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Tornado Warning 67, NWS Paducah, KY

October 13, 2014Jefferson County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2014, 4:04 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Illinois. It was in force for 11 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: Oct 13, 2014, 4:04 PM CDT (21:04 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2014, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 11 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Jefferson County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 13, 4:06 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 Ene Dix, IL	AN EF-1 TORNADO PRODUCED PEAK WIND OF 100 TO 105 MILES PER HOUR...PATH LENGTH OF 3.5 MILES AND PATH WIDTH OF 100 YARDS. THE TORNADO FORMED ON NORTH CALENDAR ROAD SNAPPING TREES AND DOWNING LARGE LIMBS. IT MOVED NORTHEAST AND UPROOTED A LARGE TREE JUST SOUTH OF

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this tornado warning; the first came 2 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 13, 10:29 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 190 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 21 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 453 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

641 
WFUS53 KPAH 132104
TORPAH
ILC081-132130-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0067.141013T2104Z-141013T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
404 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 403 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF MOUNT VERNON...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO.

  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 AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTH   
CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY NEAR DIX ILLINOIS AND INTERSTATE 64.

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.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3847 8885 3838 8894 3845 8899 3848 8899
      3848 8886
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 211DEG 43KT 3844 8894

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

SMITH

1 follow-up statement

077 
WWUS53 KPAH 132115
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
415 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

ILC081-132125-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-141013T2130Z/
JEFFERSON IL-
415 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTH
CENTRAL ILLINOIS IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM CDT.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN PADUCAH.

LAT...LON 3847 8885 3838 8894 3845 8899 3848 8899
      3848 8886
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 211DEG 43KT 3855 8885

$$

SMITH

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Oct 13, 2:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 2:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
254 PM CDT Mon Oct 13 2014

.SHORT TERM...(Tonight through Wednesday night)
Issued at 255 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

Very busy with watches, warnings, etc so will make this rather
brief.

Strong cold front will continue to push eastward across our CWA
through the rest of the afternoon and evening, hopefully exiting the
eastern portions of our CWA after midnight.

With the eastward progress of the front, a QLCS line of strong to
severe thunderstorms will continue ahead of the boundary with some
storms becoming capable of producing damaging winds and a few
tornadoes. Locally heavy rainfall will also accompany the stronger
storms.

In the wake of this system, small chances of showers and patches of
drizzle will continue through the remainder of the overnight hours
tonight.

Chances for showers will continue Tuesday, Tuesday night, and
Wednesday with the slow approach and passage of an upper low over
our CWA. Rain chances will finally begin to taper off from the west
Wednesday night in the wake of the upper low.

.LONG TERM...(Thursday through Monday)
Issued at 255 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

On Thursday...the upper level low will finally be departing the Ohio
Valley. Some lingering clouds and even a few showers are
possible...especially in southwest Indiana and the Pennyrile region
of west Kentucky. Temperatures should begin to recover toward more
seasonal levels.

On Friday...mainly sunny skies and seasonably warm temps are
expected as a weak ridge passes overhead.

Over the weekend into early next week...upper level troughing will
gradually settle into the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley region. This
will push a cold front /possibly followed by a secondary cold front/
across our region. The primary cold front appears to be dry...but a
secondary front could bring some showers late in the weekend into
early next week. Temperatures will gradually cool down. The 12z gfs
mos looks too warm. Will trend toward the cooler 00z ecmwf
mos...especially early next week.

&&

.AVIATION...
Issued at 1227 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

Numerous showers and thunderstorms will cross the TAF sites from
west to east throughout the first few hours of the period. Some
storms may be severe and will produce locally heavy rainfall. MVFR
cigs/vsbys will prevail will the passage of the storms, however
brief IFR conditions may occur. In the wake of the area of
preciptation, IFR cigs and/or vsbys and patchy drizzle will
prevail through the overnight hours. Conditions should become MVFR
toward the end of the period. Southerly winds at 12-14 knots
gusting to 20-22 knots will drop off to AOB 10 knots overnight,
then pick back up from the south southwest at 10-12 knots with
gusts up to 20 knots after 15-16Z.

&&

.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IL...NONE.
MO...NONE.
IN...NONE.
KY...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM/AVIATION...JP
LONG TERM/FIRE WX...MY

Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 13, 1:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
120 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-141830-
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-
WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-
HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-
WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-
LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-
UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-
MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-
RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
120 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A VIGOROUS LINE OF STORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING REACHING SOUTHWEST INDIANA SOUTHWARD TO THE
SOUTHERN PENNYRILE BETWEEN 6 AND 9 PM. OTHER STORMS MAY DEVELOP
AHEAD OF THIS LINE AS WELL.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE A STRONG POSSIBILITY THROUGH THIS EVENING.
THE MAIN CONCERNS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES WITHIN THE
MAIN LINE OF STORMS. LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE BUT MAINLY WITH
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE LINE.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS
...HOWEVER WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY WITH THE LINE OF
STORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. TOTAL RAINFALL THROUGH TONIGHT WILL
GENERALLY RANGE FROM ONE AND A HALF TO 3 INCHES. THE GREATEST
AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND THE LAKES AND
PENNYRILE REGIONS OF WEST KENTUCKY. SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING ISSUES
WILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS ARE NOT
ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LINGER INTO THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS TUESDAY OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND THE PENNYRILE
REGION OF WEST KENTUCKY. A FEW MINOR FLOOD PROBLEMS CANNOT BE
RULED OUT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NEEDED THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY EVENING
ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION, AND LIKELY THEREAFTER OVER SOUTHWEST
INDIANA SOUTHWARD TOWARD THE PENNYRILE REGION OF WESTERN KENTUCKY.
SEVERE STORM CHANCES WILL DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH
TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 13, 3:27 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
327 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0325 PM     BLIZZARD         4 E WICKLIFFE           36.97N 89.01W
10/13/2014                   BALLARD            KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN AND ROAD BLOCKAGE REPORTED EAST OF COMMUNITY.

&&

SMITTY

Local storm report, Oct 13, 3:32 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
332 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0305 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 E WICKLIFFE           36.97N 89.01W
10/13/2014  E0.00 MPH        BALLARD            KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN AND ROAD BLOCKAGE REPORTED EAST OF COMMUNITY.

&&

SMITTY

Local storm report, Oct 13, 3:41 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
341 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0325 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LA CENTER               37.07N 88.97W
10/13/2014                   BALLARD            KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES REPORTED IN THE COMMUNITY.

&&

SMITTY

Local storm report, Oct 13, 3:45 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
345 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0305 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SE AVA                37.86N 89.46W
10/13/2014                   JACKSON            IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DOWNED TREES AND 4 SNAPPED POWER LINES AT GROUND LEVEL
            AND ARE ACROSS HOOTOWL LANE.

&&

SMITTY

Special weather statement, Oct 13, 3:56 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
356 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

ILZ075-076-081>083-085-086-132145-
FRANKLIN IL-HAMILTON IL-JEFFERSON IL-SALINE IL-WAYNE IL-WHITE
IL-WILLIAMSON IL-
356 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HAMILTON...EASTERN FRANKLIN...
WESTERN WAYNE AND SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...AND NORTHWESTERN WHITE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...AND
EASTERN WILLIAMSON AND SALINE COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNTIL 445
PM CDT...

AT 355 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF
BENTON TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARRIERS MILLS...AND MOVING NORTH AT
60 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HARRISBURG...MCLEANSBORO...FAIRFIELD...CARRIERS MILLS...GALATIA...
  WAYNE CITY...ENFIELD...CISNE...EWING...MACEDONIA...MUDDY...BELLE
  RIVE...RALEIGH...DAHLGREN...BROUGHTON...KEENES...BELLE PRAIRIE
  CITY...SIMS...JOHNSONVILLE AND SPRINGERTON.

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY....AND A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS
WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS....FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

LAT...LON 3861 8843 3808 8828 3760 8857 3760 8875
      3802 8890 3861 8854 3861 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 202DEG 53KT 3804 8881 3764 8867

SMITH

Local storm report, Oct 13, 3:59 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
359 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0332 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 W WEST PADUCAH        37.08N 88.78W
10/13/2014                   MCCRACKEN          KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DOWNED POWER LINES ALONG WOODVILLE ROAD IN WESTERN
            MCCRACKEN COUNTY.

&&

SMITTY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 13, 1:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Alexander	46 min
Oct 13, 2:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson, Perry, Union	40 min
Oct 13, 2:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Jackson	19 min
Oct 13, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski	33 min
Oct 13, 3:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Jackson, Perry	41 min
Oct 13, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Massac	46 min
Oct 13, 3:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Perry, Williamson	43 min
Oct 13, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Johnson, Massac, Pope, Union	52 min
Oct 13, 3:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Jefferson	25 min
Oct 13, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jefferson	31 min
Oct 13, 3:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Hamilton, Saline, Wayne	49 min
Oct 13, 4:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Hardin, Pope	38 min
Oct 13, 4:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Wayne	7 min
Oct 13, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Hardin	51 min
Oct 13, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards, Hamilton, Wayne, White	32 min
Oct 13, 5:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Gallatin, White	28 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.