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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2018, 5:31 PM CST for Butler County, Missouri. It was in force for 29 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
- Feb 24, 2018, 5:31 PM CST (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2018, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Butler County, MO
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 3:16 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 568 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
592
WFUS53 KPAH 242331
TORPAH
MOC023-250000-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0002.180224T2331Z-180225T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
531 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2018
The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Butler County in southeastern Missouri...
* Until 600 PM CST
* At 531 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Neelyville, or 8 miles northeast of Corning,
moving east at 60 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
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.
* Locations impacted include...
Qulin.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Paducah.
&&
LAT...LON 3650 9057 3654 9057 3664 9015 3662 9015
3662 9016 3661 9016 3660 9018 3655 9018
3654 9021 3653 9021 3652 9022 3650 9022
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 250DEG 52KT 3650 9048
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
SMITH1 follow-up statement
032
WWUS53 KPAH 242353
SVSPAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
553 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2018
MOC023-250002-
/O.EXP.KPAH.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-180225T0000Z/
Butler MO-
553 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
600 PM CST...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. However heavy rain
is still possible with this thunderstorm.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 900 PM CST for southeastern
Missouri.
LAT...LON 3650 9057 3654 9057 3664 9015 3662 9015
3662 9016 3661 9016 3660 9018 3655 9018
3654 9021 3653 9021 3652 9022 3650 9022
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 247DEG 36KT 3657 9026
$$
RSTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2:58 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | Butler, Mississippi, New Madrid, Ripley, Scott, Stoddard | 30 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:00 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Wayne | 48 hr |
| Feb 24, 11:57 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau, Perry, Scott | 6 days |
| Feb 24, 3:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Butler, Carter, Ripley, Stoddard, Wayne | 5 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:58 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Scott | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 3:59 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau, Perry, Scott | 5 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler | 20 min |
| Feb 24, 4:21 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Cape Girardeau, Scott | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 4:29 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Butler, Stoddard | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 5:01 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Cape Girardeau | 14 min |
| Feb 24, 5:12 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Scott | 33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.