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Tornado Warning 111, NWS Paducah, KY

April 29, 2025Wayne County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2025, 3:13 PM CDT for Wayne County, Illinois. It was in force for 17 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 2025, 3:13 PM CDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2025, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Wayne County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 29, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2025-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 93 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2025-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
93 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-170 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 7:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJefferson22 min
Apr 29, 8:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHWayne48 min
Apr 29, 1:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJackson, Perry41 min
Apr 29, 1:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHAlexander, Jackson, Union40 min
Apr 29, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHAlexander, Franklin, Jackson, Johnson, Perry, Pulaski and 2 more42 min
Apr 29, 2:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJefferson38 min
Apr 29, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWayne37 min
Apr 29, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFranklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Saline, White, Williamson45 min
Apr 29, 2:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHJohnson, Pope, Saline40 min
Apr 29, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHamilton, Jefferson, Wayne, White23 min
Apr 29, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGallatin, Hamilton, Saline, White45 min
Apr 29, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHEdwards, Hamilton, Wabash, Wayne, White49 min
Apr 29, 3:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHJefferson, Perry3 hr
Apr 29, 12:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWayne18 min
Apr 29, 1:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Wayne35 min
Apr 29, 1:16 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHPerry3 hr

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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.