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Tornado Warning 72, NWS Paducah, KY

September 1, 2012Butler County, Stoddard County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2012, 4:36 PM CDT for Butler County, Stoddard County, Missouri. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report 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
Sep 1, 2012, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2012, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Butler County, MO, Stoddard County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 1, 4:40 PM CDTTORNADO11 Ne Poplar Bluff, MOTORNADO ON THE GROUND BETWEEN FISK AND ROMBAUER

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 1, 1:19 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 225 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.

461 
WFUS53 KPAH 012136
TORPAH
MOC023-207-012200-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0072.120901T2136Z-120901T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
436 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  CENTRAL STODDARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT.

* AT 435 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR FISK...
  OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF POPLAR BLUFF. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY
  TIME! RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
  BLOOMFIELD...FISK...DUDLEY...PUXICO AND ESSEX.

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 3675 9029 3689 9035 3703 8992 3681 8983
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 251DEG 26KT 3681 9026

$$
PS
2 follow-up statements
407 
WWUS53 KPAH 012141
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
441 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012

MOC023-207-012200-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-120901T2200Z/
BUTLER MO-STODDARD MO-
441 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL STODDARD AND
NORTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 500 PM
CDT...

AT 439 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND.  THIS 
TORNADO WAS LOCATED BETWEEN FISK AND ROMBAUER...OR 11 MILES 
NORTHEAST OF POPLAR BLUFF...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3675 9029 3689 9035 3703 8992 3681 8983
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 251DEG 26KT 3683 9022

$$
PS
128 
WWUS53 KPAH 012151
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
451 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012

MOC023-207-012200-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-120901T2200Z/
BUTLER MO-STODDARD MO-
451 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL STODDARD AND
NORTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 500 PM
CDT...

AT 447 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO WITH THIS STORM 
WHEN IT WAS IN BUTLER COUNTY. THE STORM HAS NOW MOVED INTO STODDARD 
NEAR ASHERVILLE. RADAR IS INDICATING STRONG ROTATION WITH THIS 
STORM. IT WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3675 9029 3689 9035 3703 8992 3681 8983
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 251DEG 26KT 3687 9016

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 3:14 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHButler, Carter, Ripley, Wayne31 min
Sep 1, 4:23 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHButler37 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

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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.