Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 70, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2012, 3:14 PM CDT for 4 counties in 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
- Sep 1, 2012, 3:14 PM CDT (20:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2012, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Butler County, MO, Carter County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Wayne County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 1:19 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 237 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
- 1827 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 551 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
809 WFUS53 KPAH 012014 TORPAH MOC023-035-181-223-012045- /O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0070.120901T2014Z-120901T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 314 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... SOUTHEASTERN CARTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... NORTHEASTERN RIPLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... SOUTH CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... * UNTIL 345 PM CDT. * AT 312 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BUDAPEST...OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF DONIPHAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE... MILLTOWN...BRUSH ARBOR...WILLIAMSVILLE AND HENDRICKSON. 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 3705 9044 3681 9033 3673 9068 3691 9075 TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 245DEG 19KT 3683 9068 $$ PS
2 follow-up statements
237
WWUS53 KPAH 012021
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
321 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012
MOC035-181-012031-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-120901T2045Z/
CARTER MO-RIPLEY MO-
321 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RIPLEY AND SOUTHEASTERN
CARTER COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3681 9063 3682 9066 3688 9066 3689 9068
3692 9068 3693 9070 3705 9044 3681 9033
3674 9063
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 245DEG 19KT 3685 9064
$$
MOC023-223-012045-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-120901T2045Z/
BUTLER MO-WAYNE MO-
321 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WAYNE AND
NORTHWESTERN BUTLER COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 345 PM
CDT...
AT 319 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRUSH
ARBOR...OR 14 MILES WEST OF POPLAR BLUFF...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
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 3681 9063 3682 9066 3688 9066 3689 9068
3692 9068 3693 9070 3705 9044 3681 9033
3674 9063
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 245DEG 19KT 3685 9064
$$
!PS323 WWUS53 KPAH 012039 SVSPAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 339 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 MOC023-223-012045- /O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-120901T2045Z/ BUTLER MO-WAYNE MO- 339 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WAYNE AND NORTH CENTRAL BUTLER COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 345 PM CDT... AT 334 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HENDRICKSON...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF POPLAR BLUFF...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. NO REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3683 9057 3698 9058 3705 9044 3681 9033 TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 245DEG 19KT 3691 9048 $$ PS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Butler | 37 min |
| Sep 1, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Butler, Stoddard | 24 min |
| Sep 1, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Stoddard | 47 min |
| Sep 1, 5:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | New Madrid, Stoddard | 41 min |
| Sep 1, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Scott, Stoddard | 35 min |
| Sep 1, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau | 31 min |
| Sep 1, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | New Madrid, Stoddard | 27 min |
| Sep 1, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, Scott, Stoddard | 25 min |
| Sep 1, 6:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Butler | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott | 24 min |
| Sep 1, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Mississippi, Scott | 31 min |
| Sep 1, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Mississippi | 33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.