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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Paducah, KY

May 6, 2021Wayne County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2021, 4:54 PM CDT for Wayne County, Illinois. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 6, 2021, 4:54 PM CDT (21:54 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2021, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Wayne County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 6, 5:00 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 Nne Cisne, IL	ASSISTANT EM DIRECTOR OF CLAY COUNTY IL OBSERVED A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF RINARD NEAR PITTMAN CEMETERY. THE TORNADO WAS OBSERVED TO PICK UP LEAVES AND WAS ON THE GROUND FOR LESS THAN A MINUTE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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 6, 12:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 181 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: 16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1453 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 203 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

705 
WFUS53 KPAH 062154
TORPAH
ILC191-062230-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0008.210506T2154Z-210506T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
454 PM CDT Thu May 6 2021

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Wayne County in south central Illinois...

* Until 530 PM CDT.
    
* At 453 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Clay City, or near Flora, moving southeast at 15
  mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. At 447 PM, emergency management 
           reported a funnel cloud 2 miles south of Flora. 

  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...
  Cisne around 515 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Mount
Erie and Jeffersonville.

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 3860 8826 3848 8815 3839 8838 3860 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 326DEG 13KT 3862 8840 

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

$$

RJP

1 follow-up statement

465 
WWUS53 KPAH 062222
SVSPAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
522 PM CDT Thu May 6 2021

ILC191-062232-
/O.EXP.KPAH.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210506T2230Z/
Wayne IL-
522 PM CDT Thu May 6 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
530 PM CDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 600 PM CDT for
south central Illinois.

LAT...LON 3860 8826 3848 8815 3839 8838 3860 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 326DEG 13KT 3854 8833 

$$

RJP

The office that day

Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 12:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Jackson, Jefferson, Perry	49 min
May 6, 1:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander	47 min
May 6, 2:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Edwards, Gallatin, Wabash, White	40 min
May 6, 3:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Jefferson	50 min
May 6, 3:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jefferson, Wayne	38 min
May 6, 4:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Franklin, Hamilton, Wayne	44 min
May 6, 5:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Gallatin, Johnson, Saline, Union, Williamson	42 min
May 6, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Johnson, Pope, Saline, Williamson	38 min
May 6, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Johnson, Massac	33 min
May 6, 6:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Pope	33 min
May 6, 6:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Massac	28 min
May 6, 6:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Massac	43 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.