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Tornado Warning 176, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2011, 3:28 AM CDT for Perry County, Illinois. It was in force for 32 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
- Jun 19, 2011, 3:28 AM CDT (08:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2011, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Perry County, IL
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 3:45 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 83 | Du Quoin, IL | MEASURED JUST WEST OF TOWN BY TRAINED SPOTTER. |
| Jun 19, 3:48 AM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Wsw Du Quoin, IL | *** 1 INJ *** EF-1 RATING...100 MPH WINDS...AVG PATH WIDTH 200 YARDS...PATH LENGTH 3.5 MILES. DOZENS OF LARGE TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. SEVERAL SMALL CAMPER TRAILERS WERE OVERTURNED...ONE UNOCCUPIED TRAILER DEMOLISHED. ONE PERSON SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES IN A |
| Jun 19, 4:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Du Quoin, IL | CAMPER BLOWN OVER WITH INDIVIDUALS INSIDE AT THE DU QUOIN STATE FAIRGROUNDS. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 19, 2:55 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 239 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
- 115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -294 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1196 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
463 WFUS53 KPAH 190828 TORPAH ILC145-190900- /O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0176.110619T0828Z-110619T0900Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 328 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 400 AM CDT. * AT 326 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PINCKNEYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... PINCKNEYVILLE... DU QUOIN... TAMAROA... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. && LAT...LON 3820 8920 3799 8920 3795 8954 3805 8956 TIME...MOT...LOC 0828Z 246DEG 29KT 3799 8951 $$ PS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson, Perry | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 3:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry, Saline and 2 more | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 3:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Jackson, Johnson, Union | 64 min |
| Jun 19, 3:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 4:09 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Edwards, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Perry, Wabash and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 4:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope and 2 more | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 4:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson | 16 min |
| Jun 19, 4:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Saline, Wayne and 2 more | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 4:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski | 64 min |
| Jun 19, 4:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Alexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 4:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Saline, Wabash, Wayne and 1 more | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 4:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski | 47 min |
| Jun 19, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 5:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash, Wayne | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 5:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wabash | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Pulaski | 31 min |
| Jun 19, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac | 42 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.