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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2014, 5:24 PM CDT for Gallatin County, Illinois. It was in force for 36 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
- Jun 4, 2014, 5:24 PM CDT (22:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2014, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Gallatin County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2:21 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 232 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
- 797 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 869 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
301
WFUS53 KPAH 042224
TORPAH
ILC059-042300-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0039.140604T2224Z-140604T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
524 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
GALLATIN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 523 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RIDGWAY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SHAWNEETOWN AROUND 545 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE JUNCTION AND OLD SHAWNEETOWN.
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 3777 8805 3761 8821 3779 8837 3790 8837
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 313DEG 22KT 3779 8829
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
460
WWUS53 KPAH 042232
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
532 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014
ILC059-042300-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140604T2300Z/
GALLATIN IL-
532 PM CDT WED JUN 4 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN GALLATIN COUNTY
IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNTIL 600 PM CDT...
AT 527 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHWEST OF RIDGWAY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SHAWNEETOWN AROUND 545 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE OLD SHAWNEETOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3777 8805 3761 8821 3776 8831 3781 8828
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 313DEG 23KT 3776 8825
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 3:09 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 16 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton, Saline | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 4:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | White | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 5:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hamilton, Saline | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 5:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | White | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 5:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Johnson, Perry, Pope and 3 more | 112 min |
| Jun 4, 6:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 6:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin, Pope, Saline | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 6:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Perry | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 6:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Hardin | 2 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.