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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Aug 8, 2021, 7:14 PM CDT for Butler County, Stoddard County, Missouri. It was in force for 31 min. 4 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
- Aug 8, 2021, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Butler County, MO, Stoddard County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 7:14 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Sw Broseley, MO | A BRIEF EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT A RESIDENCE ALONG HIGHWAY 53 NORTHWEST OF QULIN MO. IT LIFTED THE FRONT PORCH ROOF COVERING UP AND OVER THE HOUSE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE BACKSIDE OF THE ROOF BEFORE LANDING IN THE BACKYARD. A FEW TREES WERE SNAPPED ON THE P |
| Aug 8, 7:17 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sw Broseley, MO | ROOF REMOVED FROM HOME. TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ON HWY 53. |
| Aug 8, 7:17 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sw Broseley, MO | CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 4 SW BROSELEY. ROOF DAMAGED AT A HOME. TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ALONG/NEAR HWY 53. |
| Aug 8, 7:30 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 N Qulin, MO | SPOTTER REPORTS FUNNEL DIPPING UP AND DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 12:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 809 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1677 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
626
WFUS53 KPAH 090014
TORPAH
MOC023-207-090045-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0014.210809T0014Z-210809T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
714 PM CDT Sun Aug 8 2021
The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Stoddard County in southeastern Missouri...
Southeastern Butler County in southeastern Missouri...
* Until 745 PM CDT.
* At 714 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Qulin, or 9 miles southeast of Poplar Bluff,
moving east at 20 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...
Qulin around 725 PM CDT.
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 3660 9040 3674 9040 3678 9011 3663 9010
3663 9015 3661 9017 3661 9016 3659 9018
3660 9018 3659 9019
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 270DEG 20KT 3666 9031
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
RJP1 follow-up statement
870
WWUS53 KPAH 090027
SVSPAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
727 PM CDT Sun Aug 8 2021
MOC023-207-090045-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-210809T0045Z/
Stoddard MO-Butler MO-
727 PM CDT Sun Aug 8 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN STODDARD AND EAST CENTRAL BUTLER COUNTIES...
At 726 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Broseley, or 11 miles north of Chalk Bluff Natural
Area, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Stoddard and east central Butler Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3662 9031 3673 9029 3675 9011 3663 9010
3663 9015 3661 9017 3661 9016 3659 9018
3660 9018 3659 9019
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 270DEG 21KT 3666 9021
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
RJPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Butler, Stoddard | 41 min |
| Aug 8, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | New Madrid, Stoddard | 35 min |
| Aug 8, 9:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Carter | 36 min |
| Aug 9, 1:53 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Mississippi, New Madrid and 5 more | 3 days |
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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.