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Tornado Warning 64, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 30 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 11, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Franklin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Saline County, IL, Williamson County, IL
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 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 11, 12:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 250 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 905 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
970
WFUS53 KPAH 112300
TORPAH
ILC055-065-165-199-112330-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0064.160511T2300Z-160511T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
600 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHWESTERN SALINE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEASTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 600 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER WEST FRANKFORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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 BE NEAR...
THOMPSONVILLE AROUND 615 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HANAFORD AND RALEIGH.
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 3784 8896 3797 8896 3804 8858 3783 8848
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 245DEG 32KT 3790 8889
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 1:44 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 10 more | 7 hr |
| May 11, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jefferson, Wayne | 44 min |
| May 11, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wayne | 47 min |
| May 11, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 46 min |
| May 11, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 26 min |
| May 11, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash, White | 43 min |
| May 11, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jefferson | 47 min |
| May 11, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Hamilton, Wayne, White | 44 min |
| May 11, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Wabash | 25 min |
| May 11, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash | 31 min |
| May 11, 4:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Wabash | 11 min |
| May 11, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | White | 32 min |
| May 11, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash | 31 min |
| May 11, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash | 28 min |
| May 11, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Perry | 39 min |
| May 11, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Saline, Williamson | 56 min |
| May 11, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gallatin, White | 38 min |
| May 11, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson, Perry | 32 min |
| May 11, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson | 25 min |
| May 11, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Perry, Williamson | 52 min |
| May 11, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson | 42 min |
| May 11, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Perry, Williamson | 30 min |
| May 11, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Saline, White, Williamson | 27 min |
| May 11, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Saline, Williamson | 45 min |
| May 11, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Perry, Williamson | 47 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.