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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2012, 4:34 PM CDT for Wayne County, Illinois. It was in force for 26 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
- Jul 2, 2012, 4:34 PM CDT (21:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2012, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Wayne County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 2475 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1566 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
160 WUUS53 KPAH 022134 SVRPAH ILC191-022200- /O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0252.120702T2134Z-120702T2200Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 434 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 500 PM CDT. * AT 433 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CISNE...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF FAIRFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. && LAT...LON 3861 8828 3846 8829 3845 8849 3860 8852 TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 254DEG 8KT 3852 8842 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$
1 follow-up statement
927 WWUS53 KPAH 022153 SVSPAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 453 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2012 ILC191-022203- /O.EXP.KPAH.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-120702T2200Z/ WAYNE IL- 453 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM CDT/600 PM EDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. LAT...LON 3861 8828 3846 8829 3845 8849 3860 8852 TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 254DEG 8KT 3853 8837 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Williamson | 26 min |
| Jul 2, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gallatin | 23 min |
| Jul 2, 2:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Gallatin, Saline | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Saline | 35 min |
| Jul 2, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton, White | 26 min |
| Jul 2, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wayne | 28 min |
Nearby
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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.