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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2004, 6:07 PM CDT for Jackson County, Illinois. It was in force for 53 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 2004, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2004, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jackson County, IL
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 6:32 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 S Murphysboro, IL | BRIEF TOUCHDOWN. |
| May 30, 6:32 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 S Murphysboro, IL | BRIEF TOUCHDOWN. |
| May 30, 6:32 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 S Murphysboro, IL | BRIEF TOUCHDOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this tornado warning; the first came 25 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
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 30, 1:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 273 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1629 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 8.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
541
WFUS53 KPAH 302307
TORPAH
ILC077-310000-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
607 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 605 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES WEST OF
GORHAM...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF PERRYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE AVA...CARBONDALE...DE SOTO...DOWELL...
ELKVILLE...MURPHYSBORO AND VERGENNES
NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE ACTION SEEK SHELTER...BY MOVING INTO A
BASEMENT...OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.
ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 3767 8916 3763 8949 3770 8951 3775 8966
3785 8970 3796 8942 3795 8916
$$What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at May 30, 5:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 30, 5:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 500 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004 .DISCUSSION... WITH SIGNIFICANT WAA GOING ON...SFC TEMPS ACROSS THE AREA WERE VERY WARM...ALONG WITN THE DEWPOINTS. IN FAIRFIELD AND CARBONDALE IL...TEMPS WERE AROUND 90 DEG WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 70S. SKIES HAD BECOME TEMPORARILY PARTLY CLOUDY MEANWHILE JUST AHEAD OF THE MAJOR LINE OF STORMS MOVING THRU CENTRAL MO. EARLIER SPOTTY CONVECTION PROVED TO HAVE TORNADIC CHARACTERISTICS...WITH SOME TORNADO REPORTS AND NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUDS. MESOETA...WHICH IS A LITTLE SLOWER THAN GFS/NGM IN THE VERY NEAR TERM...INDICATES THAT THE FAVORABLE SHEAR PROFILE SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH IN THE NWRN HALF OF THE FCST AREA BY 03Z...WITH ALL BUT THE FAR SERN CORNER EXPERIENCING BACKING WITH HEIGHT/CAA BY 09Z. CAPES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO AROUND 1000 J/KG BY AROUND 03Z. WITH LINE OF STORMS NOW APPROACHING OUR PART OF SEMO...WE WILL BE ON ALERT FOR TORNADOES ESPECIALLY IN THE EARLY EVENING NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER AND STRAIGHT LINE WINDS LATER IN THE EVENING SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. AS NEGATIVELY TILTED 500MB LOBE MOVES EAST...SOME SHOWERS...AND EVEN A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO...ARE POSSIBLE JUST AFTER SUNRISE FOR THE FAR SERN PART OF THE AREA. THE PARENT LOW WILL BEGIN TO MERGE WITH A CYCLONIC FEATURE OVER THE NERN U.S. BY WED. THIS WILL BRING ANOTHER COLD FRONT THRU THE REGION AND THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. NWRN MID LVL FLOW WILL CONTINUE THRU FRI /DAY5/... WITH ENUF MOISTURE IN THE COLUMN TO NOT CALL THE SKY COVER MOSTLY CLEAR. DAY6 AND DAY7...GFS INDICATES DOUBLE BARRELLED 500 MB S/WVS AND SFC LOWS TO THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH OF THE FCST AREA ARE TO MOVE EAST IN OUR VICINITY. THESE FEATURES WILL BE IMBEDDED IN A LONG WAVE TROF IN THE EAST PART OF THE COUNTRY. IT APPEARS ATTM THAT THE TWO SYSTEMS WILL MERGE INTO A SINGLE 500MB S/WV BY SUN /DAY7/ AND WILL INCLUDE A FROPA BY LATE SUN ACROSS THE FCST AREA...ENDING WHATEVER RAIN CHCS THERE ARE...WHICH ARE ONLY ABOUT ONE IN THREE ON SUN. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE MO...NONE IL...NONE IN...NONE && DB
Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 1:11 PM CDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 111 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-311000- ALEXANDER IL-BALLARD KY-BOLLINGER MO-BUTLER MO-CALDWELL KY- CALLOWAY KY-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-CARLISLE KY-CARTER MO-CHRISTIAN KY- CRITTENDEN KY-DAVIESS KY-EDWARDS IL-FRANKLIN IL-FULTON KY- GALLATIN IL-GIBSON IN-GRAVES KY-HAMILTON IL-HARDIN IL-HENDERSON KY- HICKMAN KY-HOPKINS KY-JACKSON IL-JEFFERSON IL-JOHNSON IL- LIVINGSTON KY-LYON KY-MARSHALL KY-MASSAC IL-MCCRACKEN KY-MCLEAN KY- MISSISSIPPI MO-MUHLENBERG KY-NEW MADRID MO-PERRY MO-PERRY IL-PIKE IN- POPE IL-POSEY IN-PULASKI IL-RIPLEY MO-SALINE IL-SCOTT MO-SPENCER IN- STODDARD MO-TODD KY-TRIGG KY-UNION KY-UNION IL-VANDERBURGH IN- WABASH IL-WARRICK IN-WAYNE MO-WAYNE IL-WEBSTER KY-WHITE IL- WILLIAMSON IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIKESTON...POPLAR BLUFF...PERRYVILLE... CAPE GIRARDEAU...PADUCAH...OWENSBORO...MURRAY...MAYFIELD... MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...EVANSVILLE...HERRIN... HARRISBURG...CARMI...CARBONDALE AND CAIRO 111 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004 ...TORNADO WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE THROUGH 7 PM CDT... ...HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE AREA. A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES...VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL SWEEP EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH TODAY WILL CAUSE ROUGH BOATING CONDITIONS ON AREA LAKES. THOSE OPERATING SMALL CRAFTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS...AND BE PREPARED TO DEAL WITH WHITE CAP CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO RIVERS ARE FORECAST TO RISE OVER FLOOD STAGE AT MANY LOCATIONS. THE FLOODING IS FORECAST TO BE MAINLY MINOR...ALTHOUGH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS WITH CROPS IN THE BOTTOMLANDS WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED. REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FOR MORE DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DRS
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 30, 2:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
248 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0244 PM TORNADO 5 SE MADISONVILLE 37.29N 87.44W
05/30/2004 HOPKINS KY TRAINED SPOTTER
BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF BARNLEY AND EARLINGTON.
&&
DLLLocal storm report, May 30, 2:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
250 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0239 PM HAIL MADISONVILLE 37.34N 87.51W
05/30/2004 0.50 INCH HOPKINS KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
HAIL OCCURRED HALFWAY BETWEEN MADISONVILLE AND MORTONS
GAP.
&&
DLLLocal storm report, May 30, 3:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
310 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0258 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 1 W BREMEN 37.36N 87.24W
05/30/2004 MUHLENBERG KY FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
&&
DLLLocal storm report, May 30, 3:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
318 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0312 PM TORNADO 1 S MASONVILLE 37.66N 87.03W
05/30/2004 DAVIESS KY EMERGENCY MNGR
BRIEF TOUCHDOWN IN CORNFIELD.
&&
DLLLocal storm report, May 30, 3:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
344 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0333 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 1 NW KNOTTSVILLE 37.78N 86.92W
05/30/2004 DAVIESS KY EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
DLLLocal storm report, May 30, 4:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
429 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0244 PM TORNADO 5 S MADISONVILLE 37.26N 87.51W
05/30/2004 HOPKINS KY EMERGENCY MNGR
BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF EARLINGTON AND MORTONS GAP.
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO SOME BUILDINGS AND NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN.
&&
DLLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 12:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac | 29 min |
| May 30, 12:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Pope | 25 min |
| May 30, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Perry | 26 min |
| May 30, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 35 min |
| May 30, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Williamson | 55 min |
| May 30, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin | 22 min |
| May 30, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Union | 46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.