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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Paducah, KY

April 24, 2002Gallatin County, Illinois; Posey County, Indiana

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2002, 6:39 PM CDT for Gallatin County, Illinois; Posey County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 24, 2002, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2002, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Gallatin County, IL, Posey County, IN

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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 24, 3:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 236 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: 823 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KPAH 242339
TORPAH
ILC059-INC129-250015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
639 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEAST GALLATIN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
  SOUTHERN POSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 634 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER NEW HAVEN...MOVING
  EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
RURAL SOUTHWESTERN POSEY COUNTY AT 650 PM CDT...ALSO RURAL NORTHEAST 
GALLATIN COUNTY.

SEEK SHELTER NOW

MOVE INTO A BASEMENT...OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR ANY STORM DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED
FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

LAT...LON 3789 8833 3770 8815 3781 8797 3792 8793
          3791 8820

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 24, 3:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 3:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
315 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

WILL KEEP DISCUSSION SHORT DUE TO SVR WX AND GRID TRANSFER PROBLEMS
IN IFPS.

CURRENT FCST WILL TREND SVR POTENTIAL EWD THROUGH CWA THROUGH 03Z.
THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH MARKEDLY FROM 03Z TO 06Z...AS FROPA MOVES
EAST OF FCST AREA. GIVE HIGH PWS...SUSPECT LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL
ALSO BE A THREAT WITH THE SCATTERED WIND/HAIL DAMAGE POTENTIAL.

AFTER TONIGHT...I WILL KEEP MENTION OF SHWRS ONLY FOR FRIDAY...WITH
A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY. I INCREASED POP FOR
MONDAY INTO TUESDAY PCPN EVENT...AS MEDIUM RANGE ENSEMBLES STILL
SHOW A FOCUSED BOUNDARY AND LIFT OVER THE AREA. ALTHOUGH A SMALL
CHANCE OF PCPN IS POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY...WILL KEEP IT DRY AT THIS
TIME.

FOR MAX/MIN TEMPS...WENT SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN MAV GUIDANCE IN SHORT
TERM...THEN SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN MEX /NOW AVN EXTENDED/ MOS GUIDANCE.

MANUALLY GENERATED ZONES SHOULD BE AVAILABLE NO LATER THAN 4 PM. CCF
WILL DELAYED A LITTLE LONGER.

.PAH...NONE.

SMITH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 24, 5:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
517 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

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

0510 PM    3N POPLAR BLUFF           MO   TORNADO
04/24/02   BUTLER                         TORNADO ON THE GROUND
                                          REPORTED BY STATE
                                          POLICE.

0513 PM    EQUALITY                  IL   TORNADO
04/24/02   GALLATIN                       REPORTED BY SPOTTER AND
                                          FIRE DEPARTMENT

440  PM    EQUALITY                  IL   2.50 INCH HAIL
04/24/02   GALLATIN                       REPORTED BY FIRE
                                          DEPARTMENT

0516 PM                              IN   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/24/02   VANDERBURGH                    DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
                                          NEAR EVANSVILLE. REPORTED
                                          BY EMA.

Local storm report, Apr 24, 5:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
522 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

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

0456 PM    HIGHWAY 67                MO   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/24/02   BUTLER                         DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED BY EM

0525 PM    DUQUOIN                   IL   0.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/02   PERRY                          REPORTED BY ESDA

Local storm report, Apr 24, 5:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
535 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

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

0532 PM    3W SHAWNEETOWN            IL   FUNNEL CLOUD
04/24/02   GALLATIN                       REPORTED BY STATE POLICE.
                                          ALONG ROUTE 13...3 MILES
                                          EAST OF ROUTE 1.

Local storm report, Apr 24, 5:53 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
553 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

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

0546 PM    STANLEY                   KY   0.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/02   DAVIESS                        REPORTED BY EMA.

0535 PM    3W DUDLEY                 MO   TORNADO
04/24/02   BUTLER                         REPORTED BY STATE POLICE.
                                          TOUCHED DOWN THEN WENT
                                          BACK UP

0536 PM    GORDONVILLE               MO   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/02   CAPE GIRARDEAU                 REPORTED BY CAPE
                                          GIRARDEAU MEDIA

0538 PM    4N ZION                   KY   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/24/02   HENDERSON                      REPORTED BY PUBLIC

Local storm report, Apr 24, 6:00 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
600 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

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

0559 PM    1E FISK                   MO   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/24/02   STODDARD                       REPORTED BY EM

0559 PM    3SW DEXTER                MO   FUNNEL CLOUD
04/24/02   STODDARD                       REPORTED BY EM

0602 PM    LIVERMORE                 KY   0.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/02   MCLEAN                         REPORTED BY SPOTTER

Local storm report, Apr 24, 6:20 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
620 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

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

0614 PM    ADVANCE                   MO   0.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/02   STODDARD                       REPORTED BY SPOTTER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 24, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jefferson	24 min
Apr 24, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wayne	44 min
Apr 24, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hamilton	32 min
Apr 24, 4:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hamilton, White	34 min
Apr 24, 4:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Hamilton, White	2 hr
Apr 24, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin	27 min
Apr 24, 4:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Gallatin, White	35 min
Apr 24, 5:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Saline	35 min
Apr 24, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson, Perry	51 min
Apr 24, 6:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Hamilton, White	39 min
Apr 24, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Vanderburgh	26 min
Apr 24, 5:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Posey, Vanderburgh	4 hr
Apr 24, 6:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Posey	30 min
Apr 24, 6:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Vanderburgh	14 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Illinois, 2002 Tornado Warnings in Indiana, 2002 Every tornado warning in 2002 Tornadoes in 2002

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.