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Tornado Warning 73, NWS Paducah, KY

September 1, 2012Stoddard County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2012, 4:58 PM CDT for Stoddard County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 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, 4:58 PM CDT (21:58 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2012, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Stoddard County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 229 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°0°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.

189 
WFUS53 KPAH 012158
TORPAH
MOC207-012245-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0073.120901T2158Z-120901T2245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN STODDARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT.

* AT 451 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD BETWEEN 
DUDLEY AND PUXICO...OR 11 MILES WEST OF BLOOMFIELD. A TORNADO MAY   
DEVELOP AT ANY TIME! RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM MOVING EAST   
AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED A TORNADO AS IT MOVED
THROUGH BUTLER COUNTY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
  BLOOMFIELD AND BELL CITY.

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 9016 3694 9020 3709 8980 3685 8970
      3684 8971
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 258DEG 25KT 3689 9009

$$
!PS
1 follow-up statement
903 
WWUS53 KPAH 012211
SVSPAH

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

MOC207-012245-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-120901T2245Z/
STODDARD MO-
511 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN STODDARD
COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 508 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY 
OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.  THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH 
OF BLOOMFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THERE WAS AN UNCONFIRMED 
REPORT OF A BRIEF TOUCHDOWN WEST OF BLOOMFIELD WITH THIS STORM.

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 3689 9003 3699 9005 3709 8980 3685 8970
      3684 8971
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 258DEG 25KT 3695 8996

$$
PS

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, 4:36 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHButler, Stoddard24 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.