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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Paducah, KY

April 3, 2014Butler County, Ripley County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2014, 8:16 PM CDT for Butler County, Ripley County, Missouri. It was in force for 14 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
Apr 3, 2014, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2014, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.25 in

Counties Butler County, MO, Ripley County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 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
Apr 3, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 223 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 00:00Z on 2014-04-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 993 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 00:00Z on 2014-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 233 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
993 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-136 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1599 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
233 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
6.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

661 
WFUS53 KPAH 040116
TORPAH
MOC023-181-040130-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0021.140404T0116Z-140404T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
816 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  NORTHEASTERN RIPLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT.

* AT 813 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRDEALING...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
  MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
           TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
           LIKELY.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  POPLAR BLUFF AROUND 830 PM CDT.

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 3692 9048 3674 9033 3657 9066 3673 9078
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 238DEG 39KT 3670 9062

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHRipley34 min
Apr 3, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler, Carter, Ripley29 min
Apr 3, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHRipley35 min
Apr 3, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBollinger, Cape Girardeau30 min
Apr 3, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCape Girardeau, Perry29 min
Apr 3, 8:03 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCape Girardeau27 min
Apr 3, 8:04 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHRipley26 min
Apr 3, 8:11 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHButler, Stoddard, Wayne34 min
Apr 3, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCape Girardeau51 min
Apr 3, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHButler15 min
Apr 3, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Stoddard, Wayne28 min
Apr 3, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBollinger, Butler, Stoddard, Wayne31 min
Apr 3, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCape Girardeau, Scott, Stoddard31 min
Apr 3, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarter, Ripley43 min
Apr 3, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCape Girardeau, Scott27 min
Apr 3, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler, Wayne50 min
Apr 3, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry46 min
Apr 3, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBollinger, Stoddard38 min
Apr 3, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCape Girardeau, Scott33 min
Apr 4, 11:39 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHCape Girardeau, Perry, Scott3 days
Apr 4, 11:39 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHScott4 days
Apr 4, 11:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHMississippi13 days

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.