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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Paducah, KY

February 28, 2011Wayne County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2011, 12:53 AM CST for Wayne County, Illinois. It was in force for 37 min. 2 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: Feb 28, 2011, 12:53 AM CST (06:53 UTC)
Expired: Feb 28, 2011, 1:30 AM CST
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Wayne County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:54 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
Feb 28, 12:55 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Orchardville, IL	DAMAGE SWATH EXTENDED FROM ORCHARDVILLE ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 161 TO 1 MILE NORTHEAST OF MOUNT ERIE, APPROXIMATELY 24 MILES. A COUPLE OF BARNS AND GARAGES WERE BLOWN OVER OR DESTROYED. A COUPLE OF BUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED, AND SEVERAL TREES AND LIMBS WERE B
Feb 28, 1:01 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Orchardville, IL	BUILDING DAMAGE AT THE ORCHARDVILLE CHURCH.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 27, 9:40 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 178 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: 124 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -220 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 494 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 210 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

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The text

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

383 
WFUS53 KPAH 280653
TORPAH
ILC191-280730-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0011.110228T0653Z-110228T0730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1253 AM CST MON FEB 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 130 AM CST.

* AT 1250 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES WEST OF
  CISNE...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  CISNE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

&&

LAT...LON 3860 8814 3857 8814 3857 8815 3844 8815
      3845 8870 3861 8871 3861 8870 3861 8815
TIME...MOT...LOC 0653Z 271DEG 58KT 3853 8866

$$

1 follow-up statement

056 
WWUS53 KPAH 280705
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
105 AM CST MON FEB 28 2011

ILC191-280730-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110228T0730Z/
WAYNE IL-
105 AM CST MON FEB 28 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CST FOR NORTHERN
WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

AT 103 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR CISNE...MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH. SPOTTERS REPORTED 
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AT THE ORCHARDVILLE CHURCH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MOUNT ERIE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3860 8814 3857 8814 3857 8815 3844 8815
      3845 8870 3861 8871 3861 8870 3861 8815
TIME...MOT...LOC 0705Z 271DEG 59KT 3852 8840

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 27, 8:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Johnson, Pope, Saline, Williamson	25 min
Feb 27, 9:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Wayne, Williamson	37 min
Feb 27, 9:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards, Hamilton, Wayne	28 min
Feb 28, 12:14 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Jefferson	46 min
Feb 28, 12:38 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jefferson, Perry	37 min
Feb 28, 12:46 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Hamilton, Wayne, White	44 min
Feb 28, 1:12 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wabash	33 min
Feb 28, 1:32 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Jackson, Union	43 min
Feb 28, 1:35 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Wabash	40 min
Feb 28, 2:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jackson, Johnson, Union, Williamson	28 min
Feb 28, 12:06 PM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Massac, Pope	29 days
Feb 28, 12:06 PM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Alexander	19 days

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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.