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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Paducah, KY

May 1, 2002Gibson County, Indiana

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2002, 3:23 PM CDT for Gibson County, Indiana. It was in force for 52 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
May 1, 2002, 3:23 PM CDT (20:23 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2002, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Gibson County, IN

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 1, 12:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
May 1, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 220 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 2002-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2002-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1126 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
327 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 012023
TORPAH
INC051-012115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
322 PM CDT WED MAY 1 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  GIBSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT.

* AT 322 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  PATOKA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  OVER PATOKA AT 335 PM CDT...
  OVER PRINCETON AT 340 PM CDT...
  6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OAKLAND CITY AT 355 PM CDT.


ROTATION WAS NOTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN WABASH 
COUNTY BY TRAINED SPOTTERS. STRONG WINDS WERE ALSO REPORTED.

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 3849 8756 3843 8742 3838 8741 3837 8732
          3822 8733 3819 8748 3840 8776

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPike60 min
May 1, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHSpencer26 min

Nearby

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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.