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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Paducah, KY

November 6, 2005Vanderburgh County, Indiana

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Nov 6, 2005, 1:46 AM CST for Vanderburgh County, Indiana. It was in force for 29 min. 2 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: Nov 6, 2005, 1:46 AM CST (07:46 UTC)
Expired: Nov 6, 2005, 2:15 AM CST
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Vanderburgh County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 6, 1:59 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	1 S Evansville, IN	POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE. ELLIS HORSE PARK DAMAGED. TRAILOR PARK DAMAGED NEAR POLICK AND LYNN ROAD. APARTMENT BUILDING DAMAGED. UNKNOWN NUMBER OF INJURIES.
Nov 6, 1:59 AM CST	TORNADO	1 S Evansville, IN	* 19 DEATHS AND 200 INJURIES * INITIAL TSTM WND DAMAGE REPORT UPGRADED TO TORNADO. PRELIMINARY SURVEY INDICATES F3 DAMAGE. INDIANA HOMELAND SECURITY REPORTS 14 DEATHS AT EASTBROOK MOBILE HOME PARK. ANOTHER 5 DEATHS NEAR DE GONIA SPRINGS INDIANA FROM SAME T

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 6, 1:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	85 min

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 222 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: 101 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1315 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 250 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KPAH 060747
TORPAH
INC163-060815-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0013.051106T0746Z-051106T0815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
146 AM CST SUN NOV 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN VANDERBURGH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA.

* UNTIL 215 AM CST.

* AT 143 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES         
  NORTHWEST OF HENDERSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  NEAR EVANSVILLE...MELODY HILL AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DARMSTADT BY
  155 AM CST.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3805 8748 3804 8746 3795 8746 3792 8751
      3797 8761 3792 8763 3789 8759 3784 8768
      3789 8767 3791 8770 3812 8769 3811 8748

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KPAH 060754
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
152 AM CST SUN NOV 6 2005

INC163-060815-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-051106T0815Z/
VANDERBURGH IN-
152 AM CST SUN NOV 6 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CST FOR
VANDERBURGH COUNTY...

AT 152 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR CYPRESS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. THE CITY 
OF EVANSVILLE IS IN THE PATH OF THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO. 

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3811 8748 3805 8748 3795 8746 3793 8751
      3797 8761 3792 8763 3789 8760 3785 8767
      3789 8766 3791 8769 3812 8768

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 6, 1:16 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Posey	29 min
Nov 6, 1:32 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Posey	28 min
Nov 6, 1:59 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Warrick	46 min
Nov 6, 2:11 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Spencer	34 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.