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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Paducah, KY

May 25, 2004Jefferson County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2004, 4:40 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Illinois. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report 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 25, 2004, 4:40 PM CDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2004, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jefferson County, IL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 25, 4:55 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Bonnie, IL

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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 25, 1:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
May 25, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 200 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 951 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -7 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 252140
TORPAH
ILC081-252215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
441 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 437 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER MOUNT
  VERNON...OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNT VERNON...MOVING EAST
  AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BELLE RIVE...BLUFORD...BONNIE...DIX...
  INA...NASON...WALTONVILLE AND WOODLAWN

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 3845 8890 3843 8883 3843 8871 3816 8871
          3816 8914 3846 8908

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 1:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jefferson, Perry, Wayne	60 min
May 25, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jefferson	40 min
May 25, 4:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Franklin	41 min
May 25, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hamilton, Wayne	45 min
May 25, 5:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Franklin	2 hr
May 25, 5:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Hamilton, Saline	45 min
May 25, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin, White	45 min
May 25, 5:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Hamilton, White	103 min
May 25, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Williamson	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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.