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Tornado Warning 90, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 3:07 AM EDT for Pike County, Warrick County, Indiana. It was in force for 12 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, 3:07 AM EDT (07:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2011, 3:19 AM EDT
- In force
- 12 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Pike County, IN, Warrick County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 3:09 AM EDT | TORNADO | Spurgeon, IN | EF1 TORNADO BEGAN ON HWY 61 JUST SOUTH OF SPURGEON. IT TRAVELLED NORTHEAST AND TRACKED ACROSS FREDONIA STREET AND THEN CONTINUED TO TRAVEL NORTHEAST WHERE IT EVENTUALLY LIFTED. PEAK WIND WAS 105 MPH AND AVERAGE PATH WIDTH WAS 200 YDS. PATH LENGTH WAS 0.6 MILES |
| Apr 26, 3:10 AM EDT | 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
942
WFUS53 KPAH 260707
TORPAH
INC125-173-260730-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0090.110426T0707Z-110426T0730Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
207 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
NORTHERN WARRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 230 AM CDT.
* AT 202 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 7 MILES SOUTH OF
LYNNVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
LYNNVILLE...
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 3804 8722 3813 8737 3831 8727 3827 8707
3821 8707 3821 8705 3820 8705
TIME...MOT...LOC 0707Z 226DEG 42KT 3814 8725
$$1 follow-up statement
520
WWUS53 KPAH 260719
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
219 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
INC125-173-260729-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0090.000000T0000Z-110426T0730Z/
PIKE IN-WARRICK IN-
219 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN WARRICK AND SOUTHEASTERN PIKE
COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3804 8722 3813 8737 3831 8727 3827 8707
3821 8707 3821 8705 3820 8705
TIME...MOT...LOC 0719Z 226DEG 42KT 3824 8712
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 11:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Gibson, Posey | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 1:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Pike, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 2:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gibson, Pike, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 26 min |
| Apr 26, 2:57 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Warrick | 19 min |
| Apr 26, 3:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Pike | 16 min |
| Apr 26, 3:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Pike | 8 min |
| Apr 26, 6:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Spencer | 24 min |
| Apr 26, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Spencer, Warrick | 24 min |
| Apr 26, 6:53 PM EDT | 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.