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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Paducah, KY

May 12, 2000Wayne County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 12, 2000, 9:11 PM CDT for Wayne County, Illinois. It was in force for 64 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 12, 2000, 9:11 PM CDT (02:11 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 2000, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Whole counties

County Wayne County, IL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 12, 9:50 PM CDT	Hail 1.5	Geff, IL

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 12, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 192 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 162 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -342 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 528 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -1.5

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The text

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

703 
WFUS53 KPAH 130211
TORPAH
ILC191-130315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
911 PM CDT FRI MAY 12 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 909 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF CISNE...OR ABOUT 17 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF FLORA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  OVER CISNE AT 935 PM CDT

TAKE COVER NOW. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

SMITH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 12, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jefferson	67 min
May 12, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wabash	52 min
May 12, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Union	19 min
May 12, 10:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Williamson	17 min
May 12, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski	37 min
May 12, 10:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Johnson	33 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.