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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Dec 5, 2021, 10:27 PM CST for Franklin County, Hamilton County, Illinois. It was in force for 19 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, 10:27 PM CST (04:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 5, 2021, 10:46 PM CST
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Franklin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 8:59 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 741 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
144
WFUS53 KPAH 060427
TORPAH
ILC055-065-060500-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0026.211206T0427Z-211206T0500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
1027 PM CST Sun Dec 5 2021
The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Franklin County in south central Illinois...
Southwestern Hamilton County in south central Illinois...
* Until 1100 PM CST.
* At 1027 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located over West Frankfort, 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 dangerous storm will be near...
Thompsonville around 1035 PM CST.
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 3791 8853 3791 8871 3789 8871 3787 8893
3796 8893 3809 8854
TIME...MOT...LOC 0427Z 259DEG 40KT 3791 8890
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
082 follow-up statements
200
WWUS53 KPAH 060438
SVSPAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
1038 PM CST Sun Dec 5 2021
ILC055-065-060500-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-211206T0500Z/
Franklin IL-Hamilton IL-
1038 PM CST Sun Dec 5 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN AND SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTIES...
At 1038 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Thompsonville, or 10 miles southeast of Benton,
moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Franklin and southwestern Hamilton Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3791 8853 3791 8871 3789 8871 3788 8879
3802 8875 3809 8854
TIME...MOT...LOC 0438Z 259DEG 40KT 3794 8874
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
08777
WWUS53 KPAH 060446
SVSPAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
1046 PM CST Sun Dec 5 2021
ILC055-065-060456-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-211206T0500Z/
Franklin IL-Hamilton IL-
1046 PM CST Sun Dec 5 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN AND SOUTHWESTERN
HAMILTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3791 8853 3791 8871 3789 8871 3788 8879
3802 8875 3809 8854
TIME...MOT...LOC 0445Z 259DEG 40KT 3796 8862
$$
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, 8:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 11 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, 10:41 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 |
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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.