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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Paducah, KY

June 7, 2014Fulton County, Kentucky; New Madrid County, Stoddard County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2014, 2:25 PM CDT for Fulton County, Kentucky; New Madrid County, Stoddard County, Missouri. It was in force for 35 min. 2 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
Jun 7, 2014, 2:25 PM CDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2014, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.25 in

Counties Fulton County, KY, New Madrid County, MO, Stoddard County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 7, 2:48 PM CDTTORNADO5 Ne Marston, KYEF-1 TORNADO BEGAN IN EXTREME WESTERN FULTON COUNTY KENTUCKY AND MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH EXTREME SOUTHEAST NEW MADRID COUNTY AND EVENTUALLY INTO LAKE COUNTY TENNESSEE. PATH LENGTH 7 MILES. PEAK WIND 110 MPH. MAX PATH WIDTH 200 YDS. HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE SNAPPE
Jun 7, 3:10 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGNew Madrid, MOSEVERE DAMAGE TO ONE HOME, ONE HOME WITH ROOF BLOWN OFF AND ANOTHER WITH SHINGLE DAMAGE.A TREE FELL ON A MOBIL HOME TRAPPING A PERSON INSIDE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. UNTILITY WORKER POSSIBLY INJURED FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 204 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 2014-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1298 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2014-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1298 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.4

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The text

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

961 
WFUS53 KPAH 071925
TORPAH
KYC075-MOC143-207-072000-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0049.140607T1925Z-140607T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
225 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
  CENTRAL NEW MADRID COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  SOUTHEASTERN STODDARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 221 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF PARMA...AND MOVING EAST AT 25
  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...
  LILBOURN AND HOWARDVILLE AROUND 235 PM CDT.
  HUNTER-DAWSON STATE HISTORIC SITE AND NEW MADRID AROUND 245 PM CDT.
  FARRENBURG AROUND 250 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE NORTH LILBOURN.

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 3671 8941 3650 8942 3656 8979 3671 8977
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 274DEG 23KT 3662 8969

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

$$
2 follow-up statements
736 
WWUS53 KPAH 071937
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
237 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014

MOC207-071947-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-140607T2000Z/
STODDARD MO-
237 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN STODDARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3655 8971 3668 8963 3668 8941 3650 8942
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 292DEG 26KT 3658 8959

$$

KYC075-MOC143-072000-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-140607T2000Z/
FULTON KY-NEW MADRID MO-
237 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY
IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND CENTRAL NEW MADRID COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI UNTIL 300 PM CDT...

AT 235 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LILBOURN...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 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...
  HUNTER-DAWSON STATE HISTORIC SITE AROUND 245 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 3655 8971 3668 8963 3668 8941 3650 8942
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 292DEG 26KT 3658 8959

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

$$
561 
WWUS53 KPAH 071953
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
253 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014

KYC075-MOC143-072000-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-140607T2000Z/
FULTON KY-NEW MADRID MO-
253 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY
IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND EAST CENTRAL NEW MADRID COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI UNTIL 300 PM CDT...

AT 248 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW MADRID...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 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 AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL
NEW MADRID AND SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTIES.

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 3664 8956 3665 8941 3650 8942 3653 8960
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 288DEG 23KT 3655 8950

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

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 8:39 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHCalloway, Graves3 hr
Jun 7, 1:33 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHBallard, Carlisle, Graves, Hickman, McCracken117 min
Jun 7, 2:53 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHFulton, Graves, Hickman112 min
Jun 7, 2:56 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHFulton34 min
Jun 7, 3:22 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHGraves, Hickman23 min
Jun 7, 3:33 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHGraves27 min
Jun 7, 3:41 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCalloway, Graves49 min
Jun 7, 3:48 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHCalloway, Graves, Marshall, Trigg117 min
Jun 7, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Todd50 min
Jun 7, 1:04 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott and 1 more116 min
Jun 7, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHRipley44 min
Jun 7, 2:45 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHRipley30 min
Jun 7, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHRipley45 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.