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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Jan 22, 2012, 10:42 PM CST for Edwards County, Wabash County, Illinois. It was in force for 33 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
- Jan 22, 2012, 10:42 PM CST (04:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2012, 11:15 PM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Edwards County, IL, Wabash County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 10:42 PM CST | TORNADO | 3 Ssw Albion, IL | EF1 TORNADO FROM 3.75 MILES SSW OF ALBION TO 4.8 MILES ESE OF ALBION. STORM SURVEY BY NWS/PARTNERS. SEE PNSPAH FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 7:28 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 378 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 494 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 471 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
066
WFUS53 KPAH 230442
TORPAH
ILC047-185-230515-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0002.120123T0442Z-120123T0515Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1042 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
WABASH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1115 PM CST.
* AT 1040 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAYVILLE...OR 5 MILES SOUTH
OF ALBION...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
ALBION...LANCASTER...BROWNS...BONE GAP...BELLMONT AND ALLENDALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3857 8764 3855 8764 3854 8766 3853 8765
3826 8805 3826 8807 3835 8815 3858 8790
3858 8765
TIME...MOT...LOC 0442Z 223DEG 61KT 3833 8805
$$1 follow-up statement
173
WWUS53 KPAH 230512
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1112 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012
ILC047-185-230522-
/O.EXP.KPAH.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120123T0515Z/
WABASH IL-EDWARDS IL-
1112 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN EDWARDS AND WABASH COUNTIES IN
SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS WILL EXPIRE AT 1115 PM CST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3857 8764 3855 8764 3854 8766 3853 8765
3826 8805 3826 8807 3835 8815 3858 8790
3858 8765
TIME...MOT...LOC 0512Z 223DEG 61KT 3870 8760
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 8:54 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Alexander, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Massac and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 22, 9:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry, Williamson | 34 min |
| Jan 22, 9:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jefferson, Wayne | 30 min |
| Jan 22, 9:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Wayne | 22 min |
| Jan 22, 10:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 44 min |
| Jan 22, 10:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Hamilton, Wayne, White | 30 min |
| Jan 22, 10:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Saline, White | 23 min |
| Jan 22, 10:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hardin, Massac, Pope | 48 min |
| Jan 22, 10:40 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Pope, Saline and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 22, 10:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wabash, White | 28 min |
| Jan 23, 10:50 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Wabash, White | 16 days |
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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.