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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Paducah, KY

March 2, 2020Cape Girardeau County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2020, 8:12 PM CST for Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. It was in force for 33 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: Mar 2, 2020, 8:12 PM CST (02:12 UTC)
Expired: Mar 2, 2020, 8:45 PM CST
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Cape Girardeau County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 2, 5:21 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 280 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 634 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1095 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 261 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 361 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.1
Supercell composite: 5.9

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The text

As transmitted.

177 
WFUS53 KPAH 030212
TORPAH
MOC031-030245-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0013.200303T0212Z-200303T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
812 PM CST Mon Mar 2 2020

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Cape Girardeau County in southeastern Missouri...

* Until 845 PM CST.
    
* At 811 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Jackson, moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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...
  Gordonville around 820 PM CST.
  Jackson around 825 PM CST.
  Cape Girardeau around 835 PM CST.

This includes Interstate 55 between Mile Markers 95 and 105.
 
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.

&&

LAT...LON 3726 8953 3734 8981 3743 8977 3741 8943
      3737 8942 3734 8944 3734 8948 3731 8951
      3728 8952 3727 8950 3726 8950
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 283DEG 25KT 3737 8971 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

DRS

1 follow-up statement

815 
WWUS53 KPAH 030240
SVSPAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
840 PM CST Mon Mar 2 2020

MOC031-030249-
/O.EXP.KPAH.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-200303T0245Z/
Cape Girardeau MO-
840 PM CST Mon Mar 2 2020

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 845 PM CST...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CST for southern
Illinois...and southeastern Missouri.

LAT...LON 3726 8953 3734 8981 3743 8977 3741 8943
      3737 8942 3734 8944 3734 8948 3731 8951
      3728 8952 3727 8950 3726 8950
TIME...MOT...LOC 0239Z 283DEG 25KT 3733 8949 

$$

DRS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 2, 6:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, Carter, Wayne	40 min
Mar 2, 6:14 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Butler, Carter, Wayne	46 min
Mar 2, 6:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Wayne	52 min
Mar 2, 7:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Stoddard, Wayne	47 min
Mar 2, 7:37 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Cape Girardeau, Perry	38 min
Mar 2, 7:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wayne	33 min
Mar 2, 8:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Cape Girardeau, Scott	38 min
Mar 2, 8:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Scott, Stoddard	52 min
Mar 2, 8:16 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Scott, Stoddard	33 min
Mar 2, 8:34 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Scott, Stoddard, Wayne	6 hr
Mar 2, 8:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Scott	30 min
Mar 2, 8:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, Ripley	49 min
Mar 2, 9:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Mississippi, Scott	41 min
Mar 2, 9:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Butler, Ripley	47 min
Mar 2, 10:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	New Madrid, Stoddard	35 min
Mar 2, 10:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	New Madrid	45 min
Mar 2, 10:37 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Bollinger	6 hr
Mar 2, 10:59 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Scott	46 min
Mar 2, 11:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Mississippi, New Madrid	35 min
Mar 3, 5:46 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Cape Girardeau, Perry, Scott	64 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.