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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Oct 24, 2021, 11:13 PM CDT for Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. It was in force for 18 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
- Oct 24, 2021, 11:13 PM CDT (04:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 24, 2021, 11:31 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Cape Girardeau County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 297 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
- 1375 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1184 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 289 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 10.9
The text
As transmitted.
487
WFUS53 KPAH 250413
TORPAH
MOC031-250500-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0021.211025T0413Z-211025T0500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
1113 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021
The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northern Cape Girardeau County in southeastern Missouri...
* Until midnight CDT.
* At 1113 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located over Millersville, or near Bollinger Mill State
Historic Site, moving east at 40 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.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Jackson around 1125 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this tornadic thunderstorm include
Trail Of Tears State Park.
This includes Interstate 55 between Mile Markers 102 and 113.
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 3738 8986 3743 8986 3758 8960 3758 8958
3757 8958 3758 8956 3756 8953 3757 8952
3754 8952 3748 8948 3744 8944 3739 8942
3735 8985
TIME...MOT...LOC 0413Z 249DEG 34KT 3741 8979
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
PS2 follow-up statements
573
WWUS53 KPAH 250422
SVSPAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
1122 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021
MOC031-250500-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-211025T0500Z/
Cape Girardeau MO-
1122 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
NORTHERN CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY...
At 1122 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Jackson, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Trail Of Tears State Park.
This includes Interstate 55 between Mile Markers 102 and 112.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3741 8977 3747 8978 3758 8960 3758 8958
3757 8958 3758 8956 3756 8953 3757 8952
3754 8952 3748 8948 3744 8944 3739 8942
3737 8973
TIME...MOT...LOC 0422Z 249DEG 34KT 3744 8968
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
PS750
WWUS53 KPAH 250431
SVSPAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
1131 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021
MOC031-250441-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-211025T0500Z/
Cape Girardeau MO-
1131 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, damaging winds remain likely and a Severe
Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for southern
Illinois...and southeastern Missouri.
LAT...LON 3741 8977 3747 8978 3758 8960 3758 8958
3757 8958 3758 8956 3756 8953 3757 8952
3754 8952 3748 8948 3744 8944 3739 8942
3737 8973
TIME...MOT...LOC 0430Z 249DEG 34KT 3747 8958
$$
PSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Perry | 48 min |
| Oct 24, 9:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Perry | 57 min |
| Oct 24, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry | 57 min |
| Oct 24, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Perry | 48 min |
| Oct 24, 10:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Perry | 6 hr |
| Oct 24, 10:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Bollinger | 6 hr |
| Oct 24, 10:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Perry | 51 min |
| Oct 24, 10:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau | 44 min |
| Oct 24, 10:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Carter, Wayne | 38 min |
| Oct 24, 10:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Bollinger, Carter, Wayne | 94 min |
| Oct 24, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau | 51 min |
| Oct 24, 11:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau | 25 min |
| Oct 24, 11:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Stoddard | 44 min |
| Oct 24, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau, Scott | 38 min |
| Oct 24, 11:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Bollinger | 3 hr |
| Oct 24, 11:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Butler | 48 min |
| Oct 25, 12:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | New Madrid | 44 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.