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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Jan 29, 2013, 9:43 PM CST for Johnson County, Union County, Illinois. It was in force for 47 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
- Jan 29, 2013, 9:43 PM CST (03:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 29, 2013, 10:30 PM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Johnson County, IL, Union County, IL
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 10:05 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 E Dongola, IL | LARGE POPLAR TREE DOWN ON A CAR. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 7:13 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 259 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
- 91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 364 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
607 WFUS53 KPAH 300343 TORPAH ILC087-181-300430- /O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0013.130130T0343Z-130130T0430Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 943 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... JOHNSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... EASTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 1030 PM CST. * AT 939 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WARE...OR NEAR JONESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE IN FRUITLAND. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE... ANNA...VIENNA...COBDEN...DONGOLA...GOREVILLE...CYPRESS... BUNCOMBE...NEW BURNSIDE AND SIMPSON. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 24 BETWEEN EXITS 7 AND 16. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN EXITS 24 AND 40. 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 3759 8872 3734 8872 3733 8934 3759 8930 TIME...MOT...LOC 0343Z 265DEG 40KT 3744 8928 $$
2 follow-up statements
794
WWUS53 KPAH 300401
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1001 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013
ILC087-181-300430-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130130T0430Z/
JOHNSON IL-UNION IL-
1001 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN UNION AND JOHNSON
COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNTIL 1030 PM CST...
AT 957 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
DONGOLA...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANNA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3759 8926 3759 8872 3734 8872 3733 8929
3733 8930 3734 8931
TIME...MOT...LOC 0401Z 265DEG 40KT 3736 8910
$$738 WWUS53 KPAH 300419 RRA SVSPAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1019 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 ILC181-300429- /O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130130T0430Z/ UNION IL- 1019 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3759 8904 3759 8872 3734 8872 3733 8904 TIME...MOT...LOC 0419Z 265DEG 40KT 3743 8889 $$ ILC087-300430- /O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130130T0430Z/ JOHNSON IL- 1019 PM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JOHNSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNTIL 1030 PM CST... AT 1016 PM CST...RADAR STILL INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VIENNA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3759 8904 3759 8872 3734 8872 3733 8904 TIME...MOT...LOC 0419Z 265DEG 40KT 3743 8889 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 8:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson, Jefferson, Perry | 29 min |
| Jan 29, 8:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Union | 46 min |
| Jan 29, 9:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson | 37 min |
| Jan 29, 9:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry, Union, Williamson | 32 min |
| Jan 29, 9:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Union | 31 min |
| Jan 29, 9:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jefferson, Perry | 36 min |
| Jan 29, 9:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski | 33 min |
| Jan 29, 9:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Williamson | 37 min |
| Jan 29, 9:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Wayne, Williamson | 32 min |
| Jan 29, 9:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Johnson, Pulaski | 27 min |
| Jan 29, 10:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Saline, Wayne and 2 more | 28 min |
| Jan 29, 10:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Saline, Williamson | 23 min |
| Jan 29, 10:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Johnson, Massac, Pulaski | 31 min |
| Jan 29, 10:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Saline, Wabash, Wayne and 2 more | 34 min |
| Jan 29, 10:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Pope | 31 min |
| Jan 29, 10:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 47 min |
| Jan 29, 10:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Gallatin, Saline, Wabash, White | 29 min |
| Jan 29, 10:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hardin, Pope | 48 min |
| Jan 29, 11:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Wabash | 28 min |
| Jan 29, 11:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac | 25 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.