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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Paducah, KY

June 12, 1998White County, Illinois; Posey County, Indiana

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 1998, 8:28 PM CDT for White County, Illinois; Posey County, Indiana. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 1998, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 1998, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties White County, IL, Posey County, IN

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 12, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 12, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 238 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1998-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 32 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 1998-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
32 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-171 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1947 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
205 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.

367 
WFUS1 KPAH 130127 RRA
TORPAH
ILC193-INC129-130215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
828 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WHITE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
  POSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 823 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS INDICATED A TORNADO POSSIBLE
  TORNADO NEAR CALVIN ILLINOIS 30 MILES NORTHEST OF EVANSVILLE...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  NEW HARMONY BY 840 PM CDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS AND DOORS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR
A STURDIER BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. BEWARE OF
RISING WATER.

&


MJN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWayne60 min
Jun 12, 7:42 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHWilliamson48 min
Jun 12, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHEdwards, Wabash63 min
Jun 12, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHWabash46 min
Jun 12, 8:31 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHSaline44 min
Jun 12, 8:31 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHSaline49 min
Jun 12, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHUnion43 min
Jun 12, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWilliamson49 min
Jun 12, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHAlexander, Pulaski48 min
Jun 12, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGallatin49 min
Jun 12, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMassac58 min
Jun 12, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPike55 min
Jun 12, 8:40 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPike35 min
Jun 12, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHVanderburgh, Warrick62 min
Jun 12, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHSpencer60 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Illinois, 1998Tornado Warnings in Indiana, 1998Every tornado warning in 1998Tornadoes in 1998

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.