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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Paducah, KY

April 19, 20116 counties in Indiana; 4 counties in Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2011, 9:17 PM CDT for 6 counties in Indiana; 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 58 min. 8 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 19, 2011, 9:17 PM CDT (02:17 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2011, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 90.0 mph

Counties Edwards County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Wabash County, IL, White County, IL, Gibson County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:17 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 19, 9:38 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 W Poseyville, IN	LATE REPORT. WIND DAMAGE REPORTED WEST OF TOWN.
Apr 19, 9:38 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 65	Mount Vernon, IN	SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN IN THE CITY LIMITS
Apr 19, 9:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Maunie, IL	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
Apr 19, 9:58 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 59	Fort Branch, IN
Apr 19, 9:59 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 76	Evansville, IN
Apr 19, 10:08 PM CDT	HAIL 1	1 N Oakland City, IN	QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED.
Apr 19, 10:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Princeton, IN	LATE REPORT. POWER LINES DOWN. TELEPHONE POLES SNAPPED ALONG OLD STATE HWY 65.
Apr 19, 10:21 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Rockport, IN	FUNNEL IS ROTATING AND MOVING EAST NORTHEAST.

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
Apr 19, 6:46 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 235 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: 1997 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1626 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 239 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 7.7

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The text

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

217 
WUUS53 KPAH 200217
SVRPAH
ILC047-059-185-193-INC051-125-129-147-163-173-200315-
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0076.110420T0217Z-110420T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
917 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN EDWARDS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
  WABASH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
  EASTERN WHITE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
  NORTHEASTERN GALLATIN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
  GIBSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  POSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  SPENCER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  VANDERBURGH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  WARRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT.

* AT 912 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS TO 90 MPH.
  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 27 MILES
  WEST OF ALBION TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CROSSVILLE..AND MOVING 
  EAST AT 55 MPH.

  MEASURED WINDS WERE REPORTED UP TO 75 MPH AT HARRISBURG ILLINOIS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  CROSSVILLE...
  ALBION...
  GRAYVILLE...
  NEW HARMONY...
  MOUNT VERNON...
  POSEYVILLE...
  MOUNT CARMEL...
  OWENSVILLE...
  EVANSVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
TORNADO-LIKE WINDS AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO WELL BUILT BUILDINGS.
TREES AND POWER LINES WILL LIKELY COME DOWN AS WELL. MOVE TO A
SUBSTANTIAL INDOOR STORM SHELTER.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY
AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.

&&

LAT...LON 3793 8700 3783 8706 3797 8761 3783 8763
      3784 8769 3790 8769 3788 8783 3792 8792
      3780 8793 3780 8813 3858 8805 3858 8766
      3850 8764 3842 8773 3854 8748 3854 8711
      3851 8706 3821 8707 3820 8679 3801 8677
TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 270DEG 47KT 3848 8849 3787 8842
WIND...HAIL 90MPH 1.00IN

$$

2 follow-up statements

561 
WWUS53 KPAH 200242
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
942 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

ILC047-059-185-193-INC051-125-129-147-163-173-200315-
/O.CON.KPAH.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-110420T0315Z/
GALLATIN IL-WHITE IL-WABASH IL-EDWARDS IL-VANDERBURGH IN-PIKE IN-
GIBSON IN-WARRICK IN-SPENCER IN-POSEY IN-
942 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN EDWARDS...WABASH AND EASTERN WHITE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST
ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEASTERN GALLATIN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
AND POSEY...SPENCER...WARRICK...GIBSON...PIKE AND VANDERBURGH
COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

AT 939 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES 
SOUTHWEST OF WEST SALEM TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUNT VERNON...MOVING
EAST AT 55 MPH.

A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN MOUNT VERNON 
INDIANA...WITH GUSTS ESTIMATED NEAR 65 MPH. WINDS MAY BE LOCALLY UP 
TO 80 MPH WITH THIS LINE.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GRAYVILLE...BONE GAP...BROWNS...NEW 
HARMONY...GRIFFIN...BELLMONT...KEENSBURG...ROCKPORT...PETERSBURG...
AND EVANSVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
TORNADO-LIKE WINDS AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO WELL BUILT BUILDINGS.
TREES AND POWER LINES WILL LIKELY COME DOWN AS WELL. MOVE TO A
SUBSTANTIAL INDOOR STORM SHELTER.

&&

LAT...LON 3793 8700 3783 8706 3797 8761 3783 8763
      3784 8769 3790 8769 3788 8783 3792 8792
      3780 8793 3780 8813 3858 8805 3858 8766
      3850 8764 3842 8773 3854 8748 3854 8711
      3851 8706 3821 8707 3820 8679 3801 8677
TIME...MOT...LOC 0241Z 270DEG 47KT 3848 8806 3787 8799
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 0.00IN

$$

750 
WWUS53 KPAH 200302
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1002 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

ILC047-059-185-193-INC051-125-129-147-163-173-200315-
/O.CON.KPAH.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-110420T0315Z/
GALLATIN IL-WHITE IL-WABASH IL-EDWARDS IL-VANDERBURGH IN-PIKE IN-
GIBSON IN-WARRICK IN-SPENCER IN-POSEY IN-
1002 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN EDWARDS...WABASH AND EASTERN WHITE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST
ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEASTERN GALLATIN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
AND POSEY...SPENCER...WARRICK...GIBSON...PIKE AND VANDERBURGH
COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

AT 958 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS UP TO 80 MPH.  THESE 
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HAZLETON TO 5 MILES 
SOUTHWEST OF NEWBURGH...MOVING EAST AT 90 MPH.

A WIND GUST TO 76 MPH WAS MEASURED AT THE EVANSVILLE AIRPORT AT 955 
PM. WINDS WERE STILL GUSTING TO 60 MPH AT MOUNT CARMEL AT 955 PM.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE OAKLAND CITY...LYNNVILLE...
BOONVILLE...SPURGEON...PETERSBURG...EUREKA...WINSLOW...FOLSOMVILLE...
TENNYSON...ROCKPORT...CHRISNEY...GENTRYVILLE...GRANDVIEW...SANTA
CLAUS AND DALE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
TORNADO-LIKE WINDS AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO WELL BUILT BUILDINGS.
TREES AND POWER LINES WILL LIKELY COME DOWN AS WELL. MOVE TO A
SUBSTANTIAL INDOOR STORM SHELTER.

&&

LAT...LON 3793 8700 3783 8706 3797 8761 3783 8763
      3784 8769 3790 8769 3788 8783 3792 8792
      3780 8793 3780 8813 3858 8805 3858 8766
      3850 8764 3842 8773 3854 8748 3854 8711
      3851 8706 3821 8707 3820 8679 3801 8677
TIME...MOT...LOC 0301Z 269DEG 78KT 3849 8744 3788 8737
WIND...HAIL 80MPH 0.75IN

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 19, 9:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Posey	32 min
Apr 19, 9:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Posey	3 hr
Apr 19, 9:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Gibson, Posey	31 min
Apr 19, 9:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick	30 min
Apr 19, 9:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Gibson, Pike, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick	3 hr
Apr 19, 9:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Gibson, Pike	25 min
Apr 19, 10:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Pike, Spencer, Warrick	27 min
Apr 19, 10:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick	53 min
Apr 19, 10:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Pike	11 min
Apr 19, 10:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Spencer	15 min
Apr 19, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Jackson, Union	62 min
Apr 19, 8:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Jackson, Union	31 min
Apr 19, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Perry, Union and 1 more	60 min
Apr 19, 8:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Jackson, Perry	18 min
Apr 19, 8:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Alexander, Jackson, Perry, Union	3 hr
Apr 19, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Johnson, Massac, Pulaski	38 min
Apr 19, 8:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Franklin, Jefferson, Johnson, Pulaski, Williamson	3 hr
Apr 19, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jefferson and 4 more	55 min
Apr 19, 8:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Jefferson, Perry, Wayne	37 min
Apr 19, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski	44 min
Apr 19, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Hardin	55 min
Apr 19, 9:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Wayne	23 min
Apr 19, 9:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Alexander, Jackson	30 min
Apr 19, 9:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wabash, Wayne	25 min
Apr 19, 9:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Alexander	36 min
Apr 19, 9:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski and 1 more	59 min
Apr 19, 9:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski, Union	20 min
Apr 19, 9:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Massac	3 hr
Apr 19, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Hardin	66 min
Apr 19, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Massac, Pope	59 min
Apr 20, 10:05 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Wayne, White	50 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 2011 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 2011 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.