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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 21, 2002, 4:54 PM CDT for Posey County, Indiana. It was in force for 51 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 21, 2002, 4:54 PM CDT (21:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2002, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Posey County, IN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 5:01 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Mt Vernon, IN | Shingles were blown off a house. |
| Apr 21, 5:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Upton, IN | Trees were down in the western end of the county. |
| Apr 21, 5:35 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Mt Vernon, IN |
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 21, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 240 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 417 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 504 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 540 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 212154 TORPAH INC129-212245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 453 PM CDT SUN APR 21 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... POSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 450 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 10 MILES WEST OF MOUNT VERNON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE... 3 MILES NORTH OF MOUNT VERNON AT 505 PM CDT * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE NEW HARMONY 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 3816 8799 3791 8805 3792 8774 3816 8772
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gibson, Pike, Warrick | 22 min |
| Apr 21, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Vanderburgh | 28 min |
| Apr 21, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Spencer | 31 min |
| Apr 21, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Warrick | 36 min |
| Apr 21, 5:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 4 hr |
| Apr 21, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Spencer | 40 min |
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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.