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Tornado Warning 155, NWS Paducah, KY

December 28, 2025Edwards County, Wabash County, Wayne County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Dec 28, 2025, 5:35 PM CST for Edwards County, Wabash County, Wayne County, Illinois. It was in force for 40 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
Dec 28, 2025, 5:35 PM CST (23:35 UTC)
Expired
Dec 28, 2025, 6:15 PM CST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Edwards County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 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
Dec 28, 2:47 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 196 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 2025-12-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 45 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 2025-12-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
45 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
755 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
232 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 28, 8:28 AM CSTWind AdvisoryPAHBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more26 hr
Dec 28, 4:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPerry49 min
Dec 28, 4:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJackson, Union40 min
Dec 28, 4:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJefferson, Wayne40 min
Dec 28, 5:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFranklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry44 min
Dec 28, 5:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFranklin, Jackson, Williamson45 min
Dec 28, 5:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHEdwards, Wabash, Wayne39 min
Dec 28, 5:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHAlexander, Union50 min
Dec 28, 5:28 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHEdwards, Wabash, Wayne20 min
Dec 28, 5:38 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHEdwards, Wabash, Wayne35 min
Dec 28, 5:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGallatin, Hamilton, Saline, White, Williamson46 min
Dec 28, 5:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHEdwards, Wabash, Wayne, White51 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.