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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Paducah, KY

April 24, 2002Hamilton County, White County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2002, 6:21 PM CDT for Hamilton County, White County, Illinois. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 2002, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2002, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hamilton County, IL, White County, IL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 24, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 233 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 12:00Z on 2002-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2002-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1489 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 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.

000 
WFUS53 KPAH 242321
TORPAH
ILC065-193-250000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
621 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  WHITE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 619 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  ENFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  4 MILES NORTH OF NORRIS CITY AT 625 PM CDT
  5 MILES SOUTH OF CARMI AT 640 PM CDT

SEEK SHELTER NOW

MOVE INTO A BASEMENT...OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR ANY STORM DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED
FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

LAT...LON 3817 8841 3792 8839 3792 8811 3819 8801

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJefferson24 min
Apr 24, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWayne44 min
Apr 24, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHamilton32 min
Apr 24, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHamilton, White34 min
Apr 24, 4:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHHamilton, White2 hr
Apr 24, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGallatin27 min
Apr 24, 4:40 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHGallatin, White35 min
Apr 24, 5:10 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHGallatin, Saline35 min
Apr 24, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJackson, Perry51 min
Apr 24, 6:39 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHGallatin36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.