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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Paducah, KY

May 10, 2016Gallatin County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2016, 5:11 PM CDT for Gallatin County, Illinois. It was in force for 34 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, 5:11 PM CDT (22:11 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2016, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Gallatin County, IL

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 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, 5:06 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 229 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: 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.

425 
WFUS53 KPAH 102211
TORPAH
ILC059-102245-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0038.160510T2211Z-160510T2245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN GALLATIN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
    
* AT 511 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR EQUALITY...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF ELDORADO...MOVING
  EAST AT 20 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 540 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
JUNCTION.

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 3761 8819 3765 8838 3771 8838 3771 8837
      3772 8834 3774 8819
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 277DEG 17KT 3768 8838 

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

$$

1 follow-up statement

506 
WWUS53 KPAH 102232
SVSPAH

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

ILC059-102245-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-160510T2245Z/
GALLATIN IL-
532 PM CDT TUE MAY 10 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN GALLATIN COUNTY...
    
AT 532 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR SHAWNEETOWN...MOVING EAST AT 20 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 540 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
JUNCTION.

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 3761 8819 3764 8832 3771 8830 3774 8819
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 277DEG 17KT 3767 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
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, 4:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Johnson, Pope	29 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.