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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Paducah, KY

May 6, 2003Pulaski County, Union County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2003, 8:55 PM CDT for Pulaski County, Union County, Illinois. It was in force for 50 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
May 6, 2003, 8:55 PM CDT (01:55 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2003, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Pulaski County, IL, Union County, IL

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 6, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 266 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2003-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1519 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2003-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1519 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
720 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

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

851 
WFUS53 KPAH 070155
TORPAH
ILC153-181-070245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
855 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 851 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES   
SOUTHWEST OF ULLIN NEAR TAMMS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE ANNA...COBDEN...DONGOLA AND JONESBORO

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 3716 8917 3724 8903 3753 8910 3758 8941
          3731 8921

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHAlexander42 min
May 6, 8:45 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJackson, Perry45 min
May 6, 9:12 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHAlexander13 min
May 6, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJackson, Perry33 min
May 6, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJohnson47 min
May 6, 9:33 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMassac42 min
May 6, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJefferson23 min
May 6, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFranklin36 min
May 6, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHUnion48 min
May 6, 9:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHPerry3 hr
May 6, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPope49 min
May 6, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJefferson31 min
May 6, 10:05 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPope55 min
May 6, 10:12 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMassac8 min
May 6, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJohnson12 min
May 6, 10:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHFranklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Union3 hr
May 6, 10:26 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJohnson, Pulaski49 min
May 6, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWayne29 min
May 6, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHUnion12 min
May 6, 10:36 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMassac39 min
May 6, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHHardin45 min
May 6, 10:59 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPope46 min
May 6, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMassac37 min
May 6, 11:16 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHGallatin44 min
May 6, 11:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHJohnson, Massac, Pope4 hr
May 7, 12:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHHardin2 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.