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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2011, 9:50 PM CDT for Gibson County, Pike County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 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
- Apr 19, 2011, 9:50 PM CDT (02:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2011, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Gibson County, IN, Pike County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:49 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, 10:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Princeton, IN | LATE REPORT. POWER LINES DOWN. TELEPHONE POLES SNAPPED ALONG OLD STATE HWY 65. |
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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 2409 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 547 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 24.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
240
WFUS53 KPAH 200250
TORPAH
INC051-125-200315-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0052.110420T0250Z-110420T0315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
950 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN GIBSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT.
* AT 945 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF
PRINCETON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
PATOKA...
PRINCETON...
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 IN EXCESS OF
80 MPH.
&&
LAT...LON 3853 8716 3854 8711 3852 8707 3844 8708
3826 8779 3835 8783 3854 8742 3855 8736
3852 8732 3852 8730 3855 8725 3856 8719
TIME...MOT...LOC 0250Z 244DEG 63KT 3834 8770
$$1 follow-up statement
403
WWUS53 KPAH 200309
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1009 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011
INC051-200318-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-110420T0315Z/
GIBSON IN-
1009 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN GIBSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST
INDIANA IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3853 8716 3854 8711 3852 8707 3844 8708
3838 8741 3844 8742 3848 8747 3854 8742
3855 8736 3852 8732 3852 8730 3855 8725
3856 8719
TIME...MOT...LOC 0308Z 244DEG 63KT 3848 8733
$$
INC125-200315-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-110420T0315Z/
PIKE IN-
1009 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
AT 1003 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF PETERSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH. A SECOND
AREA OF STRONG ROTATION WAS LOCATED NEAR OATSVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED
COUNTY..
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF
80 MPH.
&&
LAT...LON 3853 8716 3854 8711 3852 8707 3844 8708
3838 8741 3844 8742 3848 8747 3854 8742
3855 8736 3852 8732 3852 8730 3855 8725
3856 8719
TIME...MOT...LOC 0308Z 244DEG 63KT 3848 8733
$$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, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 58 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, 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 |
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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.