Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 171, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 24, 2001, 2:59 PM CDT for Franklin County, Illinois. It was in force for 46 min. 2 reports 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
- Oct 24, 2001, 2:59 PM CDT (19:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 24, 2001, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Franklin County, IL
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 3:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 70 E | Benton, IL | Straight-line thunderstorm winds uprooted or snapped numerous trees. A porch was blown away. Four sheds in Benton were heavily damaged or destroyed. A pole barn was destroyed about 4 miles east of Benton. A young man was injured when a tree limb fell on the ba |
| Oct 24, 3:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Royalton, IL | Widespread damage occurred across southern Franklin County, from Christopher, Zeigler, and Royalton east to West Frankfort. Numerous trees were blown down, some landing on houses and taking down power lines. In Mulkeytown, an elderly woman was trapped when a t |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 11:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Oct 24, 1:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 24, 1:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 24, 12:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
ILZ075>078-080>087-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ014-018-019-MOZ076-250000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1216 PM CDT WED OCT 24 2001 ...TORNADO WATCH 797 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT... THE TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... ALL OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA...A SMALL PART OF WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND A SMALL PART OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THE WATCH INCLUDES AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM PERRYVILLE MISSOURI TO OWENSBORO KENTUCKY. COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH... IN KENTUCKY...UNION...HENDERSON...AND DAVIESS. IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... JACKSON...WILLIAMSON...SALINE...PERRY...FRANKLIN...HAMILTON... EDWARDS...WABASH...WHITE...JEFFERSON...WAYNE...AND GALLATIN. IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...GIBSON...PIKE...POSEY...VANDERBURGH...WARRICK AND SPENCER. IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...PERRY. A STRONG COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL PLOW ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. AHEAD OF THE FRONT THE AIRMASS IS EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AND WIND SHEAR IN THE LOWER LEVELS IS FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS. CONDITIONS ARE ALSO FAVORABLE FOR INTENSE MICROBURSTS AND LARGE HAIL. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DEVELOP A SAFETY PLAN IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS. THE ENTIRE REGION IS IN A HIGH RISK AREA FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TODAY...SO SIMILAR THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT IS A GOOD BET ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THE THREAT WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT. JAP
Special weather statement, Oct 24, 1:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
ILZ088>094-KYZ001>013-015>017-020>022-MOZ086-087-100-107>112-114- 250000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 145 PM CDT WED OCT 24 2001 ...TORNADO WATCH 798 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT... THE TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THE WATCH INCLUDES AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PERRYVILLE MISSOURI TO OWENSBORO KENTUCKY. COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH... IN KENTUCKY...BALLARD...CARLISLE...HICKMAN...FULTON...MCCRACKEN... GRAVES...LIVINGSTON...MARSHALL...CALLOWAY...CRITTENDEN...LYON... TRIGG...WEBSTER...CALDWELL...MCLEAN...HOPKINS...CHRISTIAN... MUHLENBERG...AND TODD. IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...UNION...JOHNSON...POPE...HARDIN...ALEXANDER... PULASKI...AND MASSAC. IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...BOLLINGER...CAPE GIRARDEAU...CARTER... WAYNE...STODDARD...SCOTT...MISSISSIPPI...RIPLEY...BUTLER...AND NEW MADRID. A STRONG COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL PLOW ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. AHEAD OF THE FRONT THE AIRMASS IS EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AND WIND SHEAR IN THE LOWER LEVELS IS FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS. CONDITIONS ARE ALSO FAVORABLE FOR INTENSE MICROBURSTS AND LARGE HAIL. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DEVELOP A SAFETY PLAN IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS. THE THREAT WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT. JAP
Local storm report, Oct 24, 2:58 PM CDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
258 PM CDT WED OCT 24 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0255 PM MARBLE HILL MO 80 MPH WIND GUST
10/24/01 BOLLINGER REPORTED BY EOCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson, Perry | 40 min |
| Oct 24, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Perry | 34 min |
| Oct 24, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 57 min |
| Oct 24, 2:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson | 35 min |
| Oct 24, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton, Wayne | 50 min |
| Oct 24, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Williamson | 50 min |
| Oct 24, 3:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin | 26 min |
| Oct 24, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson | 33 min |
| Oct 24, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Pope, Saline | 41 min |
| Oct 24, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash, White | 67 min |
| Oct 24, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski, Union | 35 min |
| Oct 24, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin | 16 min |
| Oct 24, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Saline | 26 min |
| Oct 24, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton | 17 min |
| Oct 24, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Williamson | 17 min |
| Oct 24, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gallatin | 65 min |
| Oct 24, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac | 46 min |
| Oct 24, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hardin, Pope | 41 min |
| Oct 24, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves, Marshall | 46 min |
| Oct 24, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Henderson | 56 min |
| Oct 24, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton, Hickman | 37 min |
| Oct 24, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon | 63 min |
| Oct 24, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Hopkins, Webster | 63 min |
| Oct 24, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves, McCracken, Marshall | 61 min |
| Oct 24, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman | 61 min |
| Oct 24, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, McLean | 64 min |
| Oct 24, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Henderson | 30 min |
| Oct 24, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway | 40 min |
| Oct 24, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess | 51 min |
| Oct 24, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Trigg | 53 min |
| Oct 24, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg, Todd | 65 min |
| Oct 24, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian | 29 min |
| Oct 24, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Perry | 52 min |
| Oct 24, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carter | 48 min |
| Oct 24, 2:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Perry | 34 min |
| Oct 24, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau | 38 min |
| Oct 24, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wayne | 50 min |
| Oct 24, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Perry | 47 min |
| Oct 24, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, Ripley | 40 min |
| Oct 24, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Scott, Stoddard | 44 min |
| Oct 24, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard | 41 min |
| Oct 24, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Mississippi | 41 min |
| Oct 24, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Mississippi, New Madrid | 43 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.