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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 2008, 1:51 PM CDT for Hamilton County, Jefferson County, Wayne County, Illinois. It was in force for 24 min. 3 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
- Jun 9, 2008, 1:51 PM CDT (18:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2008, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hamilton County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Wayne County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 1:53 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Opdyke, IL | GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED THROUGH LOCAL MEDIA. |
| Jun 9, 2:09 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 W Wayne City, IL | |
| Jun 9, 2:10 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Wayne City, IL | QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN TOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -235 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1073 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KPAH 091851 TORPAH ILC065-081-191-091915- /O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0049.080609T1851Z-080609T1915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 151 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... WESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 215 PM CDT. * AT 147 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLUFORD...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOUNT VERNON... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 36 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... BLUFORD... WAYNE CITY... 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 A HOME OR BUILDING. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3855 8854 3833 8854 3814 8879 3824 8895 TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 227DEG 31KT 3824 8878 $$
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KPAH 091905
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
204 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2008
ILC081-091914-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-080609T1915Z/
JEFFERSON IL-
204 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTH
CENTRAL ILLINOIS IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3853 8854 3833 8854 3823 8867 3823 8868
3822 8868 3821 8869 3839 8870 3854 8855
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 227DEG 31KT 3832 8868
$$
ILC065-191-091915-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-080609T1915Z/
HAMILTON IL-WAYNE IL-
204 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
WAYNE AND NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
AT 201 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KEENES...OR 12 MILES EAST OF MOUNT
VERNON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 36 MPH.
THE ROTATION WAS INDICATED ALONG INTERSTATE 64 ONLY ABOUT A MILE
EAST OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY LINE.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...KEENES...AND WAYNE CITY.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3853 8854 3833 8854 3823 8867 3823 8868
3822 8868 3821 8869 3839 8870 3854 8855
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 227DEG 31KT 3832 8868
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wayne | 51 min |
| Jun 9, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 32 min |
| Jun 9, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson, Perry | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 1:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson | 29 min |
| Jun 9, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wayne | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 2:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Perry | 29 min |
| Jun 9, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Williamson | 39 min |
| Jun 9, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Williamson | 34 min |
| Jun 9, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton, Saline | 36 min |
| Jun 9, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton, Saline | 37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.