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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Paducah, KY

May 1, 2003Gibson County, Indiana

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2003, 1:59 PM CDT for Gibson County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 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, 2003, 1:59 PM CDT (18:59 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2003, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
31 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, 12:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 224 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 2003-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 24 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-410 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1510 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 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 011859
TORPAH
INC051-011930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
159 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 154 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF
  FORT BRANCH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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 3833 8768 3821 8768 3822 8735 3833 8732
          3842 8751

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 12:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPosey48 min
May 1, 1:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHVanderburgh54 min
May 1, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPosey17 min
May 1, 1:52 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHVanderburgh23 min
May 1, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWarrick35 min
May 1, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGibson47 min
May 1, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHSpencer55 min
May 1, 2:10 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHWarrick35 min
May 1, 2:15 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPike45 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.