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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 1:49 PM CST for Massac County, Pope County, Illinois; 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 26 min. 2 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, 1:49 PM CST (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 2:15 PM CST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Crittenden County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 1:52 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Smithland, KY | QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY STATE POLICE. |
| Mar 2, 2:10 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Reidland, KY | PUBLIC REPORT OF SHINGLES BLOWN OFF A HOME. |
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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
362 WFUS53 KPAH 021949 TORPAH ILC127-151-KYC055-139-143-145-157-022015- /O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0046.120302T1949Z-120302T2015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 149 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN MASSAC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... SOUTHEASTERN POPE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... SOUTH CENTRAL CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY... SOUTHERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY... NORTHWESTERN LYON COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY... EAST CENTRAL MCCRACKEN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY... NORTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 215 PM CST. * AT 147 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR REIDLAND. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME! DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE... CALVERT CITY...HAMLETSBURG...SMITHLAND...GRAND RIVERS...DYCUSBURG AND KUTTAWA. 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 3728 8813 3699 8808 3698 8857 3716 8861 TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 256DEG 52KT 3709 8847 $$
1 follow-up statement
867 WWUS53 KPAH 022006 SVSPAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 206 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ILC127-KYC145-022016- /O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-120302T2015Z/ MASSAC IL-MCCRACKEN KY- 206 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MASSAC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND EAST CENTRAL MCCRACKEN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3699 8847 3719 8848 3728 8813 3699 8808 TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 256DEG 52KT 3715 8817 $$ ILC151-KYC055-139-143-157-022015- /O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-120302T2015Z/ POPE IL-LIVINGSTON KY-LYON KY-MARSHALL KY-CRITTENDEN KY- 206 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN POPE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND SOUTH CENTRAL CRITTENDEN...NORTHWESTERN MARSHALL...NORTHWESTERN LYON AND SOUTHERN LIVINGSTON COUNTIES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 215 PM CST... AT 201 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF CALVERT CITY...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. 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 3699 8847 3719 8848 3728 8813 3699 8808 TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 256DEG 52KT 3715 8817 $$
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, 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, 1:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hardin | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 6:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Todd | 14 min |
| Mar 2, 1:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Graves, McCracken | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 1:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson | 50 min |
| Mar 2, 1:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton, Hickman | 18 min |
| Mar 2, 2:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess, Hopkins, McLean, Webster | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 2:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins, Lyon | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 2:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves, Marshall | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 2:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess | 12 min |
| Mar 2, 2:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg | 19 min |
| Mar 2, 2:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Lyon, Trigg | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 3:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Trigg | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 3:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 3:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg, Todd | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 3:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 25 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.