Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2011, 3:43 PM CDT for Hamilton County, Wayne County, Illinois. 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
- Jun 15, 2011, 3:43 PM CDT (20:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2011, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Hamilton County, IL, Wayne County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 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 nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 400 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
188
WUUS53 KPAH 152043
SVRPAH
ILC065-191-152115-
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0252.110615T2043Z-110615T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
343 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 415 PM CDT.
* AT 341 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WAYNE CITY..AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
WAYNE CITY...
FAIRFIELD...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. STAY TUNED TO
WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER
INFORMATION.
&&
LAT...LON 3839 8830 3818 8844 3830 8871 3841 8870
3849 8865
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 297DEG 41KT 3839 8865
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
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WWUS53 KPAH 152100
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
400 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011
ILC065-191-152115-
/O.CON.KPAH.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-110615T2115Z/
HAMILTON IL-WAYNE IL-
400 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WAYNE AND NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTIES IN SOUTH
CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
AT 355 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SIMS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FAIRFIELD.
LAT...LON 3832 8861 3836 8857 3843 8851 3839 8830
3818 8844
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 296DEG 38KT 3834 8849
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Union | 30 min |
| Jun 15, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski, Union | 24 min |
| Jun 15, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson | 31 min |
| Jun 15, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Pope | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton, Wayne, White | 23 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011
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.