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Tornado Warning 77, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2012, 5:32 PM CDT for Jackson County, Union County, Williamson County, Illinois. It was in force for 28 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, 5:32 PM CDT (22:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jackson County, IL, Union County, IL, Williamson County, IL
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 280 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
- 443 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 457 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
768
WFUS53 KPAH 012232
TORPAH
ILC077-181-199-012300-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0077.120901T2232Z-120901T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
532 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
NORTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
WESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT.
* AT 530 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CEDAR
LAKE AREA...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF CARBONDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
CARTERVILLE...HERRIN...CAMBRIA...CRAINVILLE...ENERGY AND COLP.
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 3783 8906 3767 8891 3750 8920 3760 8928
3760 8937
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 236DEG 28KT 3762 8922
$$
NOLESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Union | 31 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 |
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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.