Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 29, 2012, 4:14 AM CST for Bollinger County, Scott County, Stoddard County, Missouri. It was in force for 31 min. 3 reports 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
- Feb 29, 2012, 4:14 AM CST (10:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 4:45 AM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bollinger County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 4:15 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Brownwood, MO | EM REPORTS PATH OF DAMAGE BETWEEN OTTAWILD AND BROWNWOOD.LATE REPORT. |
| Feb 29, 4:24 AM CST | TORNADO | 1 E Bell City, MO | NWS STORM SURVEY REVEALS AN EF1 TORNADO WHICH STARTED JUST EAST OF BELL CITY IN STODDARD COUNTY TO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BENTON IN SCOTT COUNTY. DETAILS CAN BE FOUND IN PNSPAH |
| Feb 29, 4:50 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Benton, MO | POSSIBLE TORNADO. BARN AND CHICKEN FARM DESTROYED. HOUSE DAMAGED. WIDESPREAD TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE ALONG HIGHWAY 408 NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 403. LATE REPORT. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 1:14 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 250 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
- 61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -316 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 578 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 335 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 421 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
683
WFUS53 KPAH 291014
TORPAH
MOC017-201-207-291045-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0008.120229T1014Z-120229T1045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
414 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL BOLLINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
NORTHERN STODDARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 445 AM CST.
* AT 410 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF PUXICO...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BLOOMFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
ADVANCE...ORAN...BENTON...BELL CITY...MORLEY...HAY-WOOD CITY...
VANDUSER...LAMBERT AND BLODGETT.
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.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3707 9011 3713 8979 3713 8976 3714 8975
3718 8954 3697 8941 3689 9008
TIME...MOT...LOC 1014Z 256DEG 52KT 3700 8997
$$1 follow-up statement
343
WWUS53 KPAH 291032
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
432 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
MOC017-291042-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120229T1045Z/
BOLLINGER MO-
432 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BOLLINGER COUNTY IN
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3712 8978 3714 8975 3718 8954 3697 8941
3695 8975
TIME...MOT...LOC 1032Z 259DEG 52KT 3705 8967
$$
MOC201-207-291045-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120229T1045Z/
SCOTT MO-STODDARD MO-
432 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN STODDARD AND
CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 445 AM CST...
AT 429 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ORAN...MOVING EAST AT 60 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.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3712 8978 3714 8975 3718 8954 3697 8941
3695 8975
TIME...MOT...LOC 1032Z 259DEG 52KT 3705 8967
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 2:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carter, Wayne | 36 min |
| Feb 29, 3:03 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau | 42 min |
| Feb 29, 3:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, Carter, Wayne | 23 min |
| Feb 29, 3:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Butler, Stoddard, Wayne | 35 min |
| Feb 29, 3:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau | 32 min |
| Feb 29, 4:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ripley | 35 min |
| Feb 29, 4:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard | 24 min |
| Feb 29, 4:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Butler, Ripley, Stoddard | 25 min |
| Feb 29, 4:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Mississippi, Scott, Stoddard | 36 min |
| Feb 29, 4:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Mississippi, Scott | 29 min |
| Feb 29, 4:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard | 24 min |
| Feb 29, 5:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | New Madrid, Stoddard | 23 min |
| Feb 29, 5:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott | 29 min |
| Feb 29, 5:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Mississippi, New Madrid, Stoddard | 37 min |
| Feb 29, 5:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Mississippi, New Madrid | 15 min |
| Feb 29, 7:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | New Madrid | 24 min |
| Feb 29, 7:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Mississippi, New Madrid | 31 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.