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Tornado Warning 159, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 6:59 PM CDT for Hamilton County, Saline County, Wayne County, Illinois. It was in force for 46 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
- May 25, 2011, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hamilton County, IL, Saline County, IL, Wayne County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:22 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 E Mcleansboro, IL | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF THACKERAY. |
| May 25, 7:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Harrisburg, IL | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND SIGNS BLOWN OVER. |
| May 25, 7:33 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Pankeyville, IL | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 11:09 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
746 WFUS53 KPAH 252359 TORPAH ILC065-165-191-260045- /O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0159.110525T2359Z-110526T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 659 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... WESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SALINE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 745 PM CDT. * AT 655 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NORTH OF HERRIN THAT WAS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAYNE CITY TO 21 MILES WEST OF CARRIERS MILLS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. 60 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED IN HERRIN. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... WAYNE CITY... MCLEANSBORO... CISNE... GALATIA... CARRIERS MILLS... HARRISBURG... ELDORADO... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS LINE OF STORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. && LAT...LON 3860 8837 3761 8838 3761 8871 3861 8870 TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 270DEG 39KT 3843 8867 3762 8897 $$
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 | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 16 hr |
| May 25, 11:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash, White | 39 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, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander, Johnson, Massac, Pulaski, Union | 32 min |
| May 25, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | White | 33 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.