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Tornado Warning 123, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Sep 23, 2006, 10:39 AM CDT for Massac County, Illinois. It was in force for 22 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 23, 2006, 10:39 AM CDT (15:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 23, 2006, 11:01 AM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Massac County, IL
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:43 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 8:49 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
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 Sep 23, 3:36 AM CDT, 7 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 23, 3:36 AM CDT, 7 hours 3 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 23, 9:51 AM CDT, 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 951 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-241000- 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- 951 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. A LARGE LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EAST ACROSS THE QUAD STATE THROUGH MIDDAY. AS THE AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE LINE WARMS UP OVER WEST KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHERN TIP OF ILLINOIS...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE. FURTHER NORTH OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND THE EVANSVILLE TRI STATE AREA...DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. THE LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 60 MPH...AND SHOULD CLEAR THE AREA BY AROUND 1 PM. WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDDAY...FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL DETERIORATE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST FOR THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. AT THIS TIME...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI SHOULD BE READY TO ACTIVATE IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. DRS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 23, 10:30 AM CDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1030 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006 ILZ089>091-093-094-KYZ001>013-231630- BALLARD KY-CALDWELL KY-CALLOWAY KY-CARLISLE KY-CRITTENDEN KY- FULTON KY-GRAVES KY-HARDIN IL-HICKMAN KY-JOHNSON IL-LIVINGSTON KY- LYON KY-MARSHALL KY-MASSAC IL-MCCRACKEN KY-POPE IL-PULASKI IL- TRIGG KY- 1030 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006 AT 1030 AM...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST WEST OF METROPOLIS ILLINOIS TO NEAR BARDWELL KENTUCKY. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE METROPOLIS AND PADUCAH AREAS...AND EVENTUALLY THE MAYFIELD AREA THROUGH 1130 AM. THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN MAY AGGRAVATE EXISTING HIGH WATER CONDITIONS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess | 44 min |
| Sep 22, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Fulton, Graves, Hickman | 49 min |
| Sep 22, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess | 21 min |
| Sep 22, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway | 60 min |
| Sep 22, 8:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway | 22 min |
| Sep 22, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard | 51 min |
| Sep 22, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | McCracken | 47 min |
| Sep 22, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman | 56 min |
| Sep 22, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Hickman | 51 min |
| Sep 22, 9:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 10:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Webster | 35 min |
| Sep 22, 10:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Hickman | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 10:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Webster | 25 min |
| Sep 22, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Marshall | 32 min |
| Sep 22, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway | 24 min |
| Sep 22, 10:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins | 36 min |
| Sep 22, 10:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Calloway, Christian, Fulton, Graves, Hopkins and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 22, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Trigg | 49 min |
| Sep 22, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess | 23 min |
| Sep 22, 11:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 34 min |
| Sep 22, 11:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian | 25 min |
| Sep 22, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Todd | 34 min |
| Sep 23, 12:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Graves | 27 min |
| Sep 23, 12:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway | 29 min |
| Sep 23, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Trigg | 46 min |
| Sep 23, 12:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson | 6 hr |
| Sep 23, 1:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Marshall | 6 hr |
| Sep 23, 2:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd, Trigg | 6 hr |
| Sep 23, 9:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Marshall | 4 hr |
| Sep 23, 10:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Livingston | 38 min |
| Sep 23, 11:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Livingston | 27 min |
| Sep 23, 11:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden | 42 min |
| Sep 23, 11:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 81 min |
| Sep 23, 11:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, Livingston and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 23, 11:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hopkins, Webster | 44 min |
| Sep 23, 12:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins | 26 min |
| Sep 23, 12:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 33 min |
| Sep 23, 12:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins | 18 min |
| Sep 23, 12:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 23 min |
| Sep 22, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander | 53 min |
| Sep 22, 8:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Williamson | 2 hr |
| Sep 22, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Butler | 49 min |
| Sep 22, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Scott, Stoddard | 53 min |
| Sep 22, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | New Madrid | 62 min |
| Sep 22, 10:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | New Madrid | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Mississippi | 43 min |
| Sep 23, 1:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Butler, Ripley, Stoddard | 4 hr |
| Sep 23, 5:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Butler, Ripley | 4 hr |
| Sep 23, 8:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger | 30 min |
| Sep 23, 9:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Butler, Ripley | 3 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.