Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 43, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2002, 3:45 PM EST for Pike County, Indiana. It was in force for 60 min. 2 reports 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
- May 1, 2002, 3:45 PM EST (20:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 2002, 4:45 PM EST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pike County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 3:57 PM EST | Hail 1.75 | Petersburg, IN | |
| May 1, 4:05 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Winslow, IN | A spotter on Route 61 estimated 55 to 60 MPH gusts. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 12:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 1, 2:30 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 228 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KPAH 012045 TORPAH INC125-012145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 345 PM EST WED MAY 1 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA * UNTIL 445 PM EST. * AT 343 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF PETERSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE... 4 MILES SOUTH OF PETERSBURG AT 405 PM EST... 3 MILES NORTH OF WINSLOW AT 415 PM EST. 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 3:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gibson | 52 min |
| May 1, 4:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Spencer | 26 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.