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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Paducah, KY

June 14, 1990Jackson County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 1990, 11:20 AM CDT for Jackson County, Illinois. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 1990, 11:20 AM CDT (16:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1990, 11:45 AM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Jackson County, IL

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 100 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1990-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1116 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1990-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1116 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
941 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPAH 141625
TORPAH
ILC077-141645-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1120 AM CDT THU JUN 14 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE
UNTIL 1145 AM CDT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...JACKSON

AT 1108 AM CDT MURPHYSBORO...IN JACKSON CO ILLINOIS...ESDA REPORTED
A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN JACKSON CO ILLINOIS...30 MILES NORTHEAST OFE
CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSSOURI OR 7 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF MURPHYSBORO
ILLINOIS. NO MOVEMENT WAS GIVEN.

PERSONS IN  JACKSON     COUNTY SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY...
ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR  MURPHYSBORO.                    .

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...GO TO A BASEMENT SHELTER
IF AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM OR CLOSET
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR STURDY
FURNITURE.  COVER YOUR BODY WITH BLANKETS...PILLOWS OR CUSHIONS.
AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS A~ND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED
BUILDING.

WATSON

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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.