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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2011, 9:35 PM CDT for Edwards County, Wabash County, Wayne County, Illinois. It was in force for 25 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
- Apr 19, 2011, 9:35 PM CDT (02:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2011, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Edwards County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 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.
637
WFUS53 KPAH 200235
TORPAH
ILC047-185-191-200300-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0049.110420T0235Z-110420T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
935 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN WABASH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.
* AT 931 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF
WEST SALEM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
WEST SALEM...
WEST SALEM...
LANCASTER...
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.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF
80 MPH.
&&
LAT...LON 3857 8765 3854 8767 3852 8764 3850 8764
3850 8768 3848 8769 3838 8824 3851 8830
3858 8811 3858 8766
TIME...MOT...LOC 0234Z 245DEG 60KT 3847 8818
$$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, 8:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jefferson, Perry, Wayne | 37 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, 9:39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.