Alert archive / Illinois / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2017, 10:30 PM CST for Jackson County, 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
- Feb 28, 2017, 10:30 PM CST (04:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2017, 11:00 PM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Jackson County, IL
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:30 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 8:29 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 278 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
- 687 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 887 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 395 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 431 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 6.7
The text
As transmitted.
426
WFUS53 KPAH 010430
TORPAH
ILC077-010500-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0013.170301T0430Z-170301T0500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
1030 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2017
The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Jackson County in southern Illinois...
* Until 1100 PM CST
* At 1029 PM CST, a confirmed tornado was located over Cedar Lake
Area, or near Carbondale, moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado and golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado.
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...
Carbondale, Cedar Lake Area and Makanda.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3780 8915 3760 8915 3760 8937 3769 8942
TIME...MOT...LOC 0429Z 255DEG 42KT 3767 8930
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
DRS1 follow-up statement
653
WWUS53 KPAH 010455
SVSPAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
1055 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2017
ILC077-010505-
/O.EXP.KPAH.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170301T0500Z/
Jackson IL-
1055 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1100 PM CST...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 400 AM CST for southern
Illinois.
LAT...LON 3780 8915 3760 8915 3760 8937 3769 8942
TIME...MOT...LOC 0455Z 255DEG 42KT 3774 8895
$$
DRSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 7:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 24 min |
| Feb 28, 7:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wayne | 36 min |
| Feb 28, 8:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson | 23 min |
| Feb 28, 8:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson, Perry | 27 min |
| Feb 28, 8:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Perry | 36 min |
| Feb 28, 8:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson | 46 min |
| Feb 28, 9:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Edwards, Hamilton, Wayne, White | 36 min |
| Feb 28, 9:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash, Wayne, White | 23 min |
| Feb 28, 9:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson, Union | 32 min |
| Feb 28, 10:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash, White | 34 min |
| Feb 28, 10:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Williamson | 26 min |
| Feb 28, 10:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Williamson | 32 min |
| Feb 28, 10:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Saline, Williamson | 36 min |
| Feb 28, 11:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hamilton, Saline, White | 24 min |
| Mar 1, 2:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson, Perry | 36 min |
| Mar 1, 3:03 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Edwards, Wabash, Wayne | 42 min |
| Mar 1, 4:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson | 24 min |
| Mar 1, 4:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Union | 24 min |
| Mar 1, 4:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Saline, Williamson | 27 min |
| Mar 1, 4:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Saline, Williamson | 36 min |
| Mar 1, 4:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Pope | 46 min |
| Mar 1, 4:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski | 25 min |
| Mar 1, 5:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 24 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Illinois, 2017Every tornado warning in 2017Tornadoes in 2017
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.