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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Paducah, KY

June 9, 2008Hamilton County, Jefferson County, Wayne County, Illinois

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 9, 1:53 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Opdyke, ILGOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED THROUGH LOCAL MEDIA.
Jun 9, 2:09 PM CDTHAIL 0.752 W Wayne City, IL
Jun 9, 2:10 PM CDTHAIL 1Wayne City, ILQUARTER 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2008-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2008-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -41 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWayne51 min
Jun 9, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJefferson32 min
Jun 9, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJackson, Perry47 min
Jun 9, 1:46 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJackson29 min
Jun 9, 2:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWayne47 min
Jun 9, 2:16 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHFranklin, Perry29 min
Jun 9, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFranklin, Williamson39 min
Jun 9, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFranklin, Williamson34 min
Jun 9, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHamilton, Saline36 min
Jun 9, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHamilton, Saline37 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.