Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2008

Tornado Warning 13, NWS Paducah, KY

January 29, 2008Alexander County, Pulaski County, Union County, Illinois; Cape Girardeau County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Jan 29, 2008, 4:13 PM CST for Alexander County, Pulaski County, Union County, Illinois; Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 29, 2008, 4:13 PM CST (22:13 UTC)
Expired: Jan 29, 2008, 4:45 PM CST
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Alexander County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Union County, IL, Cape Girardeau County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 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
Jan 29, 11:32 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 277 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1331 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 366 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 395 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KPAH 292213
TORPAH
ILC003-153-181-MOC031-292245-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0013.080129T2213Z-080129T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
413 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
  NORTHERN ALEXANDER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
  NORTHWESTERN PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
  UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 445 PM CST.

* AT 412 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD   
NEAR REYNOLDSVILLE NEAR THE PROCTOR AND GAMBLE PLANT...MOVING EAST 
AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WARE...
  ELCO...KAOLIN...MILL CREEK...MOUNTAIN GLEN...JONESBORO...ANNA...
  COBDEN...BALCOM...WETAUG...DONGOLA...WATER VALLEY...SARATOGA...
  MOUNT PLEASANT...LICK CREEK AND WAYSIDE.

NOW IS THE TIME TO IMPLEMENT YOUR TORNADO PLAN OF ACTION. SEEK
SHELTER INDOORS IN A BASEMENT...OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUILDING. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL
MEDIA FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3758 8905 3730 8909 3728 8951 3756 8948
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 260DEG 54KT 3739 8940

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 28, 11:42 PM CST	Wind Advisory	PAH	Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more	16 hr
Jan 29, 3:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson, Perry	49 min
Jan 29, 3:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jefferson, Perry	25 min
Jan 29, 3:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski, Union	48 min
Jan 29, 4:04 PM CST	High Wind Warning	PAH	Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more	8 hr
Jan 29, 4:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Wayne, White	38 min
Jan 29, 4:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Jackson, Johnson, Saline and 3 more	27 min
Jan 29, 4:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski and 1 more	47 min
Jan 29, 4:33 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wayne	27 min
Jan 29, 4:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Hamilton, Saline, White, Williamson	31 min
Jan 29, 4:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wabash	23 min
Jan 29, 4:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wabash	23 min
Jan 29, 5:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wabash, White	38 min
Jan 29, 5:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin, White	46 min
Jan 29, 5:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hardin, Pope	46 min
Jan 29, 1:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, Stoddard	27 min
Jan 29, 3:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Perry	24 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Illinois, 2008 Tornado Warnings in Missouri, 2008 Every tornado warning in 2008 Tornadoes in 2008

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.