FOUR TORNADO WATCHES COVERED MY LOCAL CITY FROM FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY
THE FIRST TORNADO WATCH FOR THE IMMEDIATE AREA
SEL8
SPC WW 221816
ILZ000-MOZ000-230200-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 788
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
115 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
EASTERN MISSOURI
EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 115 PM UNTIL 900
PM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 95 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI TO 35 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD
ILLINOIS. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 786...WW 787...
DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING/INCREASING FROM
SW-NE ACROSS WW INTO THE EARLY EVENING AS AXIS OF MODERATE
INSTABILITY SPREADS ENEWD ACROSS THE MID MS RIVER VALLEY/SRN IL.
CAPPING IS EVIDENT AT 18Z OVER CENTRAL IL...BUT THIS WILL ERODE
THROUGH THE DAY. VERY STRONG SHEAR WILL SUPPORT DISCRETE SUPERCELLS
WITH ATTENDANT THREAT OF TORNADOES.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
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THE SECOND TORNADO WATCH FOR THE IMMEDIATE AREA
WWUS20 KWNS 222027
SEL0
SPC WW 222027
ILZ000-INZ000-KYZ000-230500-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 790
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
325 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS
SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA
WESTERN KENTUCKY
EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM 325 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 45 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PADUCAH
KENTUCKY TO 40 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA. FOR
A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 786...WW 787...WW
788...WW 789...
DISCUSSION...TSTMS CURRENTLY EVOLVING IN STRONGLY SHEARED
ENVIRONMENT INVOF RETREATING WARM FRONT SHOULD INCREASE IN COVERAGE
AND INTENSITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS AIR MASS
DESTABILIZES FROM THE SW. POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR SUPERCELLS
CAPABLE OF A FEW TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY NEAR AND JUST NE OF WARM
FRONT.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24035.
...MEAD/EVANS
THE THIRD TORNADO WATCH FOR THE IMMEDIATE AREA
WWUS20 KWNS 230600
SEL5
SPC WW 230600
ARZ000-KYZ000-MOZ000-TNZ000-231400-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 795
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
100 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN ARKANSAS
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
WEST AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE
EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING FROM 100 AM UNTIL 900 AM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 40 STATUTE
MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES SOUTH OF HARRISON
ARKANSAS TO 15 MILES NORTH OF LONDON KENTUCKY. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 792...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 793. WATCH NUMBER 792 793
WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER 100 AM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 794...
DISCUSSION...BANDS OF STORMS EXPECTED TO TRAIN ALONG COMPOSITE
OUTFLOW BNDRY ORIENTED WSW/ENE FROM NRN AR TO E CNTRL KY. BNDRY
EXPECTED TO REMAIN MORE OR LESS STATIONARY THROUGH LATER THIS
MORNING. ENVIRONMENT OF STRONG LOW TO MID LEVEL SHEAR WITH HIGH
BOUNDARY LAYER DEWPOINTS WILL PERSIST AND MAY SUPPORT EMBEDDED
ROTATING STORMS WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25035.
THE FOURTH TORNADO WATCH FOR THE IMMEDIATE AREA
593
WWUS20 KWNS 231350
SEL7
SPC WW 231350
ARZ000-ILZ000-INZ000-KYZ000-MOZ000-TNZ000-232100-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 797
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
845 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARKANSAS
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
FAR SOUTHWEST INDIANA
WESTERN KENTUCKY
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI INCLUDING THE BOOTHEEL
FAR NORTHWEST TENNESSEE
EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 845 AM UNTIL
400 PM CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE
MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF
LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS TO 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 795. WATCH NUMBER 795 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
845 AM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 796...
DISCUSSION...SQUALL LINE COMPOSED OF SUPERCELLS AND BOW ECHOES WILL
CONTINUE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS WW TODAY. AIR MASS IS ALREADY
MODERATELY UNSTABLE AND WILL UNDERGO FURTHER DESTABILIZATION THROUGH
THE MORNING...WITH INSTABILITY AXIS LIKELY BUILDING NNEWD INTO THE
LOWER OH RIVER VALLEY. OVERALL SCENARIO WILL FAVOR A LINEAR-MODE
WITH THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS...HOWEVER STRONG LOW LEVEL SHEAR WILL
ALSO REMAIN SUPPORTIVE OF TORNADOES.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25030.
...EVANS
Damage photos from Massac County Illinois.
(photos taken by Kelly Hooper - NWS Meteorologist)
NWS FULL REPORT
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crnews/display_story.php?wfo=pah&storyid=3778&source=0
THE FIRST TORNADO WARNING
WFUS53 KPAH 222016 TORPAH ILC127-153-KYC007-222100- /O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0086.060922T2016Z-060922T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 316 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN MASSAC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. BALLARD COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY. * UNTIL 400 PM CDT. * AT 312 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR BARLOW...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF CAIRO....MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BANDANA...OLMSTED...NEW GRAND CHAIN...MOUND CITY...KARNAK AND LA CENTER. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE INDOORS...AND TAKE SHELTER IN A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. IF CAUGHT IN THE OPEN...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. LAT...LON 3704 8918 3697 8901 3728 8888 3731 8910 $$
MASSAC COUNTY TORNADO -
Doppler radar image of the storm-relative wind, depicting
the tornado just east of Joppa in
Massac County at 3:23 P.M. CDT.
THE SECOND TORNADO WARNING
WFUS53 KPAH 222027 TORPAH ILC127-151-222115- /O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0087.060922T2028Z-060922T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 328 PM CDT FRI SEP 22 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MASSAC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. POPE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. * UNTIL 415 PM CDT. * AT 323 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF METROPOLIS....MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE... 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MIDWAY BY 335 PM CDT. NEAR GLENDALE BY 345 PM CDT. THIS SEVERE STORM IS MOVING AT AN INCREDIBLE RATE OF SPEED. TAKE COVER NOW. YOU MAY HAVE VERY LITTLE TIME TO REACT. IF SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...CONSIDER GIVING THEM A PHONE CALL. CALLING AHEAD CAN VERIFY THAT THEY HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE WARNING AND APPROACHING STORM. LAT...LON 3724 8892 3714 8872 3731 8850 3758 8842 $$
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
918 PM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006
...PRELIMINARY DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR MCCRACKEN COUNTY KENTUCKY...
THE FOLLOWING IS A PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FOR THE DAMAGE THAT
OCCURRED OVER MCCRACKEN COUNTY KENTUCKY ON SEPTEMBER 23 2006.
* EVENT DATE: SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 23
* EVENT TIME: APPROXIMATELY 10:40 AM - 10:45 AM
* EVENT TYPE: DOWNBURST WIND DAMAGE
* EVENT LOCATION: WEST END OF PADUCAH ALONG HIGHWAY 62 FROM OLIVET
CHURCH ROAD TO LONE OAK ROAD (HANNAN PLAZA AREA)
* PEAK WIND: 65 TO 75 MPH
* INJURIES: NONE
* FATALITIES: NONE
* DISCUSSION/DAMAGE: A BOWING LINE SEGMENT BROUGHT 45
TO 55 MPH
WINDS TO A LARGE PART OF PADUCAH AND MCCRACKEN COUNTY LATE THIS
MORNING. NEAR THE APEX OF THE BOW...A DOWNBURST OF STRONGER
WINDS...ESTIMATED 65 TO 75 MPH...PRODUCED CONCENTRATED DAMAGE IN
SECTIONS ALONG US HIGHWAY 62. DAMAGE WAS MOST PRONOUNCED FROM JUST
EAST OF INTERSTATE 24 TO LONE OAK ROAD ALONG HIGHWAY 62...ALONG HEW
HOLT ROAD NEAR THE PADUCAH COUNTRY CLUB...AND ALONG OLIVET CHURCH
ROAD JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 62. SEVERAL TREES WERE UPROOTED AND
NUMEROUS BRANCHES AND LIMBS WERE DOWNED. MOST OF THE UPROOTED TREES
HAD SHALLOW ROOT SYSTEMS AND WERE PROBABLY MORE PRONE TO FALLING
DUE TO THE VERY MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS. A FEW HOMES SUSTAINED MINOR
DAMAGE...MAINLY TO PEELED SHINGLES OR DUE TO FALLEN TREES OR LIMBS.
$$
RJP
Western McCracken County
Western McCracken County
STORM REPORTS FROM THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER
SEPTEMBER 21-23
MASSAC COUNTY DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
331 PM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006
...PRELIMINARY DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR MASSAC COUNTY ILLINOIS...
THE FOLLOWING IS A PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FOR THE DAMAGE THAT
OCCURRED OVER MASSAC COUNTY ILLINOIS ON SEPTEMBER 22 2006.
* EVENT DATE: FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 22
* EVENT TIME: APPROXIMATELY 4:30 PM - 4:35 PM.
* EVENT TYPE: CONVERGENT WIND DAMAGE / F3 TORNADO
* EVENT BEGINNING LOCATION: 2.75 MILES WEST
NORTHWEST OF THE
METROPOLIS AIRPORT.
* EVENT ENDING LOCATION: 3.75 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF THE
METROPOLIS AIRPORT.
* PEAK WIND: 160 MPH
* DAMAGE DIMENSIONS: APPROX. 100 YARDS WIDE BY 3.5 MILES LONG
* INJURIES: TWO PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED. MULTIPLE MINOR INJURIES.
* FATALITIES: NONE
* DISCUSSION/DAMAGE: 6 VEHICLES TOSSED UP TO 100 YARDS...ONE IN A
POND. ROOF AND WALLS BLOWN OUT OF WELL BUILT LOG HOME. HUNDREDS OF
TREES UPROOTED OR BROKEN OFF. NUMEROUS TREES ON CARS. NUMEROUS
POWER POLES DOWN. 4 MOBILE HOMES DESTROYED.
$$
KH/JP
Satellite image of the tornadic supercells as they formed over my area
MORE PHOTOS FROM THE MASSAC COUNTY F3 TORNADO SENT TO ME FROM JENA HILLEBRAND
Photos sent in by Jena Hillebrand of Metropolis, Illinois
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MONDAY SEPTEMBER 25, 2006
The National Weather Service Office in Paducah, Kentucky will host a press conference this Monday afternoon, Sept. 25, 2006, beginning at 4:00 P.M. at the Zion Lutheran Church in Crosstown, Missouri. Topic of discussion will be the Perry County, MO to Jackson County, IL tornado that occurred on Friday, September 22. The press conference will be conducted by National Weather Service Warning Coordination Meteorologist Rick Shanklin.
Damage surveys are continuing, particularly for the long-track tornado across Perry County, Missouri into Jackson County, Illinois. This tornado will be rated at least F-3 (158 to 206 MPH), but a final intensity rating has not yet been assigned. The tornado damage in the Jackson County portion of the path was rated F-2.
Until Friday, Sept. 22, the
strongest September tornadoes on record in the 58 counties assigned to the
Paducah office were F-2 intensity. The F-3 tornadoes and possible F-4 tornado
on Sept. 22 were the strongest on record for the month of September, including
unofficial records going back to 1880.
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