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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Aug 19, 1995, 4:52 PM CDT for Jackson County, Illinois. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 19, 1995, 4:52 PM CDT (21:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 1995, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson County, IL
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 272 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
- 1776 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1113 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPAH 192152 TORPAH ILC077-192230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 452 PM CDT SAT AUG 19 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH ILLINOIS ...SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY STATE POLICE REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR KINCAID LAKE...ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF CARBONDALE...NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. AT 452 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THIS AREA MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEHK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. &
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, Aug 19, 12:11 PM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
ILZ081-082-084>086-088>094-KYZ001>013-MOZ086-087-100-109>112-114-192315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1215 PM CDT SAT AUG 19 1995 ...A HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALL OF WESTERN KY...SOUTERN IL...AND SOUTHEAST MO THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES BEDTWEEN 95 AND 100 DEGREES...COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS AROUND 55 PERCENT...WILL PUSH THE HEAT INDEX INTO THE 110 TO 115 DEGREE RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. TRY TO AVOID BEING OUTSIDE TODAY. IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE...BE SMART. SUNSTROKE...HEAT CRAMPS...OR HEAT EXHAUSTION IS LIKELY WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE AND/OR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN THIS KIND OF HEAT. BE SURE TO GIVE YOURSELF NUMEROUS BREAKS...PREFERABLY OUT OF THE HOT SUN. AND REMEMBER TO DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO KEEP YOURSELF HYDRATED. HUMPHREY
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 12:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
ILZ081-082-084>086-088>094-KYZ001>013-MOZ086-087-100-109>112-114-192315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1215 PM CDT SAT AUG 19 1995 ...A HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALL OF WESTERN KY...SOUTERN IL...AND SOUTHEAST MO THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES BEDTWEEN 95 AND 100 DEGREES...COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS AROUND 55 PERCENT...WILL PUSH THE HEAT INDEX INTO THE 110 TO 115 DEGREE RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. TRY TO AVOID BEING OUTSIDE TODAY. IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE...BE SMART. SUNSTROKE...HEAT CRAMPS...OR HEAT EXHAUSTION IS LIKELY WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE AND/OR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN THIS KIND OF HEAT. BE SURE TO GIVE YOURSELF NUMEROUS BREAKS...PREFERABLY OUT OF THE HOT SUN. AND REMEMBER TO DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO KEEP YOURSELF HYDRATED. HUMPHREY
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 12:34 PM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
ILZ081-082-084>086-088>094-KYZ001>013-MOZ086-087-100-109>112-114-192315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1235 PM CDT SAT AUG 19 1995 ...A HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALL OF WESTERN KY...SOUTHERN IL...AND SOUTHEAST MO THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 95 AND 100 DEGREES...COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS AROUND 55 PERCENT...WILL PUSH THE HEAT INDEX INTO THE 110 TO 115 DEGREE RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. TRY TO AVOID BEING OUTSIDE TODAY. IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE...BE SMART. SUNSTROKE...HEAT CRAMPS...OR HEAT EXHAUSTION IS LIKELY WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE AND/OR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN TH2IS KIND OF HEAT. BE SURE TO GIVE YOURSELF NUMEROUS BREAKS...PREFERABLY OUT OF THE HOT SUN. AND REMEMBER TO DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO KEEP YOURSELF HYDRATED. HUMPHREY
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 12:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before
ILZ081-082-084>086-088>094-KYZ001>013-MOZ086-087-100-109>112-114-192315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1235 PM CDT SAT AUG 19 1995 ...A HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALL OF WESTERN KY...SOUTHERN IL...AND SOUTHEAST MO THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 95 AND 100 DEGREES...COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS AROUND 55 PERCENT...WILL PUSH THE HEAT INDEX INTO THE 110 TO 115 DEGREE RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. TRY TO AVOID BEING OUTSIDE TODAY. IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE...BE SMART. SUNSTROKE...HEAT CRAMPS...OR HEAT EXHAUSTION IS LIKELY WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE AND/OR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN THIS KIND OF HEAT. BE SURE TO GIVE YOURSELF NUMEROUS BREAKS...PREFERABLY OUT OF THE HOT SUN. AND REMEMBER TO DRINK PLENTY OF NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO KEEP YOURSELF HYDRATED. HUMPHREY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Union | 50 min |
| Aug 19, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Massac | 25 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.