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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 11:44 AM CST for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 31 min. 5 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, 11:44 AM CST (17:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 12:15 PM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Franklin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Saline County, IL, Williamson County, IL
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 11:44 AM CST | HAIL 0.88 | 4 Se Benton, IL | |
| Mar 2, 11:48 AM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | Thompsonville, IL | FUNNEL CLOUD IS GOING UP AND DOWN. |
| Mar 2, 11:49 AM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 N Energy, IL | |
| Mar 2, 11:57 AM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 S West Frankfort, IL | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED ALONG INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN BENTON AND WEST FRANKFORT. |
| Mar 2, 12:25 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 50 | Hurst, IL | NICKLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED WITH THE STORM. |
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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 249 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.
515 WFUS53 KPAH 021744 TORPAH ILC055-065-165-199-021815- /O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0035.120302T1744Z-120302T1815Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1144 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... NORTHERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 1215 PM CST. * AT 1139 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CAMBRIA...OR NEAR CARTERVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE... JOHNSTON CITY...WEST FRANKFORT...THOMPSONVILLE...FREEMAN SPUR... WHITEASH...ORIENT...HANAFORD AND MACEDONIA. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO IS HEADED TOWARD HERRIN...AND WILL REACH THE CITY AROUND 1155 AM. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN EXITS 59 AND 65. 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 8863 3780 8864 3777 8914 3785 8915 TIME...MOT...LOC 1744Z 246DEG 51KT 3783 8904 $$
2 follow-up statements
998 WWUS53 KPAH 021756 SVSPAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1156 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ILC055-065-165-199-021815- /O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120302T1815Z/ SALINE IL-WILLIAMSON IL-FRANKLIN IL-HAMILTON IL- 1156 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON AND SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEASTERN WILLIAMSON AND NORTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNTIL 1215 PM CST... AT 1152 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JOHNSTON CITY...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE REPORTS OF ROTATION AND POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUDS AS THE STORM PASSED ACROSS INTERSTATE 57 NORTHEAST OF HERRIN. THE ROTATION WILL MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY NEAR THOMPSONVILLE BY 1205 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3800 8864 3780 8864 3780 8897 3786 8899 TIME...MOT...LOC 1753Z 249DEG 50KT 3786 8888 $$
789 WWUS53 KPAH 021810 RRA SVSPAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1210 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ILC055-065-165-199-021820- /O.EXP.KPAH.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120302T1815Z/ SALINE IL-WILLIAMSON IL-FRANKLIN IL-HAMILTON IL- 1210 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON AND SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEASTERN WILLIAMSON AND NORTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS WILL EXPIRE AT 1215 PM CST... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3800 8864 3780 8864 3780 8897 3786 8899 TIME...MOT...LOC 1810Z 249DEG 50KT 3794 8860 $$
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, 11:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Saline | 23 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.