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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Paducah, KY

January 3, 2000Alexander County, Union County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Jan 3, 2000, 9:01 AM CST for Alexander County, Union County, Illinois. It was in force for 29 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: Jan 3, 2000, 9:01 AM CST (15:01 UTC)
Expired: Jan 3, 2000, 9:30 AM CST
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Alexander County, IL, Union County, IL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 3, 9:15 AM CST	Hail 0.88	Jonesboro, IL	A trained spotter reported nickel-size hail.

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
Jan 3, 7:00 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 275 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: 105 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 699 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 255 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPAH 031504
TORPAH
ILC003-181-031530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
901 AM CST MON JAN 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
  ALEXANDER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 930 AM CST

* AT 901 AM CST...SPOTTERS IN CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY REPORTED A 
POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN FAR SOUTHEAST CAPE 
GIRARDEAU COUNTY.  THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.  

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  7 MILES SOUTH OF JONESBORO AT 910 AM CST
  7 MILES SOUTH OF ANNA AT 915 AM CST

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST MONDAY AFTERNOON 
FOR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.

X

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 3, 8:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Union	36 min
Jan 3, 9:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Williamson	37 min
Jan 3, 9:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Johnson	37 min
Jan 3, 9:28 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Williamson	32 min
Jan 3, 9:39 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Johnson	26 min
Jan 3, 9:48 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Pope, Saline	27 min
Jan 3, 9:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski	31 min
Jan 3, 10:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Massac, Pulaski	47 min
Jan 3, 12:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Union	34 min
Jan 3, 2:19 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Massac	3 hr

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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.