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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Paducah, KY

March 30, 2022White County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2022, 6:17 PM CDT for White County, Illinois. It was in force for 13 min. 2 reports 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: Mar 30, 2022, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2022, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 13 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County White County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 30, 6:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Carmi, IL	LOTS OF TREES DOWN ACROSS THE AREA.
Mar 30, 6:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Crossville, IL	A FEW POLE BARNS DAMAGED OR DESTROYED

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
Mar 30, 2:44 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 231 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 997 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

460 
WFUS53 KPAH 302317
TORPAH
ILC193-302330-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0013.220330T2317Z-220330T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
617 PM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central White County in southeastern Illinois...

* Until 630 PM CDT.
    
* At 617 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Carmi, moving northeast at 55 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...
  Crossville around 625 PM CDT.
  Grayville around 630 PM CDT.

This includes Interstate 64 in Illinois between Mile Markers 121 and
130.
 
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 3820 8798 3816 8793 3817 8792 3817 8791
      3813 8795 3813 8797 3811 8798 3810 8802
      3808 8801 3809 8796 3807 8796 3805 8800
      3805 8804 3803 8803 3796 8815 3810 8831
      3826 8814 3826 8799
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 226DEG 48KT 3809 8816 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

York

1 follow-up statement

274 
WWUS53 KPAH 302329
SVSPAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
629 PM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022

ILC193-302337-
/O.EXP.KPAH.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-220330T2330Z/
White IL-
629 PM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL WHITE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM
CDT...
    
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been 
cancelled. However, damaging winds remain likely and a Severe 
Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area. The White 
County sheriff departement reported numerous trees down, and the 
storms are continuing.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for southeastern
Illinois...and southwestern Indiana.

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect 
until 7 pm for White County.

LAT...LON 3820 8798 3816 8793 3817 8792 3817 8791
      3813 8795 3813 8797 3811 8798 3810 8802
      3808 8801 3809 8796 3807 8796 3805 8800
      3805 8804 3803 8803 3796 8815 3810 8831
      3826 8814 3826 8799
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 226DEG 48KT 3819 8803 

$$

York

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 4:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Alexander	27 min
Mar 30, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson	40 min
Mar 30, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski	47 min
Mar 30, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jefferson, Wayne	43 min
Mar 30, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Pope	42 min
Mar 30, 4:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Alexander, Massac, Pulaski, Union	116 min
Mar 30, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Massac, Pope, Pulaski	47 min
Mar 30, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Franklin, Hamilton, Johnson, Pope, Saline, Williamson	50 min
Mar 30, 5:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Franklin, Johnson, Pope, Saline, Union, Williamson	115 min
Mar 30, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wayne	52 min
Mar 30, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hardin	34 min
Mar 30, 5:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Hamilton, Pope, Saline	114 min
Mar 30, 6:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Wayne	14 min
Mar 30, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hardin	37 min
Mar 30, 6:12 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Edwards, Gallatin, Hardin, Wabash, Wayne, White	94 min
Mar 30, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wabash, White	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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.