
WWUS53 KPAH 312203
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
503 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012
MOC017-312212-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-120831T2215Z/
BOLLINGER MO-
503 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BOLLINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI IS CANCELLED...
THE CIRCULATION WITHIN THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS
WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY. THE STORM MAY STILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS 35 TO
45 MPH AS IT TRACKS ACROSS NORTHWEST BOLLINGER COUNTY THROUGH 520 PM.
LAT...LON 3732 9015 3741 9016 3743 9015 3756 9015
3757 9013 3755 8999 3730 9008 3730 9015
3732 9020
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 193DEG 36KT 3749 9012
$$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, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.