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Tornado Warning 61, NWS Paducah, KY

March 23, 2012Wayne County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2012, 2:46 PM CDT for Wayne County, Illinois. It was in force for 14 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 23, 2012, 2:46 PM CDT (19:46 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 2012, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Wayne County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 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 23, 2:48 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUDJohnsonville, ILALSO NICKEL HAIL REPORTED

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 23, 11:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 176 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.

726 
WFUS53 KPAH 231946
TORPAH
ILC191-232015-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0061.120323T1946Z-120323T2015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT.

* AT 244 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF CISNE...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF
  FLORA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
  CISNE...JOHNSONVILLE

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 8846 3860 8820 3846 8853 3851 8860
      3862 8858 3861 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 230DEG 25KT 3852 8853

$$
2 follow-up statements
449 
WWUS53 KPAH 231952
SVSPAH

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

ILC191-232015-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0061.000000T0000Z-120323T2015Z/
WAYNE IL-
252 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY
IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS UNTIL 315 PM CDT...

AT 248 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 
OVER JOHNSONVILLE AT 248 PM. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST 
NORTHEAST OF JOHNSONVILLE...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF FLORA...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH INCLUDE RINARD AND RURAL 
SECTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL 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 3860 8820 3851 8849 3853 8860 3861 8858
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 229DEG 32KT 3856 8848

$$
954 
WWUS53 KPAH 232000
SVSPAH

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

ILC191-232010-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0061.000000T0000Z-120323T2015Z/
WAYNE IL-
300 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH
CENTRAL ILLINOIS IS CANCELLED...

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

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3860 8820 3851 8849 3853 8860 3861 8858
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 229DEG 32KT 3862 8845

$$

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, 1:52 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHWayne23 min
Mar 23, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHEdwards, Wabash33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.