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Tornado Warning 178, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2011, 4:11 AM CDT for Franklin County, Hamilton County, Jefferson County, Illinois. It was in force for 16 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 19, 2011, 4:11 AM CDT (09:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2011, 4:27 AM CDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Franklin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Jefferson County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2:55 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 221 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.
247 WFUS53 KPAH 190911 TORPAH ILC055-065-081-190945- /O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0178.110619T0911Z-110619T0945Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 411 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 445 AM CDT. * AT 407 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES WEST OF MCLEANSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... MCLEANSBORO... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. && LAT...LON 3826 8855 3807 8846 3807 8883 3816 8885 TIME...MOT...LOC 0911Z 252DEG 29KT 3812 8876 $$ PS
1 follow-up statement
922 WWUS53 KPAH 190927 SVSPAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 427 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ILC055-065-081-190938- /O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0178.000000T0000Z-110619T0945Z/ FRANKLIN IL-HAMILTON IL-JEFFERSON IL- 427 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON...NORTHWESTERN HAMILTON AND NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3826 8855 3807 8846 3807 8883 3816 8885 TIME...MOT...LOC 0928Z 252DEG 29KT 3816 8859 $$ 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, 3:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Perry | 32 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, 4:21 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.