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Tornado Warning 60, NWS Paducah, KY

March 23, 2012Wayne County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2012, 1:52 PM CDT for Wayne County, Illinois. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 23, 2012, 1:52 PM CDT (18:52 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 2012, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Wayne County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 23, 11:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 180 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2012-03-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2012-03-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
808 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

004 
WFUS53 KPAH 231852
TORPAH
ILC191-231915-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0060.120323T1852Z-120323T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
152 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 215 PM CDT.

* AT 149 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HELM...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOUNT   
VERNON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED IN 
THE EXTREME NORTHEASTERN PART OF JEFFERSON...MOVING INTO NORTHWEST 
WAYNE. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN WAYNE 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3861 8853 3842 8865 3844 8870 3848 8870
      3861 8870
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 209DEG 23KT 3846 8872

$$
1 follow-up statement
079 
WWUS53 KPAH 231906
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
206 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012

ILC191-231915-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-120323T1915Z/
WAYNE IL-
206 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY
IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 215 PM CDT...

AT 204 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS 
STORM WAS LOCATED IN THE EXTREME NORTHWESTERN PART OF WAYNE 
COUNTY...SOUTH OF XENIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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 3861 8853 3855 8857 3855 8870 3861 8870
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 205DEG 35KT 3860 8864

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 11:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJackson, Union46 min
Mar 23, 11:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJohnson, Massac, Pope26 min
Mar 23, 11:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJohnson, Pope, Saline, Williamson30 min
Mar 23, 11:51 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHJackson24 min
Mar 23, 12:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHamilton, Saline, Williamson30 min
Mar 23, 12:18 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHFranklin, Jackson, Perry42 min
Mar 23, 12:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMassac, Pope23 min
Mar 23, 12:55 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHFranklin, Jefferson, Perry35 min
Mar 23, 1:29 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJefferson46 min
Mar 23, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHEdwards, Wabash, Wayne, White28 min
Mar 23, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHEdwards, Wabash33 min
Mar 23, 2:46 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHWayne14 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.