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Tornado Warning 89, NWS Paducah, KY

April 26, 2011Warrick County, Indiana

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 1:57 AM CDT for Warrick County, Indiana. It was in force for 19 min. 2 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 26, 2011, 1:57 AM CDT (06:57 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2011, 2:16 AM CDT
In force: 19 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Warrick County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:58 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 26, 2:02 AM CDT	TORNADO	Greenbrier, IN	EF2 TORNADO BEGAN 4.5 MILES NNW OF BOONVILLE AND LIFTED JUST EAST OF GREENBRIER. THE TORNADO APPEARED TO TOUCH DOWN AGAIN IN THE LYNNVILLE MINE OR ABOUT 3.5 MILES SE OF LYNNVILLE. 120 MPH PEAK WIND...300 YDS WIDE AND PATH LENGTH 1.5 MI. NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED
Apr 26, 2:10 AM CDT	TORNADO	Greenbrier, IN	UNCONFIRMED TORNADO. ALONG HIGHWAY 61 EXTENSIVE WIND DAMAGE, UPROOTED TREES, SNAPPED POWER POLES, AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. EMERGENCY VEHICLES RESPONDING.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 226 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: 211 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1752 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

786 
WFUS53 KPAH 260657
TORPAH
INC173-260730-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0089.110426T0657Z-110426T0730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
157 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL WARRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT.

* AT 153 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF CHANDLER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  CHANDLER...
  BOONVILLE...
  FOLSOMVILLE...

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 3818 8733 3817 8711 3792 8731 3799 8744
TIME...MOT...LOC 0657Z 205DEG 55KT 3804 8737

$$

1 follow-up statement

437 
WWUS53 KPAH 260716
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
216 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

INC173-260726-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0089.000000T0000Z-110426T0730Z/
WARRICK IN-
216 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL WARRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST
INDIANA IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3818 8733 3817 8711 3792 8731 3799 8744
TIME...MOT...LOC 0716Z 205DEG 55KT 3830 8721

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 25, 10:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Gibson, Posey	6 hr
Apr 26, 12:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Pike, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick	3 hr
Apr 26, 1:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gibson, Pike, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick	26 min
Apr 26, 2:07 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Pike, Warrick	12 min
Apr 26, 2:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Pike	16 min
Apr 26, 2:28 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Pike	8 min
Apr 26, 5:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Spencer	24 min
Apr 26, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Spencer, Warrick	24 min
Apr 26, 5:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Pike, Spencer, Warrick	18 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.