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Tornado Warning 166, NWS Paducah, KY

May 25, 2011Vanderburgh County, Warrick County, Indiana; Henderson County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 8:15 PM CDT for Vanderburgh County, Warrick County, Indiana; Henderson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 18 min. 7 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
May 25, 2011, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2011, 8:33 PM CDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Henderson County, KY

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:18 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 25, 8:17 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGEvansville, INTREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON NORTHEAST SIDE OF TOWN. POWER OUTAGES REPORTED.
May 25, 8:22 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 57Evansville, IN
May 25, 8:23 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 70Evansville, IN
May 25, 8:23 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 75Evansville, IN
May 25, 8:25 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGEvansville, INUPDATE..NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER POLES DOWN. MAJOR POWER LINE DOWN WITH MUCH OF THE WEST SIDE OF THE METRO AREA WITHOUT POWER.
May 25, 8:29 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGHenderson, KYLARGE TREE FELL ACROSS MOBILE HOME.
May 25, 8:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGBoonville, IN*** 1 INJ *** LARGE TREE FELL ON HOME INJURING ONE PERSON.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 25, 11:09 AM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 225 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2011-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1870 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2011-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 212 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1870 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1479 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
212 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
334 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
14.1

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The text

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

367 
WFUS53 KPAH 260115
TORPAH
INC163-173-KYC101-260145-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0166.110526T0115Z-110526T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
815 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

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...
  WARRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT.

* AT 813 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  HENDERSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  HENDERSON...
  EVANSVILLE...
  NEWBURGH...
  MELODY HILL...
  CHANDLER...
  BOONVILLE...
  FOLSOMVILLE...
  LYNNVILLE...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3823 8728 3816 8705 3776 8758 3791 8770
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 224DEG 45KT 3789 8758

$$
1 follow-up statement
430 
WWUS53 KPAH 260133
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
833 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

INC163-173-KYC101-260143-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0166.000000T0000Z-110526T0145Z/
VANDERBURGH IN-WARRICK IN-HENDERSON KY-
833 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WARRICK AND SOUTHERN VANDERBURGH COUNTIES
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND NORTH CENTRAL HENDERSON COUNTY IN
NORTHWEST KENTUCKY IS CANCELLED...

AT THIS TIME THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED.

LAT...LON 3823 8728 3816 8705 3776 8758 3791 8770
TIME...MOT...LOC 0133Z 224DEG 45KT 3805 8738

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 7:27 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPosey33 min
May 25, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPosey65 min
May 25, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHGibson34 min
May 25, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick55 min
May 25, 8:08 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHGibson, Posey, Vanderburgh37 min
May 25, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHGibson, Pike31 min
May 25, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGibson, Pike, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick65 min
May 25, 8:52 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHSpencer23 min
May 25, 8:53 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHPike, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick3 hr
May 25, 7:02 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, McCracken28 min
May 25, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton and 6 more47 min
May 25, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Calloway, Christian, Crittenden, Graves, Hopkins and 5 more38 min
May 25, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCalloway, Graves, Marshall17 min
May 25, 8:37 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess23 min
May 25, 8:38 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCaldwell, Lyon, Trigg19 min
May 25, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Calloway, Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins, Lyon and 5 more63 min
May 25, 8:53 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCaldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Trigg22 min
May 25, 8:58 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess32 min
May 25, 9:02 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCalloway, Trigg43 min
May 25, 9:27 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess18 min
May 25, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Muhlenberg, Todd, Trigg64 min
May 25, 9:43 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHChristian, Trigg32 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.