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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 11:37 AM CST for Franklin County, Hamilton County, Saline County, Illinois. It was in force for 23 min. 4 reports 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
- Mar 2, 2012, 11:37 AM CST (17:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Franklin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Saline County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 11:39 AM CST | HAIL 0.75 | West Frankfort, IL | |
| Mar 2, 11:41 AM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | West Frankfort, IL | GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. |
| Mar 2, 11:41 AM CST | HAIL 1 | West Frankfort, IL | QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. |
| Mar 2, 11:48 AM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | Thompsonville, IL | FUNNEL CLOUD IS GOING UP AND DOWN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 9:54 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1770 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
903 WFUS53 KPAH 021737 TORPAH ILC055-065-165-021800- /O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0033.120302T1737Z-120302T1800Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1137 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... * UNTIL NOON CST. * AT 1135 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WEST FRANKFORT...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL HIT WEST FRANKFORT BY 1145 AM. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE... WEST FRANKFORT...THOMPSONVILLE AND HANAFORD. 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. && LAT...LON 3809 8857 3788 8851 3787 8898 3791 8900 TIME...MOT...LOC 1736Z 251DEG 45KT 3790 8896 $$
1 follow-up statement
649 WWUS53 KPAH 021751 SVSPAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1151 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ILC055-065-165-021800- /O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120302T1800Z/ SALINE IL-FRANKLIN IL-HAMILTON IL- 1151 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON AND EAST CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNTIL NOON CST... A FUNNEL CLOUD HAS JUST BEEN REPORTED AT 1149 AM BOUNCING UP AND DOWN NEAR THOMPSONVILLE. THIS FUNNEL CLOUD IS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST. AT 1143 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THOMPSONVILLE...OR 5 MILES EAST OF WEST FRANKFORT...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND A FUNNEL CLOUD AS IT PASSED OVER WEST FRANKFORT. THE TORNADIC CIRCULATION WILL MOVE QUICKLY EAST ALONG THE COUNTY LINE OF HAMILTON AND SALINE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3809 8857 3788 8851 3789 8884 3794 8885 TIME...MOT...LOC 1747Z 257DEG 49KT 3793 8877 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 1:30 AM CST | Wind Advisory | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 19 hr |
| Mar 2, 11:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Williamson | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 11:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Williamson | 42 min |
| Mar 2, 11:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Saline, Williamson | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 12:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Hamilton, White | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 12:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski, Union | 42 min |
| Mar 2, 12:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hamilton, White | 38 min |
| Mar 2, 12:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wabash, White | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 12:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Union | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 12:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 12:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Johnson, Pope | 22 min |
| Mar 2, 12:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | White | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 1:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac, Pulaski | 20 min |
| Mar 2, 1:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin, Pope, Saline | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 1:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 22 min |
| Mar 2, 1:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 1:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 1:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 1:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hardin | 36 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.