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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2009, 5:13 PM CDT for Vanderburgh County, Indiana; Henderson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report 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
- Mar 28, 2009, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2009, 5:43 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Vanderburgh County, IN, Henderson County, KY
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 5:26 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Evansville, IN | ROTATING FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 164 AND THE LOLYD EXPRESSWAY. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2:23 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 574 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 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 282213
TORPAH
INC163-KYC101-282300-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0021.090328T2213Z-090328T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
513 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL HENDERSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
SOUTHERN VANDERBURGH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 511 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE...OR JUST NORTH OF HENDERSON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
EVANSVILLE BY 525 PM CDT...
MELODY HILL BY 535 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.
&&
LAT...LON 3783 8762 3787 8769 3807 8759 3800 8745
3799 8745
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 212DEG 24KT 3790 8761
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KPAH 282224
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
524 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009
INC163-KYC101-282300-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090328T2300Z/
VANDERBURGH IN-HENDERSON KY-
524 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
VANDERBURGH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND NORTH CENTRAL HENDERSON
COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
AT 522 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EVANSVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THE ROTATION WITHIN THE STORM HAS WEAKENED...HOWEVER WINDS NEAR 60
MPH WERE REPORTED AT HENDERSON AIRPORT AT AROUND 515 PM WITH THIS
STORM. PEA TO MARBLE HAIL IS ALSO LIKELY.
ROTATION COULD INCREASE AGAIN QUICKLY AS THE STORM MOVES ACROSS THE
GREATER EVANSVILLE AREA...AND YIELD A TORNADO RATHER QUICKLY...SO
CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT YOUR TORNADO PLAN OF ACTION. A FUNNEL CLOUD
WAS OBSERVED EARLIER NEAR HENDERSON...BUT WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY
REPORTS OF A TORNADO ON THE GROUND THUS FAR.
LAT...LON 3783 8762 3787 8769 3807 8759 3800 8745
3799 8745
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 212DEG 24KT 3796 8756
$$000
WWUS53 KPAH 282243
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
543 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009
INC163-KYC101-282253-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090328T2300Z/
VANDERBURGH IN-HENDERSON KY-
543 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN VANDERBURGH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST
INDIANA...AND NORTH CENTRAL HENDERSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORMS ARE MOVING OUT OF EASTERN VANDERBURGH AND INTO WARRICK
COUNTY INDIANA.
LAT...LON 3783 8762 3787 8769 3807 8759 3800 8745
3799 8745
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 212DEG 24KT 3807 8747
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Posey, Vanderburgh | 27 min |
| Mar 28, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Spencer, Warrick | 51 min |
| Mar 28, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Livingston, Marshall | 35 min |
| Mar 28, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden | 41 min |
| Mar 28, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Crittenden | 28 min |
| Mar 28, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Union, Webster | 32 min |
| Mar 28, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Union | 22 min |
| Mar 28, 4:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon, Trigg | 33 min |
| Mar 28, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Union, Webster | 29 min |
| Mar 28, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Trigg | 42 min |
| Mar 28, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson | 23 min |
| Mar 28, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Trigg | 53 min |
| Mar 28, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Webster | 48 min |
| Mar 28, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 43 min |
| Mar 28, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Webster | 40 min |
| Mar 28, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Todd | 48 min |
| Mar 28, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess, McLean | 39 min |
| Mar 28, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Todd | 15 min |
| Mar 28, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 17 min |
| Mar 28, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess | 28 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.