Tornado Warning 21, NWS Paducah, KY

Issued

Mar 11, 2006, 11:23 PM CST (05:23 UTC)

Expired

Mar 12, 2006, 12:30 AM CST

In force

67 min

Issued by

NWS Paducah, KY

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Perry County, IL

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:24 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.

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

000 
WFUS53 KPAH 120524
TORPAH
ILC145-120630-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0021.060312T0523Z-060312T0630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1123 PM CST SAT MAR 11 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1230 AM CST.

* AT 1118 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES WEST OF
  CUTLER...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF CHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 45 TO 
  50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RICE...  
TAMAROA...ST. JOHNS...PINCKNEYVILLE AND DU QUOIN.

THIS IS AN ENTIRELY NEW TORNADIC STORM THAT IS COMING IN FROM THE 
WEST...FROM RANDOLPH COUNTY ILLINOIS. THIS STORM...JUST LIKE THE TWO 
BEFORE IT...WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A DEADLY TORNADO. DO NOT 
TAKE THIS SITUATION LIGHTLY...TAKE COVER NOW

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS 
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY 
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU 
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE 
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST SUNDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN
ILLINOIS. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST
SUNDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3820 8958 3796 8958 3796 8916 3825 8918

$$

000 
WWUS53 KPAH 120602
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1201 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

ILC145-120630-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060312T0630Z/
PERRY IL-
1201 AM CST SUN MAR 12 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CST FOR PERRY 
COUNTY ILLINOIS...

AT 1158 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADIC STORM.  THIS TORNADIC STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
TAMAROA...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF PINCKNEYVILLE...MOVING EAST 
AT 50 TO 55 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

LAT...LON 3820 8958 3796 8958 3796 8916 3825 8918

$$

Tornado Warnings in Illinois, 2006Every tornado warning in 2006Tornadoes in 2006

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.