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Tornado Watch 4

January 2, 20064 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jan 2, 2006, 5:38 AM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 2, 2006, 5:38 AM CST (11:38 UTC)
Expired
Jan 2, 2006, 12:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 58 counties

Alexander County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Gibson County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Ballard County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Perry County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:37 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.

Warnings issued inside it

3 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 2, 7:08 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHEdwards, Jackson, Saline, Wayne, White4 hr
Jan 2, 11:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHVanderburgh24 min
Jan 2, 11:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHSpencer, Warrick47 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 255 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2006-01-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2006-01-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 317 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
764 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
317 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
312 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS20 KWNS 021136
SEL4  
SPC WW 021136
ILZ000-INZ000-KYZ000-MOZ000-021800-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 4
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
535 AM CST MON JAN 2 2006

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

       SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
       FAR SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA
       WESTERN KENTUCKY
       SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING FROM 535 AM UNTIL NOON CST.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF POPLAR BLUFF
MISSOURI TO 10 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF OWENSBORO KENTUCKY.  FOR A
COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE
UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 2. WATCH NUMBER 2 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 535 AM
CST. CONTINUE...WW 3...

DISCUSSION...BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ADVANCING
EWD ACROSS WW THIS MORNING AS INDIVIDUAL CELLS MOVE QUICKLY NEWD. 
ACTIVITY WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF STRONG UPPER LOW AND ASSOCIATED
SURFACE COLD FRONT NOW APPROACHING THE MID MS RIVER VALLEY.  LOW AND
DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL REMAIN VERY FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS...WITH
MORNING HEATING OF AN ALREADY MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER BOOSTING
ATTENDANT TORNADO THREAT INTO THE AFTERNOON.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.


...EVANS

374,0902 383,0870 365,0870 355,0902

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 1, 10:55 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope and 4 more7 hr
Jan 2, 1:25 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Clinton and 14 more95 min
Jan 2, 2:15 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBond, Calhoun, Christian, Clay, Clinton, Edwards and 25 more7 hr
Jan 2, 3:01 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope and 4 more59 min
Jan 2, 4:31 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 47 more59 min
Jan 2, 7:14 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay and 30 more31 min
Jan 2, 7:35 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCChampaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 12 more4 hr
Jan 2, 7:57 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more93 min
Jan 2, 10:21 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Crawford, Edgar, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland and 1 more84 min
Jan 2, 11:30 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartholomew, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess and 32 more90 min
Jan 2, 11:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford and 41 more7 hr
Jan 2, 12:28 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, Blackford, Carroll, Cass, Clinton and 21 more92 min
Jan 2, 2:53 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford and 39 more97 min
Jan 2, 3:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBath, Bourbon, Clark, Estill, Fayette, Fleming and 22 more4 hr
Jan 2, 4:55 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clark and 32 more95 min
Jan 2, 5:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Elliott and 14 more5 hr
Jan 1, 7:55 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Camden, Carter, Christian, Crawford, Dallas and 23 more2 hr
Jan 2, 9:47 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFranklin, Hamilton, Marion88 min
Jan 2, 11:11 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 38 more94 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.