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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2011, 8:53 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Perry County, Wayne County, Illinois. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report 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
- Apr 19, 2011, 8:53 PM CDT (01:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2011, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jefferson County, IL, Perry County, IL, Wayne County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 9:03 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Nw Mount Vernon, IL | TORNADO WAS RATED EF1...WITH PEAK WINDS OF 105 MPH. AVG PATH WIDTH 90 YARDS...PATH LENGTH 3.5 MILES. THERE WAS SHINGLE DAMAGE TO HOUSES...AWNINGS/OVERHANGS DESTROYED. MANY TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 2409 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 547 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 24.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
388
WFUS53 KPAH 200153
TORPAH
ILC081-145-191-200230-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0043.110420T0153Z-110420T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
853 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
WEST CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT.
* AT 849 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF
WOODLAWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
WOODLAWN...
MOUNT VERNON...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3839 8861 3819 8917 3847 8915 3848 8914
3848 8871 3849 8871 3849 8864
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 241DEG 54KT 3834 8907
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Jackson, Union | 62 min |
| Apr 19, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson, Union | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Perry, Union and 1 more | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson, Perry | 18 min |
| Apr 19, 8:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Alexander, Jackson, Perry, Union | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Johnson, Massac, Pulaski | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 8:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Franklin, Jefferson, Johnson, Pulaski, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jefferson and 4 more | 55 min |
| Apr 19, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski | 44 min |
| Apr 19, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hamilton, White | 32 min |
| Apr 19, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Gallatin, Wabash, White | 58 min |
| Apr 19, 9:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Pope, Saline and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin | 55 min |
| Apr 19, 9:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Wayne | 23 min |
| Apr 19, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | White | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander, Jackson | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 9:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash, Wayne | 25 min |
| Apr 19, 9:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander | 36 min |
| Apr 19, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski and 1 more | 59 min |
| Apr 19, 9:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski, Union | 20 min |
| Apr 19, 9:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Massac | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Gallatin, Wabash, White | 53 min |
| Apr 19, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin | 66 min |
| Apr 19, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 59 min |
| Apr 20, 10:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Wayne, White | 50 hr |
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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.