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Tornado Warning 178, NWS Paducah, KY

June 19, 2011Franklin County, Hamilton County, Jefferson County, Illinois

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 19, 2:55 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2011-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 115 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2011-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 2:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchPAHAlexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more7 hr
Jun 19, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJackson, Perry45 min
Jun 19, 3:28 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHPerry32 min
Jun 19, 3:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFranklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry, Saline and 2 more49 min
Jun 19, 3:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHAlexander, Jackson, Johnson, Union64 min
Jun 19, 3:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHAlexander39 min
Jun 19, 4:09 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHEdwards, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Perry, Wabash and 2 more3 hr
Jun 19, 4:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHAlexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope and 2 more49 min
Jun 19, 4:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFranklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Saline, Wayne and 2 more39 min
Jun 19, 4:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHAlexander, Pulaski64 min
Jun 19, 4:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHAlexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope and 4 more3 hr
Jun 19, 4:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHEdwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Saline, Wabash, Wayne and 1 more49 min
Jun 19, 4:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski47 min
Jun 19, 5:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHAlexander, Pulaski30 min
Jun 19, 5:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHEdwards, Wabash, Wayne44 min
Jun 19, 5:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWabash49 min
Jun 19, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHAlexander, Pulaski30 min
Jun 19, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPulaski31 min
Jun 19, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMassac42 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.