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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Paducah, KY

March 2, 2012Johnson County, Pope County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 12:53 PM CST for Johnson County, Pope County, Illinois. It was in force for 22 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
Mar 2, 2012, 12:53 PM CST (18:53 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2012, 1:15 PM CST
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Johnson County, IL, Pope County, IL

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 2, 12:53 PM CSTHAIL 0.75Tunnel Hill, IL

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 2, 9:54 AM CSTTornado Watch PDSSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 235 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2012-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1667 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2012-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 175 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1667 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
523 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

992 
WFUS53 KPAH 021853
TORPAH
ILC087-151-021915-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0039.120302T1853Z-120302T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1253 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
  NORTHERN POPE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 115 PM CST.

* AT 1247 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF VIENNA...AND MOVING EAST AT
  70 MPH.

  IN ADDITION...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS 
STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
  EDDYVILLE.

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 3760 8841 3742 8843 3738 8888 3756 8887
TIME...MOT...LOC 1852Z 255DEG 61KT 3750 8872

$$
1 follow-up statement
049 
WWUS53 KPAH 021905
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
105 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

ILC087-021914-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120302T1915Z/
JOHNSON IL-
105 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 3740 8865 3758 8868 3760 8841 3742 8843
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 253DEG 58KT 3753 8857

$$

ILC151-021915-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120302T1915Z/
POPE IL-
105 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN POPE COUNTY IN
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNTIL 115 PM CST...

AT 101 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF DIXON SPRINGS...OR 16 MILES SOUTH
OF HARRISBURG...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

IN ADDITION...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

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 3740 8865 3758 8868 3760 8841 3742 8843
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 253DEG 58KT 3753 8857

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 1:30 AM CSTWind AdvisoryPAHAlexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more19 hr
Mar 2, 11:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFranklin, Jackson, Williamson33 min
Mar 2, 11:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFranklin, Jackson, Williamson42 min
Mar 2, 11:37 AM CSTTornado WarningPAHFranklin, Hamilton, Saline23 min
Mar 2, 11:44 AM CSTTornado WarningPAHFranklin, Hamilton, Saline, Williamson31 min
Mar 2, 12:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHEdwards, Hamilton, White28 min
Mar 2, 12:03 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHAlexander, Pulaski, Union42 min
Mar 2, 12:07 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHHamilton, White38 min
Mar 2, 12:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWabash, White46 min
Mar 2, 12:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJohnson, Union36 min
Mar 2, 12:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHAlexander, Pulaski33 min
Mar 2, 12:58 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHWhite24 min
Mar 2, 1:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMassac, Pulaski20 min
Mar 2, 1:11 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHGallatin, Hardin, Pope, Saline34 min
Mar 2, 1:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMassac, Pope22 min
Mar 2, 1:28 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHGallatin32 min
Mar 2, 1:38 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHMassac37 min
Mar 2, 1:49 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHMassac, Pope26 min
Mar 2, 1:54 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHHardin36 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.