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Tornado Warning 91, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 3:28 AM EDT for Pike County, Indiana. It was in force for 8 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 2011, 3:28 AM EDT (07:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2011, 3:36 AM EDT
- In force
- 8 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Pike County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 227 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
- 48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS53 KPAH 260728
TORPAH
INC125-260800-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0091.110426T0728Z-110426T0800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
228 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 300 AM CDT.
* AT 225 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EAST
CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN
WARRICK COUNTY.
* THE TORNADO WILL IMPACT RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.
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 3851 8706 3837 8707 3836 8707 3842 8724
3854 8718 3854 8711
TIME...MOT...LOC 0728Z 203DEG 54KT 3848 8709
$$1 follow-up statement
248
WWUS53 KPAH 260736
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
236 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
INC125-260746-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0091.000000T0000Z-110426T0800Z/
PIKE IN-
236 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST
INDIANA IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC STORM HAS EXITED THE COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3851 8706 3837 8707 3836 8707 3842 8724
3854 8718 3854 8711
TIME...MOT...LOC 0736Z 203DEG 54KT 3859 8703
$$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, 3:07 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Pike, Warrick | 12 min |
| Apr 26, 3:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Pike | 16 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.