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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Paducah, KY
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 12:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 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.
- 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
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
$$
JP1 follow-up statement
285
WWUS53 KPAH 102202
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
502 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
ILC087-102211-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-160510T2215Z/
JOHNSON IL-
502 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA, THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.
LAT...LON 3756 8841 3744 8842 3747 8871 3760 8871
3760 8841
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 265DEG 30KT 3754 8862
$$
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 10:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski, Union | 49 min |
| May 9, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski | 37 min |
| May 9, 10:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski, Saline, Union and 1 more | 69 min |
| May 10, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Pope, Saline | 31 min |
| May 10, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin | 34 min |
| May 10, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin, Saline | 31 min |
| May 10, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hardin, Pope | 29 min |
| May 10, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Johnson, Pope | 23 min |
| May 10, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hardin | 33 min |
| May 10, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin | 34 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.