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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Paducah, KY

April 16, 1998Pike County, Warrick County, Indiana

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 1998, 12:14 AM EST for Pike County, Warrick County, Indiana. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 16, 1998, 12:14 AM EST (05:14 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 1998, 1:00 AM EST
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Pike County, IN, Warrick County, IN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 16, 12:15 AM EST	Tornado F2	Otwell, IN	The tornado destroyed two large barns and five or six smaller outbuildings. Significant damage occurred to two farm houses. Several trees and power poles were snapped off. Some two-by-fours and a large saw blade were embedded in homes.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 15, 8:45 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 242 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: 426 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 919 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPAH 160514 RRA
TORPAH
INC125-173-160600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1214 AM CDT (1214 AM EST) THU APR 16 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA
  NORTHERN WARRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA

* UNTIL 100 AM EST (100 AM CDT)

* AT 1212 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A DEVELOPING TORNADO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF EVANSVILLE NEAR
  STANLEY... MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  SCALESVILLE AT 1230 AM CDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS AND DOORS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR
A STURDIER BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. BEWARE OF
RISING WATER.

NADOLSKI

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Apr 15, 10:55 PM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 10:55 PM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
955 PM CST WED APR 15 1998

COORDINATED WITH THE LINCOLN IL OFFICE EARLIER THIS EVENING ABOUT A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH. CONVECTION CONTINUES TO FIRE OVER NORTHERN
ARKANSAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE OVER
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...WHERE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING STRONG/SEVERE TSTMS
ARE ONGOING. LATEST RUC MODEL DATA SHOWS H8 THETA-E RIDGE STILL
ACROSS SE MISSOURI INTO SRN IL...WITH K-INDICES APPROACHING 30-40
FCST AFT 06Z. WILL CARRY THE LINCOLN TREND SOUTHWARD...FROM THERE
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THEIR FA. FFG 1
AND 3 HOUR GUIDANCE VALUES ARE FAIRLY LOW...AND WE COULD SEE LOCALLY
2-4 INCHES OF RAIN IN SOME LOCATIONS. THIS FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL
NOT INCLUDE THE BOTTOM LAND AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI NEAR THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT THIS TIME...WHERE FLASH FLOODING IS NOT NEARLY
AS LIKELY.

NOLES

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 15, 8:12 PM EST, 4 hours 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
812 PM CDT WED APR 15 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0805 PM    CRAVAT                    IL   TORNADO
04/15/98   JEFFERSON                      DAMAGE TO RESIDENCE 1 MILE
                                          EAST OF US HWY 51 ON
                                          DIX/IRVINGTON ROAD...OR
                                          HWY 177

Local storm report, Apr 15, 9:18 PM EST, 2 hours 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
918 PM CDT WED APR 15 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0910 PM    PATTON                    MO   1.5 INCH HAIL
04/15/98   BOLLINGER                      EOC REPORTED AROUND AND
                                          SOUTHWEST OF PATTON.

Local storm report, Apr 15, 9:43 PM EST, 2 hours 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
943 PM CDT WED APR 15 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0939 PM    DE SOTO                   IL   TORNADO
04/15/98   JACKSON                        CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR DE
                                          SOTO BY VOLUNTEER FIRE
                                          DEPARTMENT

Local storm report, Apr 15, 9:55 PM EST, 2 hours 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
955 PM CDT WED APR 15 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0950 PM    ROYALTON                  IL   WIND DAMAGE
04/15/98   FRANKLIN                       ROOF DAMAGE TO RESIDENCES
                                          REPORT FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY
                                          SHERIFF

Local storm report, Apr 15, 9:55 PM EST, 2 hours 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
955 PM CDT WED APR 15 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0950 PM    ROYALTON                  IL   WIND DAMAGE
04/15/98   FRANKLIN                       ROOF DAMAGE TO RESIDENCES
                                          REPORT FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY
                                          SHERIFF

Local storm report, Apr 15, 10:26 PM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1026 PM CDT WED APR 15 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1015 PM    AVA                       IL   WIND DAMAGE
04/15/98   JACKSON                        TREES DOWN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 15, 11:03 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gibson	27 min
Apr 15, 11:31 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Gibson	3 hr
Apr 16, 12:30 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Posey, Vanderburgh	3 hr
Apr 16, 1:35 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Spencer, Warrick	4 hr
Apr 16, 2:55 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Gibson, Posey, Vanderburgh	3 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.