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Tornado Warning 79, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2012, 6:06 PM CDT for Mississippi County, New Madrid County, Scott County, Missouri. It was in force for 24 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, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Scott County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 236 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.
040 WFUS53 KPAH 012306 TORPAH MOC133-143-201-012330- /O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0079.120901T2306Z-120901T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 606 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... NORTH CENTRAL NEW MADRID COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT. * AT 604 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF SIKESTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE... CHARLESTON...BERTRAND AND DIEHLSTADT. 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 3702 8936 3689 8925 3679 8956 3684 8960 TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 237DEG 29KT 3684 8955 $$
1 follow-up statement
916 WWUS53 KPAH 012315 SVSPAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 615 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 MOC143-012325- /O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-120901T2330Z/ NEW MADRID MO- 615 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEW MADRID COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3702 8936 3693 8929 3686 8951 3689 8954 TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 237DEG 29KT 3690 8949 $$ MOC133-201-012330- /O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-120901T2330Z/ MISSISSIPPI MO-SCOTT MO- 615 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN SCOTT AND NORTHWESTERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 630 PM CDT... AT 613 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MINER... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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 3702 8936 3693 8929 3686 8951 3689 8954 TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 237DEG 29KT 3690 8949 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Butler, Carter, Ripley, Wayne | 31 min |
| 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, 6:29 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.