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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2011, 1:32 AM CST for Jackson County, Union County, Illinois; Cape Girardeau County, Perry County, Missouri. It was in force for 43 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
- Feb 28, 2011, 1:32 AM CST (07:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2011, 2:15 AM CST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jackson County, IL, Union County, IL, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Perry County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 9:40 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 291 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
217
WFUS53 KPAH 280732
TORPAH
ILC077-181-MOC031-157-280815-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0014.110228T0732Z-110228T0815Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
132 AM CST MON FEB 28 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
EASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 215 AM CST.
* AT 130 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ALTENBURG...MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.
LARGE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN PERRYVILLE WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
ALTENBURG...
GRAND TOWER...
AVA...
MURPHYSBORO...
CEDAR LAKE AREA...
CARBONDALE...
DE SOTO...
ELKVILLE...
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 3734 8915 3732 8984 3784 8968 3791 8964
3795 8915
TIME...MOT...LOC 0731Z 265DEG 60KT 3770 8973
$$1 follow-up statement
124
WWUS53 KPAH 280753
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
153 AM CST MON FEB 28 2011
MOC157-280802-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110228T0815Z/
PERRY MO-
153 AM CST MON FEB 28 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3795 8916 3734 8915 3733 8966 3770 8945
3791 8956
TIME...MOT...LOC 0752Z 265DEG 60KT 3789 8935 3768 8929
3742 8958
$$
ILC077-181-MOC031-280815-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110228T0815Z/
UNION IL-JACKSON IL-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-
153 AM CST MON FEB 28 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CST FOR JACKSON
AND UNION COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND EAST CENTRAL CAPE
GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
AT 149 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH ROTATION. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES WEST OF VERGENNES TO
CEDAR LAKE AREA TO 14 MILES WEST OF WARE...MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CARBONDALE...ALTO PASS...DE SOTO...
ELKVILLE...DOWELL...MAKANDA...COBDEN...JONESBORO...MILL CREEK...ANNA
AND DONGOLA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3795 8916 3734 8915 3733 8966 3770 8945
3791 8956
TIME...MOT...LOC 0752Z 265DEG 60KT 3789 8935 3768 8929
3742 8958
$$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, 12:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Wayne | 37 min |
| Feb 28, 1:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash | 33 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 |
| Feb 28, 1:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry | 43 min |
| Feb 28, 1:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carter, Ripley, Wayne | 34 min |
| Feb 28, 12:06 PM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Mississippi, New Madrid | 31 days |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.