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Tornado Warning 85, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Sep 6, 2012, 5:25 PM CDT for Bollinger County, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. It was in force for 35 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 6, 2012, 5:25 PM CDT (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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 6, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 286 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
- 2411 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1359 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
179 WFUS53 KPAH 062225 TORPAH MOC017-031-062300- /O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0085.120906T2225Z-120906T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 525 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL BOLLINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... CENTRAL CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... * UNTIL 600 PM CDT. * AT 520 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BURFORDVILLE...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARBLE HILL...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE... JACKSON...BURFORDVILLE...MILLERSVILLE AND GORDONVILLE. 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 3749 8963 3727 8962 3728 8990 3745 8990 TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 268DEG 18KT 3736 8985 $$ PS
3 follow-up statements
090 WWUS53 KPAH 062233 SVSPAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 533 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 MOC017-031-062300- /O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0085.000000T0000Z-120906T2300Z/ BOLLINGER MO-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO- 533 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CAPE GIRARDEAU AND EAST CENTRAL BOLLINGER COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 529 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BURFORDVILLE...OR 8 MILES WEST OF JACKSON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS CIRCULATION IS DIFFERENT THAN THE ONE IN NORTH CENTRAL BOLLINGER COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3749 8963 3727 8962 3728 8990 3745 8990 TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 268DEG 18KT 3735 8978 $$
096 WWUS53 KPAH 062238 SVSPAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 538 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 MOC017-031-062300- /O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0085.000000T0000Z-120906T2300Z/ BOLLINGER MO-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO- 538 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CAPE GIRARDEAU AND EAST CENTRAL BOLLINGER COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 534 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS RECEIVED INFORMATION ABOUT FUNNEL CLOUDS NEAR MILLERSVILLE...JACKSON AND GORDONSVILLE. THE ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST AROUND 25 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 3749 8963 3727 8962 3728 8990 3745 8990 TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 268DEG 18KT 3735 8975 $$
167 WWUS53 KPAH 062249 SVSPAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 549 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 MOC017-062259- /O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0085.000000T0000Z-120906T2300Z/ BOLLINGER MO- 549 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BOLLINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3728 8979 3747 8978 3749 8963 3727 8962 TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 268DEG 18KT 3731 8963 $$ MOC031-062300- /O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0085.000000T0000Z-120906T2300Z/ CAPE GIRARDEAU MO- 549 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 548 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GORDONVILLE...OR NEAR CAPE GIRARDEAU...MOVING EAST 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 3728 8979 3747 8978 3749 8963 3727 8962 TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 268DEG 18KT 3731 8963 $$ PS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 4:00 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Mississippi, New Madrid and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 6, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carter, Ripley, Wayne | 37 min |
| Sep 6, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Butler, Carter, Ripley, Stoddard, Wayne | 48 min |
| Sep 6, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger | 28 min |
| Sep 6, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger | 36 min |
| Sep 6, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard | 39 min |
| Sep 6, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard | 48 min |
| Sep 6, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Scott | 16 min |
| Sep 6, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Mississippi | 52 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.