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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 218, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2011, 11:51 AM CDT for Edwards County, Wabash County, White County, Illinois. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2011, 11:51 AM CDT (16:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 12:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Edwards County, IL, Wabash County, IL, White County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 11:09 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 1832 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 10.1
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 25, 9:46 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 25, 9:46 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 8:13 AM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 813 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-261315- JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-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-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER- RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- 813 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011 ...AREA UPGRADED TO HIGH RISK... ...WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE AREA IS IN A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...AS THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER EVENT ACROSS THE REGION. SOME LOCATIONS MAY EXPERIENCE 2 OR 3 SEPARATE ROUNDS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THIS EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...POSSIBLY AS EARLY AS THE LATE MORNING HOURS. VERY STRONG WIND FIELDS AND PLENTIFUL INSTABILITY WILL ALLOW THE STORMS TO QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL...STRONG TORNADOES...AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORMS WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST ACROSS THE QUAD STATE REGION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. OTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP FARTHER EAST ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON. FINALLY...A LINE OF SEVERE STORMS WITH AN INCREASING DAMAGING WIND THREAT WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA AROUND 5 PM...AND THEN SWEEP THROUGH THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING. TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT SHOULD BE EAST OF THE ENTIRE AREA BY MIDNIGHT. OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS...STRONG SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GUST 25 TO 35 MPH THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING. CONSULT THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EAST THROUGH THE REGION THURSDAY. ANY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL MOST LIKELY BE NEEDED THROUGHOUT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DRS/PS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 25, 11:22 AM CDT, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1122 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-251830- JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-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-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER- RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION... MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO... CARMI...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN... JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO... MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE... EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON... BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON... MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD... DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO... CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL... CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF... BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID 1122 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2011 ...ENHANCED THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER TODAY AND TONIGHT... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE AREA UNTIL 900 PM CDT. THE WATCH HAS LABELED THE SITUATION AS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS MEANS THAT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TORNADOES. PEOPLE NEED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR A TORNADO IS SIGHTED. WE EXPECT SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SO KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND INTO TONIGHT. NOW IS THE TIME TO HAVE YOUR PLANS READY. BE PREPARED NO MATTER WHERE YOU MAY BE TODAY...WHETHER IT IS AT SCHOOL...WORK...TRAVELING...OR ATTENDING SPECIAL EVENTS. IF A WARNING IS ISSUED, YOU NEED A WAY TO RECEIVE THE WARNING. LISTEN OR WATCH TV. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO. PS/ML
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 4:11 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 16 hr |
| May 25, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken | 32 min |
| May 25, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Perry | 25 min |
| May 25, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 48 min |
| May 25, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Johnson, Pope | 36 min |
| May 25, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson, Perry | 41 min |
| May 25, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Pope, Saline, Williamson | 25 min |
| May 25, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander | 37 min |
| May 25, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Union | 27 min |
| May 25, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hamilton, Saline, White | 50 min |
| May 25, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jefferson, Williamson | 40 min |
| May 25, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson, Perry | 22 min |
| May 25, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | White | 33 min |
| May 25, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hamilton, Saline, Wayne | 46 min |
| May 25, 3:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Carter, Ripley | 43 min |
| May 25, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Wayne | 33 min |
| May 25, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Carter | 35 min |
| May 25, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Butler, Wayne | 50 min |
| May 25, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Carter | 34 min |
| May 25, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carter, Ripley | 46 min |
| May 25, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Butler, Ripley | 33 min |
| May 25, 4:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Perry | 41 min |
| May 25, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Butler, Carter, Wayne | 47 min |
| May 25, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Butler, Ripley | 38 min |
| May 25, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Perry | 45 min |
| May 25, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Butler, Stoddard, Wayne | 52 min |
| May 25, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Butler, New Madrid, Stoddard | 46 min |
| May 25, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Wayne | 46 min |
| May 25, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Butler, Carter, Ripley, Stoddard | 38 min |
| May 25, 5:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ripley | 2 hr |
| May 25, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau, Perry | 48 min |
| May 25, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard | 29 min |
| May 25, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Wayne | 32 min |
| May 25, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Butler, Carter, New Madrid, Ripley, Stoddard | 30 min |
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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.