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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2005, 8:57 AM CST for Gibson County, Vanderburgh County, Indiana. It was in force for 48 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
- Nov 15, 2005, 8:57 AM CST (14:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2005, 9:45 AM CST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Gibson County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 447 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 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 151457
TORPAH
INC051-163-151545-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0021.051115T1457Z-051115T1545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
857 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
GIBSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA.
VANDERBURGH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA.
* UNTIL 945 AM CST.
* AT 853 AM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A ROTATING WALL
CLOUD WITH SOME FUNNELS JUST EAST OF MOUNT VERNON...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 65 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MELODY HILL...DARMSTADT...
OWENSVILLE...HAUBSTADT...FORT BRANCH...PRINCETON...PATOKA...
MACKEY...FRANCISCO...SOMERVILLE...EVANSVILLE AND OAKLAND CITY.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 64 BETWEEN EXITS 18 AND 25.
TAKE COVER NOW YOU HAVE LITTLE TIME TO REACT...AS THIS TORNADO IS
MOVING AT AN INCREDIBLE RATE OF SPEED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3844 8755 3838 8732 3821 8733 3821 8745
3820 8748 3801 8749 3792 8770 3820 8769
3841 8772
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KPAH 151516
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
914 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
INC051-163-151545-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-051115T1545Z/
VANDERBURGH IN-GIBSON IN-
914 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CST FOR GIBSON
AND VANDERBURGH COUNTIES...
TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A ROTATING WALL CLOUD JUST BEFORE
900 AM CST. NO FURTHER REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. THIS
STORM...CONTINUING TO SHOW ROTATION...WAS LOCATED NEAR DARMSTADT
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE OWENSVILLE...HAUBSTADT...FORT
BRANCH...PRINCETON...SOMERVILLE...PATOKA...OAKLAND CITY...MACKEY AND
FRANCISCO.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3841 8742 3838 8741 3838 8733 3822 8733
3822 8744 3820 8748 3802 8749 3797 8761
3793 8769 3823 8768 3842 8771 3844 8754
$$000
WWUS53 KPAH 151536
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
934 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
INC163-151544-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-051115T1545Z/
VANDERBURGH IN-
934 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR VANDERBURGH COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3842 8742 3838 8741 3838 8734 3823 8733
3823 8744 3821 8748 3818 8748 3818 8767
3818 8767 3827 8767 3842 8770 3844 8753
$$
INC051-151545-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-051115T1545Z/
GIBSON IN-
934 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CST FOR GIBSON
COUNTY...
AT 924 AM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED SEVERAL FUNNEL
CLOUDS AROUND I-64. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SOMERVILLE...OR 23
MILES EAST OF MOUNT CARMEL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE OAKLAND CITY.
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3842 8742 3838 8741 3838 8734 3823 8733
3823 8744 3821 8748 3818 8748 3818 8767
3818 8767 3827 8767 3842 8770 3844 8753
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 1:34 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 3 hr |
| Nov 15, 4:26 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 3 hr |
| Nov 15, 7:09 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 3 hr |
| Nov 15, 8:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Posey | 52 min |
| Nov 15, 9:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Pike, Warrick | 47 min |
| Nov 15, 1:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gibson, Posey | 65 min |
| Nov 15, 1:41 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Gibson | 94 min |
| Nov 15, 2:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Pike | 35 min |
| Nov 15, 2:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Posey, Vanderburgh | 56 min |
| Nov 15, 4:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gibson | 48 min |
| Nov 15, 4:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Posey, Vanderburgh | 41 min |
| Nov 15, 4:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Vanderburgh | 32 min |
| Nov 15, 4:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Warrick | 48 min |
| Nov 15, 5:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Spencer | 25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.