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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Dec 5, 2021, 8:31 PM CST for Massac County, Pope County, Illinois; Crittenden County, Livingston County, Lyon County, Kentucky. It was in force for 11 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
- Dec 5, 2021, 8:31 PM CST (02:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 5, 2021, 8:42 PM CST
- In force
- 11 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Crittenden County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 666 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 658 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 346 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 484 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 5.4
The text
As transmitted.
181
WFUS53 KPAH 060231
TORPAH
ILC127-151-KYC055-139-143-060300-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0023.211206T0231Z-211206T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
831 PM CST Sun Dec 5 2021
The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Massac County in southern Illinois...
Southeastern Pope County in southern Illinois...
Southern Livingston County in western Kentucky...
South central Crittenden County in western Kentucky...
Northwestern Lyon County in western Kentucky...
* Until 900 PM CST.
* At 831 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Ledbetter, or near Reidland, moving east at 45
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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Massac, southeastern Pope, southern Livingston, south
central Crittenden and northwestern Lyon Counties, including the
following locations... Dycusburg, Smithland and Hamletsburg.
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 3711 8855 3726 8819 3710 8812 3706 8834
3707 8837 3706 8838 3705 8842 3704 8844
3703 8851
TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 251DEG 39KT 3709 8848
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
081 follow-up statement
046
WWUS53 KPAH 060242
SVSPAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
842 PM CST Sun Dec 5 2021
ILC127-151-KYC055-139-143-060252-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-211206T0300Z/
Massac IL-Pope IL-Livingston KY-Crittenden KY-Lyon KY-
842 PM CST Sun Dec 5 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MASSAC...SOUTHEASTERN POPE...
SOUTHERN LIVINGSTON...SOUTH CENTRAL CRITTENDEN AND NORTHWESTERN LYON
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3711 8855 3726 8819 3710 8812 3706 8834
3707 8837 3706 8838 3705 8842 3704 8844
3703 8851
TIME...MOT...LOC 0241Z 251DEG 39KT 3713 8834
$$
08The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 7:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac | 23 min |
| Dec 5, 9:13 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Jackson | 62 min |
| Dec 5, 9:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson | 31 min |
| Dec 5, 9:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Williamson | 46 min |
| Dec 5, 10:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson | 30 min |
| Dec 5, 10:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson | 18 min |
| Dec 5, 10:17 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Dec 5, 10:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton | 19 min |
| Dec 5, 10:41 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Alexander, Johnson, Saline, Union, Williamson | 49 min |
| Dec 5, 10:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton, White | 45 min |
| Dec 5, 10:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Pope, Saline, Union, Williamson | 40 min |
| Dec 5, 6:57 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Carlisle | 33 min |
| Dec 5, 7:38 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | McCracken | 37 min |
| Dec 5, 8:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Marshall, Trigg | 36 min |
| Dec 5, 8:26 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Muhlenberg | 49 min |
| Dec 5, 8:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg | 50 min |
| Dec 6, 12:24 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Crittenden, Daviess, Hopkins, McLean, Webster | 51 min |
| Dec 6, 12:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess | 50 min |
| Dec 6, 2:45 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Carlisle | 45 min |
| Dec 6, 3:24 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Calloway, Graves, Trigg | 51 min |
| Dec 6, 3:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves | 32 min |
| Dec 6, 4:12 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Christian, Todd | 33 min |
| Dec 6, 4:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Todd | 19 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.