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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Paducah, KY

February 28, 2011Gibson County, Pike County, Indiana; Wabash County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2011, 1:35 AM CST for Gibson County, Pike County, Indiana; Wabash County, Illinois. It was in force for 40 min. 10 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: Feb 28, 2011, 1:35 AM CST (07:35 UTC)
Expired: Feb 28, 2011, 2:15 AM CST
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Wabash County, IL, Gibson County, IN, Pike County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:36 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
Feb 28, 1:43 AM CST	TSTM WND GST 65	Mount Carmel, IL	WINDS ESTIMATED 60 TO 65 MPH WITH POWER OUTAGES. TRANSFORMER DESTORYED.
Feb 28, 1:43 AM CST	TORNADO	6 W Owensville, IN	AN EF1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 6 MILES WEST OF OWENSVILLE AND TRAVELED EAST FOR 22 MILES TO ONE HALF MILE EAST OF SOMERVILLE BY 204 AM. PEAK WIND WAS 105 MPH...AND THE PATH WIDTH WAS 175 YARDS. NUMEROUS HOMES SUSTAINED MAINLY SHINGLE DAMAGE. SEVERAL GARAGES OR OU
Feb 28, 1:51 AM CST	TORNADO	2 Se Princeton, IN	AN EF2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PRINCETON AND TRAVELLED EAST FOR 19 AND A QUARTER MILES TO 2 MILES WEST OF VELPEN BY 209 AM. PEAK WIND WAS 115 MPH. AVERAGE PATH WIDTH WAS 300 YARDS...BUT IT COMBINED WITH STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS AT ONE POINT TO CRE
Feb 28, 1:55 AM CST	HAIL 0.88	Owensville, IN	NICKLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED.
Feb 28, 1:58 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Owensville, IN	MULTIPLE HOMES DAMAGED NORTH AND EAST OF THE COMMUNITY.
Feb 28, 1:59 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Oakland City, IN	14 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN. COMMUNITY IS WITHOUT POWER.
Feb 28, 2:00 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Oakland City, IN	NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES. MULTIPLE TREES DOWN. ROOF BLOWN OFF OF BRICK BUILDING TAKING DOWN LARGE SECTION OF POWER LINES.
Feb 28, 2:17 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Oakland City, IN	40 TO 50 INCH DIAMETER PINE TREES DOWN.
Feb 28, 2:18 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Owensville, IN	NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DAMAGE IN COMMUNITY AND IN THE SOUTHERN PRINCETON AREA. OWENSVILLE FIRE DEPT IS REQUESTING GAS COMPANY DUE TO SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGE AND CHECK THE AREA FOR GAS LEAKS.
Feb 28, 2:18 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Somerville, IN	VIEWER REPORTED ROOF OF HOME BLOWN OFF.

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
Feb 27, 11:46 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr
Feb 27, 9:40 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 206 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: 124 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -220 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 494 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 210 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

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The text

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

739 
WFUS53 KPAH 280735
TORPAH
ILC185-INC051-125-280815-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0015.110228T0735Z-110228T0815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
135 AM CST MON FEB 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN WABASH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
  GIBSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
  WESTERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 215 AM CST.

* AT 130 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF
  MOUNT CARMEL...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  MOUNT CARMEL...
  OWENSVILLE...
  PATOKA...
  PRINCETON...
  FORT BRANCH...
  OAKLAND CITY...
  PETERSBURG...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

NOW IS THE TIME TO IMPLEMENT YOUR TORNADO PLAN OF ACTION. SEEK
SHELTER INDOORS IN A BASEMENT...OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A HOME OR BUILDING.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

&&

LAT...LON 3859 8767 3858 8766 3850 8764 3846 8775
      3843 8774 3846 8767 3845 8762 3850 8758
      3850 8751 3854 8744 3855 8736 3852 8732
      3855 8725 3853 8710 3821 8737 3826 8794
TIME...MOT...LOC 0735Z 275DEG 53KT 3842 8780

$$

1 follow-up statement

003 
WWUS53 KPAH 280755
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
155 AM CST MON FEB 28 2011

ILC185-280805-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-110228T0815Z/
WABASH IL-
155 AM CST MON FEB 28 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WABASH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST
ILLINOIS IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3825 8783 3846 8746 3846 8716 3821 8737
      3823 8759
TIME...MOT...LOC 0755Z 287DEG 48KT 3831 8749

$$

INC051-125-280815-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-110228T0815Z/
PIKE IN-GIBSON IN-
155 AM CST MON FEB 28 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CST FOR GIBSON
AND CENTRAL PIKE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

AT 153 AM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH ROTATION.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES 
SOUTHEAST OF PRINCETON...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FRANCISCO...MACKEY...SOMERVILLE AND
OAKLAND CITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER 
SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

&&

LAT...LON 3825 8783 3846 8746 3846 8716 3821 8737
      3823 8759
TIME...MOT...LOC 0755Z 287DEG 48KT 3831 8749

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 28, 2:06 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Gibson, Pike	24 min
Feb 28, 2:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Posey, Vanderburgh	22 min
Feb 28, 2:11 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Vanderburgh	2 hr
Feb 28, 12:06 PM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick	21 days
Feb 27, 8:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Johnson, Pope, Saline, Williamson	25 min
Feb 27, 9:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Wayne, Williamson	37 min
Feb 27, 9:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards, Hamilton, Wayne	28 min
Feb 28, 12:14 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Jefferson	46 min
Feb 28, 12:38 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jefferson, Perry	37 min
Feb 28, 12:46 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Hamilton, Wayne, White	44 min
Feb 28, 12:53 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Wayne	37 min
Feb 28, 1:12 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wabash	33 min
Feb 28, 1:32 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Jackson, Union	43 min
Feb 28, 2:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jackson, Johnson, Union, Williamson	28 min
Feb 28, 12:06 PM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Massac, Pope	29 days
Feb 28, 12:06 PM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Alexander	19 days

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.