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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Paducah, KY

May 10, 2016Johnson County, Pope County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2016, 4:46 PM CDT for Johnson County, Pope County, Illinois. It was in force for 29 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
May 10, 2016, 4:46 PM CDT (21:46 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2016, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

Counties Johnson County, IL, Pope County, IL

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 10, 12:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 237 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2016-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 62 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2016-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 339 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
62 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
818 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
339 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
332 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

145 
WFUS53 KPAH 102146
TORPAH
ILC087-151-102215-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0036.160510T2146Z-160510T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
446 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN POPE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
  NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
    
* AT 446 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR CREAL SPRINGS...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF VIENNA...
  MOVING EAST AT 35 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHERN POPE AND NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
  FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: NEW BURNSIDE AND EDDYVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3758 8841 3744 8842 3748 8885 3757 8885
      3760 8872 3760 8841
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 265DEG 30KT 3753 8878 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$
JP
1 follow-up statement
285 
WWUS53 KPAH 102202
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
502 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016

ILC087-102211-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-160510T2215Z/
JOHNSON IL-
502 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA, THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.

LAT...LON 3756 8841 3744 8842 3747 8871 3760 8871
      3760 8841
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 265DEG 30KT 3754 8862 

$$

ILC151-102215-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-160510T2215Z/
POPE IL-
502 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
POPE COUNTY...
    
AT 501 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF CARRIERS MILLS...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF
HARRISBURG...MOVING EAST AT 35 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EDDYVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3756 8841 3744 8842 3747 8871 3760 8871
      3760 8841
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 265DEG 30KT 3754 8862 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 10:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHAlexander, Pulaski, Union49 min
May 9, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHAlexander, Pulaski37 min
May 9, 10:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHJohnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski, Saline, Union and 1 more69 min
May 10, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPope, Saline31 min
May 10, 5:11 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHGallatin34 min
May 10, 5:14 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHGallatin, Hardin, Saline31 min
May 10, 5:16 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHHardin, Pope29 min
May 10, 5:22 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJohnson, Pope23 min
May 10, 5:42 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHHardin33 min
May 10, 6:11 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHGallatin, Hardin34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.