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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Oct 3, 1990, 10:23 PM CDT for Hardin County, Pope County, Illinois. It was in force for 22 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 3, 1990, 10:23 PM CDT (03:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 3, 1990, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hardin County, IL, Pope 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 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 902 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 915 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 330 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 389 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 9.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPAH 040324 TORPAH ILC151-069-040345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1023 PM CDT WED OCT 3 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...POPE AND HARDIN AT 1013 PM CDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR HEROD ILLINOIS...33 MILES NORTHEAST OF PADUCAH KENTUCKY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST SOUTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN POPE AND HARDIN COUNTIES SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY... ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR HICKS...GROSS AND HARTSVILLE. 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. ABANDOxN CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING. DIGIORGI
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 3, 8:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
INZ011-014-KYZ002-003-ILZ012-014-040200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 834 PM CDT WED OCT 3 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND A SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST KENTUCKY... AT 825 PM CDT...THERE WERE SEVERAL VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...THESE WERE 50 MILES WEST TO NORTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE...FROM AROUND FAIRFIELD TO FLORA AND OLNEY AND WEST OF ROBINSON ILLINOIS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE STRONG GUSTY WIND AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO- GROUND LIGHTNING ALONG WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS...THEY WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. IN ADDITION...RAINSHOWERS COVERED MOST OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS AND WERE SPREADING INTO WESTERN INDIANA AROUND TERRE HAUTE...AND SHOWERS WERE STARTING TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY NEAR KENTUCKY-BARKLEY LAKES. . SO FAR TONIGHT...NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS KIN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. ZIMMER
Special weather statement, Oct 3, 8:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
MOZ022-023-ILZ013>015-KYZ001-040200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 830 PM CDT WED OCT 3 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST KENTUCKY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 830 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT PADUCAH KENTUCKY SHOWED A NEW VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KENNETT MISSOURI IN DUNKLIN COUNTY OF THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF STRONG DAMAGING WIND...TORRENTIAL RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HAIL. TORNADOES ARE ALSO A POSSIBILITY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM OR YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH...YOU SHOULD MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER. PEOPLE IN AND NEAR KENNETT MISSOURI AND BRAGG CITY ARE DIRECTLY IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DIGIORGI
Special weather statement, Oct 3, 8:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
INZ011-014-KYZ002-003-ILZ012-014-040240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 858 PM CDT WED OCT 3 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND A SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST KENTUCKY... AT 855 PM CDT...SEVERAL VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS WERE 40 TO 60 MILES WEST THROUGH NORTHWEST TO NORTH OF EVANSVILLE. THESE WERE MOSTLY BETWEEN MARION ILLINOIS AND TERRE HAUTE INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE STRONG GUSTY WIND AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO- GROUND LIGHTNING ALONG WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS...THEY WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR MT VERNON AND OLNEY ILLINOISq. ZIMMER
Special weather statement, Oct 3, 9:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
MOZ022-023-ILZ013>015-KYZ001-040300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 910 PM CDT WED OCT 3 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST KENTUCKY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 900 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT PADUCAH KENTUCKY SHOWED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR MARION ILLINOIS TO CAIRO ILLINOIS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. A COUPLE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO IN THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL AT 9 PM CDT....10 MILES NORTHWEST OF KENNETT MISSOURI AND NEAR MALDEN MISSOURI. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...WEST KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH MISSISSIPPI...NEW MADRID AND PEMISCOT COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND HAMILTON...SALINE...WILLIAMSON...JOHNSON...PULASKI AND MASSAC COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS THROUGH 10 PM CDT. THESE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO CROSS THE OHIO RIVER BY 930 PM INTO BALLARD AND MCCRACKEN COUNTIES OF WEST KENTUCKY. REPORTS RECEIVED AT THE PADUCAH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATE PLENTY OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...ONE INCH WAS REPORTED IN 15 MINUTES AT MILLERSVILLE MISSOURI. SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST WEST OF CAPE GIRARDEAU WITH SOME SMALL LIMBS DOWN. CAPE GIRARDEAU AIRPORT REPORTED A GUST TO 35 MILES AN HOUR WHEN THE STORMS MOVED THROUGH THE AREA. DEADLY LIGHTNING AND THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES ALSO EXIST WITH THESE STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS OR YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH...YOU SHOULD MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE INDOOR SHELT.ER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DIGIORGI
Special weather statement, Oct 3, 9:34 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
INZ011-014-KYZ002-003-ILZ012-014-040300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 933 PM CDT WED OCT 3 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND A SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST KENTUCKY... AT 925 PM CDT...SEVERAL VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARING THE WABASH RIVER. THESE WERE 45 MILES WEST AND 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE...FROM MCLEANSBORO ILLINOIS TO LAWRENCEVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE STRONG GUSTY WIND AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO- GROUND LIGHTNING ALONG WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS...THEY WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. IN ADDITION...RAINSHOWERS AND LESSER STORMS COVERED ALL OF SOOUTHEAST ILLINOIS AND WERE SPREADING INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA FROM MT VERNON TO TERRE HAUTE...AND SHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY. ZIMMER
Special weather statement, Oct 3, 9:55 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
INZ011-014-KYZ002-003-ILZ012-014-040340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 955 PM CDT WED OCT 3 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND A SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST KENTUCKY... AT 953 PM CDT...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ALONG THE WABASH RIVER FROM 50 MILES NORTH OF EVANSVILLE AT CARLISLE INDIANA TO MT CARMEL ILLINOIS...THEN SOUTHWEST OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS TO VIENNA ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF PADUCAH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE STRONG GUSTY WIND AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO- GROUND LIGHTNING ALONG WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS...THEY ARE ALSO PRODUCING MARBLE-SIZE HAIL AT TIMES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. ZIMMER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Massac, Pulaski | 60 min |
| Oct 3, 9:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hamilton | 36 min |
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.