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Tornado Warning 70, NWS Paducah, KY

September 1, 20124 counties in Missouri

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 1, 1:19 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2012-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1827 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 2012-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -58 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
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

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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

$$
!PS
323 
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 4:23 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHButler37 min
Sep 1, 4:36 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHButler, Stoddard24 min
Sep 1, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHStoddard47 min
Sep 1, 5:04 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHNew Madrid, Stoddard41 min
Sep 1, 5:25 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHScott, Stoddard35 min
Sep 1, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCape Girardeau31 min
Sep 1, 5:33 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHNew Madrid, Stoddard27 min
Sep 1, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCape Girardeau, Mississippi, Scott, Stoddard25 min
Sep 1, 6:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHButler3 hr
Sep 1, 6:06 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMississippi, New Madrid, Scott24 min
Sep 1, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMississippi, Scott31 min
Sep 1, 6:42 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMississippi33 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.