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Tornado Warning 123, NWS Paducah, KY

September 23, 2006Massac County, Illinois

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.

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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
Sep 23, 8:49 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 22, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess44 min
Sep 22, 7:11 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHFulton, Graves, Hickman49 min
Sep 22, 7:39 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess21 min
Sep 22, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCalloway60 min
Sep 22, 8:38 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCalloway22 min
Sep 22, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard51 min
Sep 22, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMcCracken47 min
Sep 22, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman56 min
Sep 22, 9:24 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCarlisle, Hickman51 min
Sep 22, 9:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHHenderson, Union3 hr
Sep 22, 10:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson3 hr
Sep 22, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWebster35 min
Sep 22, 10:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHCarlisle, Hickman3 hr
Sep 22, 10:20 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHWebster25 min
Sep 22, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMarshall32 min
Sep 22, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway24 min
Sep 22, 10:39 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHHopkins36 min
Sep 22, 10:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHCaldwell, Calloway, Christian, Fulton, Graves, Hopkins and 5 more4 hr
Sep 22, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Trigg49 min
Sep 22, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHDaviess23 min
Sep 22, 11:11 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMuhlenberg34 min
Sep 22, 11:20 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHChristian25 min
Sep 22, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHTodd34 min
Sep 23, 12:03 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHGraves27 min
Sep 23, 12:16 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHCalloway29 min
Sep 23, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway, Trigg46 min
Sep 23, 12:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson6 hr
Sep 23, 1:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHCalloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Marshall6 hr
Sep 23, 2:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHChristian, Todd, Trigg6 hr
Sep 23, 9:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHCalloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Marshall4 hr
Sep 23, 10:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHLivingston38 min
Sep 23, 11:05 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHLivingston27 min
Sep 23, 11:18 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHCaldwell, Crittenden42 min
Sep 23, 11:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHBallard, McCracken81 min
Sep 23, 11:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHCaldwell, Crittenden, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, Livingston and 4 more4 hr
Sep 23, 11:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHopkins, Webster44 min
Sep 23, 12:04 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHHopkins26 min
Sep 23, 12:27 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMuhlenberg33 min
Sep 23, 12:30 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHHopkins18 min
Sep 23, 12:59 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMuhlenberg23 min
Sep 22, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHAlexander53 min
Sep 22, 8:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHWilliamson2 hr
Sep 22, 7:53 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHButler49 min
Sep 22, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHScott, Stoddard53 min
Sep 22, 8:28 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHNew Madrid62 min
Sep 22, 10:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHNew Madrid3 hr
Sep 22, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMississippi43 min
Sep 23, 1:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHButler, Ripley, Stoddard4 hr
Sep 23, 5:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHButler, Ripley4 hr
Sep 23, 8:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBollinger30 min
Sep 23, 9:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHButler, Ripley3 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.