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Tornado Warning 87, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Sep 22, 2006, 3:28 PM CDT for Massac County, Pope County, Illinois. It was in force for 47 min. 5 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
- Sep 22, 2006, 3:28 PM CDT (20:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 22, 2006, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 3:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 E Joppa, IL | FOLLOW UP REPORT - POWER LINES DOWN...TREES DOWN AND AN OUTBUILDING DESTROYED. |
| Sep 22, 3:35 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 Ne Metropolis, IL | FOLLOW UP - TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON ROSEBUD RD, MT. MISSION RD AND MACEDONIA CHURCH RD... 2 INJURIES KNOWN AT THIS TIME...NUMEROUS HOUSES DAMAGED OR DESTROYED...TRAILOR HOMES DESTROYED...TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN AND NUMEROUS VEHICLES DAMAGED AND OVERTURNED. |
| Sep 22, 3:52 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 S Glendale, IL | REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 145 MOVING TOWARD GLENDALE |
| Sep 22, 3:56 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 S Rosebud, IL | |
| Sep 22, 3:58 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Glendale, IL | THE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SITED ON HWY 145 JUST NORTH OF GLENADALE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this tornado warning; the first came 2 minutes after it went out.
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 nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 228 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
- 974 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 415 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 476 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KPAH 222027 TORPAH ILC127-151-222115- /O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0087.060922T2028Z-060922T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 328 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MASSAC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. POPE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. * UNTIL 415 PM CDT. * AT 323 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF METROPOLIS....MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE... 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MIDWAY BY 335 PM CDT. NEAR GLENDALE BY 345 PM CDT. THIS SEVERE STORM IS MOVING AT AN INCREDIBLE RATE OF SPEED. TAKE COVER NOW. YOU MAY HAVE VERY LITTLE TIME TO REACT. IF SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...CONSIDER GIVING THEM A PHONE CALL. CALLING AHEAD CAN VERIFY THAT THEY HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE WARNING AND APPROACHING STORM. LAT...LON 3724 8892 3714 8872 3731 8850 3758 8842 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KPAH 222044 SVSPAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 342 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 ILC127-151-222115- /O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0087.000000T0000Z-060922T2115Z/ MASSAC IL-POPE IL- 342 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR POPE AND MASSAC COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... AT 339 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A WALL CLOUD CROSSING THE OHIO RIVER NEAR THE SHAWNEE POWER PLANT MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER CIRCULATION COULD BE SEEN JUST NORTH OF METROPOLIS NEAR DIXON SPRINGS. LAT...LON 3724 8892 3714 8872 3731 8850 3758 8842 $$
000 WWUS53 KPAH 222050 SVSPAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 350 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 ILC127-151-222115- /O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0087.000000T0000Z-060922T2115Z/ MASSAC IL-POPE IL- 350 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR POPE AND MASSAC COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... AT 344 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF THE OHIO NEAR METROPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MIDWAY AND GLENDALE. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE INDOORS...AND TAKE SHELTER IN A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. IF CAUGHT IN THE OPEN...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. LAT...LON 3724 8892 3714 8872 3731 8850 3758 8842 $$
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 22, 2:45 PM CDT, 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 2:45 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 245 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 .DISCUSSION... SATELLITE AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW THE WARM FRONT LIFTING OVER THE PAH FA...WITH TDS IN THE L70S IN THE WARM SECTOR SUPPLANTING L-M60S TDS HANGING ON IN THE NRN/ERN PTNS FA. FREE CONVECTION INITIATED IN THE SCOURED OUT ZONE TO OUR WEST...WHICH IS THE FOCUS OF THE TORNADO WATCH OVER OUR WRN 1/3 OF THE FA...WHERE MDT RISK OF SVR EXISTS. GFS HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY PICKING UP ON THIS CONVECTION AND RACING IT EWARD INTO SEMO BETWEEN 00-06Z...SPREADING OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE FA OVERNIGHT. PWS NR 1.5-2 NEARBY/UPSTREAM HELPING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND IN COMBO W/HPC QPF DAYS1-2 SUPPORT ONGOING FFA THRU END OF EVENT. AFTER TONIGHTS ROUND ALL EYES TURN TO COLD FRONTAL CONVECTIVE CHANCES SAT PM/EVENING. BETTER DYNAMICS ENTER THE PICTURE BY THEN AS THE UPPER LOW/JET DRIVES THE FRONT ON THRU...TEXT OF SWODY2 CONSISTENTLY HINTING AT UPGRADE TO MDT RISK. WL THEREFORE HIGHLIGHT SVR THREAT BOTH TONIGHT AND TOMORROW IN ADDITION TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THREAT. GFS HAVING REALLY BEEN MODEL OF CHOICE DUE TO ITS CONSISTENCY...IT TAKES THE FRONT EAST OF THE FA (A LITTLE FASTER THAN THE NAM) BY 06Z SUN. HOWEVER FOR COLLABORATIVE PURPOSES WE LINGERING A SMALL CHANCE OF POST FRONTAL PCPN IN THE FAR SE EARLY SUN. AFTER THAT A DRIER AND SEASONALLY COOLER AIR MASS WORKS AND HOLDS THRU THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. BY DAYS 6-7...NEXT SYSTEM YIELDS CHC PCPN FA-WIDE. FOR NOW HAVE BOUGHT GFS SO STICKING W/IT AND THE COLLABORATIVE PICTURE IS OUR APPROACH...BUT ACKNOWLEDGE SOME TIMING/INCONSISTENCY MAY EVENTUALLY LEAD TO ADJUSTMENTS AND IS WHY WE KEEP CHC CAT PCPN DESPITE MOS SUGGESTIONS FOR HIGHER. MET AND MAV MOS IS CLOSE WHILE FWC MOS SEEMS OVERDONE ON BOTH THE HIGH AND LOW ENDS AND UNDERDONE ON PCPN. OUR OVERALL GFS PREFERENCE LEANS US TO ITS MAV/MEX BASED MOS WHEN LEANING. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALL COUNTIES. MO...TOR WATCH AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALL COUNTIES. IL...TOR WATCH ALONG/WEST OF I-24 AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALL COUNTIES. IN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALL COUNTIES. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 22, 1:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 129 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 ILZ075-080-081-084-085-088-089-092-093-MOZ076-086-087-100-107>112- 114-231000- JEFFERSON-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-UNION IL-JOHNSON- ALEXANDER-PULASKI-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO- CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- 129 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE AREA...AND INTERACT WITH A DISTURBANCE ALOFT. THE SHEAR ALONG THE FRONT AND ALOFT WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT TORNADIC SUPERCELLS...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF HIGH INSTABILITY. THE INSTABILITY WILL IN LARGE PART BE DETERMINED BY THE AMOUNT OF AFTERNOON SUNSHINE THAT CAN BREAK THROUGH THE CLOUD COVER. OTHERWISE STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ALSO THREATS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY... ESPECIALLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WHEN A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE QUAD STATE. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...BUT ALSO LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY BE POSSIBLE. THE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL CONTINUE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING AS A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD ACTIVATE NOW FOR THE TORNADO WATCH AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FUTURE REQUESTS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. ILZ076>078-082-083-086-087-090-091-094-INZ081-082-085>088- KYZ001>022-231000- WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-HAMILTON-WHITE-SALINE-GALLATIN-POPE- HARDIN-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- 129 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF THE WABASH RIVER IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WEST OF THE LAKES OVER THE JACKSON PURCHASE OF WESTERN KENTUCKY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN KENTUCKY...EAST OF THE LAKES AND ACROSS THE PENNYRILE.THESE RISKS ARE IN ASSOCIATION WITH A WARM FRONT THAT WILL CONTINUE LIFTING ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS. A MORE ISOLATED TORNADIC AND LARGE HAIL THREAT CANNOT BE RULED OUT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE...AND AS A RESULT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY... ESPECIALLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WHEN A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE QUAD STATE. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...BUT ALSO LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY BE POSSIBLE. THE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL CONTINUE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING AS A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED ANYTIME DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 22, 12:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
1230 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1215 PM FLASH FLOOD PADUCAH 37.07N 88.64W
09/22/2006 MCCRACKEN KY NWS EMPLOYEE
WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING IN PADUCAH...LONE OAK...AND
HENDRON AREA.
&&
PATSLocal storm report, Sep 22, 12:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
1240 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1239 PM FLASH FLOOD PALMA 36.96N 88.38W
09/22/2006 MARSHALL KY NWS EMPLOYEE
SIX INCHES OF WATER OVER ROAD 1712.
&&
PATSLocal storm report, Sep 22, 12:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
1247 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1243 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 E KEVIL 37.08N 88.87W
09/22/2006 MCCRACKEN KY NWS EMPLOYEE
FLOWING WATER 3 TO 4 INCHES DEEP ALONG HIGHWAY 60 BETWEEN
KEVIL AND HEATH WHERE THE 4 LANE BECOMES A 2 LANE.
&&
PATSLocal storm report, Sep 22, 1:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
118 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0110 PM FLASH FLOOD PADUCAH 37.07N 88.64W
09/22/2006 MCCRACKEN KY EMERGENCY MNGR
CHAMPION CREEK AT HOUSER ROAD AND OLD MAYFIELD ROAD IS
OUT OF ITS BANK WITH 1 FOOT OF WATER OVER THE ROAD.
CROOKED CREEK IS OUT OF ITS BANKS AT BUCKNER LANE.
&&
PATSSpecial weather statement, Sep 22, 2:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 223 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 KYZ003-004-222030- BALLARD KY-CARLISLE KY- 223 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 ...LOCALIZED FLOODING STILL OCCURRING IN BALLARD AND CARLISLE COUNTIES... MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES SAID THAT RUNOFF FROM THE RECENT STORMS IS STILL CAUSING PROBLEMS IN THE COUNTIES. THEY REPORTED THAT THE CREEK JUST NORTH OF WICKLIFFE IS OUT OF ITS BANK BETWEEN 145 AND 200 PM. MINOR ROAD FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN BOTH COUNTIES AT THAT TIME AS WELL. THE WATER SHOULD CONTINUE TO RECEDE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THESE MAY CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. PS/BP
Local storm report, Sep 22, 3:22 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
322 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0318 PM HAIL LA CENTER 37.07N 88.97W
09/22/2006 E0.88 INCH BALLARD KY TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
DLLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 9:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 34 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 3:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac, Pulaski | 44 min |
| Sep 22, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Union | 52 min |
| Sep 22, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson, Williamson | 61 min |
| Sep 22, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson, Williamson | 61 min |
| Sep 22, 4:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Johnson, Pope, Saline | 27 min |
| Sep 22, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson | 48 min |
| Sep 22, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Saline | 64 min |
| Sep 22, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin | 55 min |
| Sep 22, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Williamson | 65 min |
| Sep 22, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 22 min |
| Sep 22, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hamilton | 30 min |
| Sep 22, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Saline | 36 min |
| Sep 22, 6:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Saline, White | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.