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Tornado Warning 80, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2012, 6:42 PM CDT for Alexander County, Pulaski County, Illinois; Mississippi County, Missouri; Ballard County, Kentucky. It was in force for 33 min. 4 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
- Sep 1, 2012, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2012, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Alexander County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Ballard County, KY, Mississippi County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 6:48 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Sw Mounds, IL | |
| Sep 1, 6:48 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 Sw Mounds, IL | |
| Sep 1, 6:58 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 7 Nw Barlow, IL | FUNNEL CLOUD CROSSING THE OHIO RIVER INTO NORTHWEST BALLARD COUNTY |
| Sep 1, 7:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Barlow, KY | SCATTERED TREE BRANCH DAMAGE IN NORTHERN BALLARD COUNTY. TIME ESTIMATED. POWER OUTAGES BETWEEN WICKLIFFE AND BARLOW. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 1:19 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 252 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.
408 WFUS53 KPAH 012342 TORPAH ILC003-153-KYC007-MOC133-020015- /O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0080.120901T2342Z-120902T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 642 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN ALEXANDER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... SOUTHERN PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... NORTHERN BALLARD COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY... NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... * UNTIL 715 PM CDT. * AT 641 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HORSESHOE LAKE CONSERVATION AREA...OR 7 MILES WEST OF CAIRO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE... LA CENTER...MOUNDS...MOUND CITY...BARLOW AND OLMSTED. 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 3727 8907 3706 8889 3699 8930 3706 8935 TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 240DEG 27KT 3704 8927 $$ PS
1 follow-up statement
361 WWUS53 KPAH 012353 SVSPAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 653 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 MOC133-020002- /O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0080.000000T0000Z-120902T0015Z/ MISSISSIPPI MO- 653 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3701 8919 3712 8927 3727 8907 3706 8889 TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 240DEG 27KT 3707 8920 $$ ILC003-153-KYC007-020015- /O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0080.000000T0000Z-120902T0015Z/ PULASKI IL-ALEXANDER IL-BALLARD KY- 653 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALEXANDER AND SOUTHERN PULASKI COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND NORTHERN BALLARD COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 715 PM CDT... AT 650 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS FUNNEL CLOUD WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNDS...OR 5 MILES NORTH OF CAIRO...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 3701 8919 3712 8927 3727 8907 3706 8889 TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 240DEG 27KT 3707 8920 $$ PS
The 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, 5:32 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.