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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Paducah, KY

August 8, 2021Butler County, Stoddard County, Missouri

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 8, 7:14 PM CDTTORNADO4 Sw Broseley, MOA 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 CDTTSTM WND DMG4 Sw Broseley, MOROOF REMOVED FROM HOME. TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ON HWY 53.
Aug 8, 7:17 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 Sw Broseley, MOCORRECTS 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 CDTFUNNEL CLOUD1 N Qulin, MOSPOTTER 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 8, 12:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2021-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 809 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

RJP
1 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

$$

RJP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 7:34 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHButler, Stoddard41 min
Aug 8, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHNew Madrid, Stoddard35 min
Aug 8, 9:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHCarter36 min
Aug 9, 1:53 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryPAHBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Mississippi, New Madrid and 5 more3 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.