Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2012, 4:36 PM CDT for Spencer County, Indiana. It was in force for 24 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
- Jul 24, 2012, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2012, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Spencer County, IN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 4:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S New Boston, IN | A FEW TREE LIMBS AND ONE TREE DOWN ON STATE ROUTE 545. HAIL ALSO REPORTED, BUT SIZE UNKNOWN. |
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 12:00Z, 9.6 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
- 1324 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1062 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
705
WUUS53 KPAH 242136
SVRPAH
INC147-242200-
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0310.120724T2136Z-120724T2200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
436 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL SPENCER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT.
* AT 435 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SANTA CLAUS...OR 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF
ROCKPORT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO
ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME EASTERN SPENCER COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN PADUCAH.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...
IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 3805 8677 3801 8677 3799 8683 3803 8683
3806 8685 3812 8680 3812 8679 3809 8676
3808 8677 3806 8676
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 337DEG 7KT 3807 8679
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.88IN
$$
SMITH1 follow-up statement
048
WWUS53 KPAH 242146
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
446 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2012
INC147-242200-
/O.CON.KPAH.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-120724T2200Z/
SPENCER IN-
446 PM CDT TUE JUL 24 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
SPENCER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 500 PM CDT...
AT 444 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING WALNUT SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SANTA CLAUS...JUST EAST
OF THE COMMUNITIES OF EVANSTON AND NEW BOSTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
10 MPH. LARGER HAIL APPEARS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM NOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS STORM. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN PADUCAH.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 3805 8677 3801 8677 3799 8683 3803 8683
3806 8685 3812 8680 3812 8679 3809 8676
3808 8677 3806 8676
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 337DEG 7KT 3805 8678
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN
$$
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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.