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Tornado Warning 82, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2012, 7:23 PM CDT for Massac County, Illinois; McCracken County, Kentucky. It was in force for 22 min. 2 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, 7:23 PM CDT (00:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2012, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Massac County, IL, McCracken County, KY
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 7:29 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Metropolis, IL | POWER OUTAGES WITH HALF THE CITY OUT. LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Sep 1, 7:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Paducah, KY | LARGE TREE LIMB DOWN ON BRUCE STREET. |
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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 1909 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1040 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 5.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
904 WFUS53 KPAH 020023 TORPAH ILC127-KYC145-020045- /O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0082.120902T0023Z-120902T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 723 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MASSAC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... NORTHERN MCCRACKEN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 745 PM CDT. * AT 717 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR WOODVILLE 6 MILES EAST OF LA CENTER. RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE... METROPOLIS...PADUCAH...WEST PADUCAH AND BROOKPORT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3728 8865 3705 8857 3700 8884 3718 8891 TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 245DEG 41KT 3713 8881 $$ PS
1 follow-up statement
902 WWUS53 KPAH 020038 SVSPAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 738 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 ILC127-KYC145-020045- /O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0082.000000T0000Z-120902T0045Z/ MASSAC IL-MCCRACKEN KY- 738 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN MASSAC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND CENTRAL MCCRACKEN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 745 PM CDT... AT 736 PM CDT...RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF BROOKPORT...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF METROPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3705 8869 3724 8874 3728 8865 3705 8857 TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 245DEG 41KT 3721 8860 $$ PS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac, Pulaski | 25 min |
| Sep 1, 7:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Saline | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 25 min |
| Sep 1, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Hamilton, Wayne, White | 31 min |
| Sep 1, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hardin, Massac, Pope | 27 min |
| Sep 1, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Graves, McCracken | 38 min |
| Sep 1, 8:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, McLean, Union, Webster | 3 hr |
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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.