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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 29, 2012, 4:08 AM CST for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 22 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
- Feb 29, 2012, 4:08 AM CST (10:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 4:30 AM CST
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jackson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Union County, IL, Williamson County, IL
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 4:22 AM CST | HAIL 1 | 4 S Carbondale, IL | QUARTER SIZE HAIL. POWER OUTAGES REPORTED IN THE AREA. |
| Feb 29, 4:40 AM CST | HAIL 0.75 | 6 S Marion, IL | DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED SOUTH OF MARION ILLINOIS. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 1:14 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 275 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
- 1873 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 309 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
356 WFUS53 KPAH 291008 TORPAH ILC077-087-181-199-291030- /O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0006.120229T1008Z-120229T1030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 408 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... NORTHERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... SOUTHWESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 430 AM CST. * AT 406 AM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAND TOWER...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF JONESBORO. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS REPORTED IN OAK RIDGE. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE... CEDAR LAKE AREA...COBDEN...GOREVILLE...LAKE OF EGYPT AREA...ALTO PASS AND MAKANDA. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN EXITS 36 AND 53. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3749 8884 3748 8948 3764 8948 3773 8896 TIME...MOT...LOC 1007Z 260DEG 49KT 3756 8942 $$
1 follow-up statement
782 WWUS53 KPAH 291019 SVSPAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 419 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ILC077-087-181-199-291030- /O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120229T1030Z/ JACKSON IL-JOHNSON IL-UNION IL-WILLIAMSON IL- 419 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN WILLIAMSON... NORTHEASTERN UNION...NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON AND SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNTIL 430 AM CST... AT 415 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COBDEN...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF ANNA...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. THIS STORM CAUSED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WHILE MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW. && LAT...LON 3751 8929 3767 8932 3773 8896 3749 8884 TIME...MOT...LOC 1019Z 260DEG 49KT 3760 8920 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 10:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gallatin, White | 24 min |
| Feb 29, 3:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Union | 32 min |
| Feb 29, 4:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson, Johnson, Saline, Union, Williamson | 35 min |
| Feb 29, 4:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Saline, Williamson | 32 min |
| Feb 29, 4:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski | 29 min |
| Feb 29, 5:04 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Saline, White | 26 min |
| Feb 29, 5:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac, Pulaski | 31 min |
| Feb 29, 5:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander | 29 min |
| Feb 29, 5:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 29 min |
| Feb 29, 5:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 16 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.