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Tornado Warning 76, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2012, 5:29 PM CDT for Union County, Illinois; Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. It was in force for 31 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
- Sep 1, 2012, 5:29 PM CDT (22:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Union County, IL, Cape Girardeau County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 1:19 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 291 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
- 827 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 545 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
202
WFUS53 KPAH 012229
TORPAH
ILC181-MOC031-012300-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0076.120901T2229Z-120901T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
529 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
EAST CENTRAL CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT.
* AT 525 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
NORTHEAST OF JACKSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
WARE...COBDEN AND ALTO PASS.
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 8929 3750 8920 3738 8951 3745 8957
3760 8937
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 233DEG 28KT 3744 8950
$$
NOLES1 follow-up statement
965
WWUS53 KPAH 012245
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
545 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012
MOC031-012255-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-120901T2300Z/
CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-
545 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3760 8929 3750 8920 3743 8938 3752 8947
3760 8937
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 233DEG 28KT 3751 8937
$$
ILC181-012300-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-120901T2300Z/
UNION IL-
545 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY
IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNTIL 600 PM CDT...
AT 542 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WARE...OR
8 MILES NORTHWEST OF JONESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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 3760 8929 3750 8920 3743 8938 3752 8947
3760 8937
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 233DEG 28KT 3751 8937
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson, Union, Williamson | 28 min |
| Sep 1, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin | 25 min |
| Sep 1, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski, Union | 25 min |
| Sep 1, 6:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Union, Williamson | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski | 31 min |
| Sep 1, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski | 33 min |
| Sep 1, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Butler, Carter, Ripley, Wayne | 31 min |
| Sep 1, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Butler | 37 min |
| Sep 1, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Butler, Stoddard | 24 min |
| Sep 1, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Stoddard | 47 min |
| Sep 1, 5:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | New Madrid, Stoddard | 41 min |
| Sep 1, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Scott, Stoddard | 35 min |
| Sep 1, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | New Madrid, Stoddard | 27 min |
| Sep 1, 6:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Butler | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott | 24 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.