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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2005, 3:36 PM CST for Saline County, Illinois. It was in force for 24 min. 4 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
- Nov 15, 2005, 3:36 PM CST (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2005, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Saline County, IL
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 3:39 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 60 | Harrisburg, IL | 55 TO 60 MPH WINDS REPORTED 1/4 MILE EAST OF HARRISBURG. LIMBS BENDING TO THE GROUND. |
| Nov 15, 3:40 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Raleigh, IL | FARM BUILDING DESTROYED NEAR RAYLEIGH. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Nov 15, 3:40 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Raleigh, IL | FARM BUILDING DESTROYED NEAR RAYLEIGH. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Nov 15, 3:40 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 65 | 4 W Harrisburg, IL | 65 MPH WIND GUST REPORTED 4 MILES WEST HARRISBURG BY SALNE COUNTY 911. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 7:42 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 257 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 680 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KPAH 152136 TORPAH ILC165-152200- /O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0052.051115T2136Z-051115T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 336 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SALINE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. * UNTIL 400 PM CST. * AT 332 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR GALATIA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE... NEAR ELDORADO BY 345 PM CST. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. LAT...LON 3786 8874 3771 8861 3775 8842 3791 8838 $$
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 Nov 15, 1:42 AM CST, 13 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 15, 1:42 AM CST, 13 hours 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 142 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 .DISCUSSION... MAIN NEAR TERM FORECAST CONCERNS ARE SEVERE WEATHER/HEAVY RAIN CHANCES FROM CURRENT TIME THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND TEMPS ESPECIALLY TODAY INTO TONIGHT. ALL BUT FAR NORTHERN COUNTIES OF THE PAH CWA ARE IN A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 5AM CST. LATEST RADAR SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING ACROSS AREAS FROM CARTER AND WAYNE COUNTIES IN MISSOURI...TO UNION AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS...TO UNION AND HENDERSON COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY. HAVE HAD SOME FLOODING REPORTS...ESPECIALLY URBAN AREAS...ACROSS AREAS IN THIS HEAVIER BAND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS. GFS...WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON CURRENT PRECIP...INDICATES HEAVIEST PRECIP AREA WILL LIFT NORTH OF THE PAH FA AFTER 12Z AS WARM FRONT MOVES FARTHER NORTH. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN FOR ADDITIONAL URBAN AND SMALL STREAM/FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS...BUT WITH HEAVY RAIN ALREADY OCCURRING AND EXPECTING THE BAND OF HEAVIEST RAIN TO MOVE NORTH OF THESE AREAS IN THE NEXT 4 TO 6 HOURS...WILL NOT ISSUE A FLOOD WATCH AT THIS LATE TIME. ON TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...WITH SPC INCLUDING THE ENTIRE PAH CWA IN A HIGH RISK...OBVIOUSLY WILL CONTINUE WITH SEVERE MENTION IN TODAYS ZONES. GFS IS SLIGHTLY FASTER THAN THE NAM WITH THE LOW...PUTTING IT OVER STL BY 18Z...BUT OVERALL POSITIONING IS VERY SIMILAR WITH GFS MAYBE JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS FASTER THAN THE NAM. LOOKS LIKE PRIME TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM LATE MORNING INTO VERY EARLY EVENING...WITH PRECIP ENDING VERY QUICKLY FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE EVENING HOURS. CURRENT GRID TIMING AND CATEGORICAL POPS LOOK GOOD AND WILL NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES. ONLY TWEAK TO TODAY WILL BE TO INCLUDE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES NOW THAT WE ARE IN A HIGH RISK. TEMPS TODAY WILL BE TRICKY. AT 07Z...WITH WARM FRONT EXTENDING FROM ALONG THE SOUTHERN MISSOURI BORDER...TO NORTH OF PAH...TO JUST NORTH OF EVV...TEMPS RANGE FROM 68 DEGREES AT PAH AND HOP...TO 48 DEGREES AT MVN. TEMPS SOUTH OF THE FRONT ARE ALREADY NEAR OR WARMER THAN THE FORECAST HIGHS OF THE MAV AND MET...SO WILL LOOK TO THE WARMEST FWC FOR GUIDANCE. OVERALL EXPECT TO GO WITH A MID 60S NORTH TO LOWER 70S SOUTH. BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...A MAJOR COOL DOWN WILL FOLLOW. TEMPS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 30 DEGREES LOWER THAN WE HAVE BEEN HAVING...WHICH WILL BE ABOUT 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. BY LATE IN THE WEEK...TEMPS WILL MODERATE TO NEAR SEASONAL. GFS DOES SHOW A COUPLE OF WEAK...DRY COLD FRONTS MOVING ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE DAY FRIDAY...THEN ANOTHER SATURDAY NIGHT. SO FAR ONLY EFFECTS LOOK LIKE MAYBE SOME INCREASE IN CLOUDS...BUT...BASED ON LATEST MEX GUIDANCE...DO NOT EXPECT ANY SIGNIFICANT TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES. MADE SOME CHANGES TO THE NEAR TERM TEMPS...STICKING PRETTY CLOSE TO SLIGHTLY WARMER MAV VALUES. IN THE EXTENDED...MADE SOME VERY MINOR TWEAKS LATE IN THE EXTENDED BASED ON LATEST MEX GUIDANCE. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && RST
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 15, 3:55 AM CST, 11 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 355 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-161100- JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL- UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER- RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION... MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO... CARMI...CARBONDALE...MURPHYSBORO...HERRIN...HARRISBURG... SHAWNEETOWN...JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN... CAIRO...MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG... POSEYVILLE...EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN... CLINTON...BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND... BENTON...MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON... MORGANFIELD...DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON... OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE... MARBLE HILL...CAPE GIRARDEAU...JACKSON...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN... DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON... NEW MADRID 355 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT EXPECTED TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE REGION TODAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. WARM...MOIST AIR WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING AS A WARM FRONT MAKES ITS WAY NORTHWARD. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE WARM FRONT THIS MORNING. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THE STORMS THIS MORNING WILL BE HEAVY RAIN. MEANWHILE...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...AFFECTING SOUTHEAST MISSOURI BY LATE MORNING. STORMS WILL SPREAD EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE AS STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN WILL BE LIKELY WITH STORMS. THE GROUND IS SATURATED ACROSS MANY LOCATIONS DUE TO STORMS THAT HAVE BEEN ONGOING THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...SO FLOODING MAY STILL BE AN ISSUE WITH STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED TODAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. RST
In the hours before
Local storm report, Nov 15, 2:58 PM CST, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
258 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0254 PM FUNNEL CLOUD JOHNSTON CITY 37.82N 88.93W
11/15/2005 WILLIAMSON IL COUNTY OFFICIAL
FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED 2.5 MILES SOUTH OF JOHNSTON CITY
ALONG ILLINOIS ROUTE 37 HEADING TOWARDS PITTSBURGH.
&&
WIELGOSLocal storm report, Nov 15, 3:10 PM CST, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
310 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0305 PM FUNNEL CLOUD DAWSON SPRINGS 37.17N 87.69W
11/15/2005 HOPKINS KY EMERGENCY MNGR
REPORTED SOUTH OF DAWSON SPRINGS ON HIGHWAY 91.
&&
WIELGOSLocal storm report, Nov 15, 3:24 PM CST, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
324 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0314 PM TSTM WND GST EVANSVILLE 37.98N 87.54W
11/15/2005 40 MPH VANDERBURGH IN EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
WIELGOSLocal storm report, Nov 15, 3:27 PM CST, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
327 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0320 PM TSTM WND DMG DAWSON SPRINGS 37.17N 87.69W
11/15/2005 HOPKINS KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
BARN DESTROYED IN DAWSON SPRINGS REPORTED BY SHERIFFS
OFFICE.
&&
WIELGOSLocal storm report, Nov 15, 3:33 PM CST, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
333 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0325 PM TSTM WND GST TUNNEL HILL 37.52N 88.84W
11/15/2005 60 MPH JOHNSON IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
60 TO 70 MPH WINDS REPORTED 1 MILE NORTH OF TUNNEL HILL
BY ILLINOIS STATE POLICE.
&&
WIELGOSLocal storm report, Nov 15, 3:36 PM CST, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
336 PM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0333 PM TORNADO GALATIA 37.84N 88.61W
11/15/2005 SALINE IL EMERGENCY MNGR
TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND ON HARCO ROAD 4 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF GALATIA.
&&
WIELGOSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 9:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander | 33 min |
| Nov 14, 9:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Pulaski | 38 min |
| Nov 14, 11:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hardin | 21 min |
| Nov 15, 1:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Johnson, Union, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Nov 15, 1:34 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin, Pope, Saline | 3 hr |
| Nov 15, 4:21 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Jackson, Johnson, Union, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Nov 15, 4:26 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin, Pope, Saline | 3 hr |
| Nov 15, 6:55 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, White | 3 hr |
| Nov 15, 7:02 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Jackson, Johnson, Union, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Nov 15, 7:09 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin, Pope, Saline | 3 hr |
| Nov 15, 8:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | White | 52 min |
| Nov 15, 11:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Union | 41 min |
| Nov 15, 11:54 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Jackson, Union, Williamson | 2 hr |
| Nov 15, 12:26 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Franklin | 94 min |
| Nov 15, 12:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Hamilton, Saline | 2 hr |
| Nov 15, 12:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Williamson | 40 min |
| Nov 15, 12:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Saline | 46 min |
| Nov 15, 1:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash, Wayne, White | 53 min |
| Nov 15, 1:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hamilton | 21 min |
| Nov 15, 1:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac | 34 min |
| Nov 15, 1:41 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash | 94 min |
| Nov 15, 1:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Pope | 25 min |
| Nov 15, 1:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Wabash | 35 min |
| Nov 15, 2:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hardin | 25 min |
| Nov 15, 2:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin | 37 min |
| Nov 15, 2:32 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Jackson, Union, Williamson | 88 min |
| Nov 15, 2:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Union, Williamson | 42 min |
| Nov 15, 2:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Johnson, Union, Williamson | 52 min |
| Nov 15, 2:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson | 26 min |
| Nov 15, 3:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander | 37 min |
| Nov 15, 3:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hamilton | 36 min |
| Nov 15, 3:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Pope, Saline | 50 min |
| Nov 15, 3:36 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Saline, White | 84 min |
| Nov 15, 3:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin | 48 min |
| Nov 15, 3:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash | 26 min |
| Nov 15, 3:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | White | 49 min |
| Nov 15, 4:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hardin | 50 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.