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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 29, 2012, 5:04 AM CST for Gallatin County, Saline County, White County, Illinois; Posey County, Indiana; Henderson County, Union County, Kentucky. It was in force for 26 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
- Feb 29, 2012, 5:04 AM CST (11:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 5:30 AM CST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Gallatin County, IL, Saline County, IL, White County, IL, Posey County, IN, Henderson County, KY, Union County, KY
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 5:06 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Ridgway, IL | WIDESPREAD TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. NUMEROUS HOMES AND ONE CHURCH DAMAGED. LATE REPORT. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 1:14 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 235 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1873 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 309 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
154 WFUS53 KPAH 291104 TORPAH ILC059-165-193-INC129-KYC101-225-291130- /O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0013.120229T1104Z-120229T1130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 504 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN GALLATIN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... EAST CENTRAL SALINE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... SOUTH CENTRAL WHITE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS... SOUTHERN POSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA... NORTHWESTERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY... NORTH CENTRAL UNION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 530 AM CST. * AT 501 AM CST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR ELDORADO. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE... MOUNT VERNON...RIDGWAY...JUNCTION...OMAHA AND NEW HAVEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW. && LAT...LON 3805 8783 3784 8772 3767 8844 3785 8848 TIME...MOT...LOC 1104Z 251DEG 61KT 3778 8836 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 10:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gallatin, White | 24 min |
| Feb 29, 3:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Union | 32 min |
| Feb 29, 4:08 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson, Johnson, Union, Williamson | 22 min |
| Feb 29, 4:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson, Johnson, Saline, Union, Williamson | 35 min |
| Feb 29, 4:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Saline, Williamson | 32 min |
| Feb 29, 4:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski | 29 min |
| Feb 29, 5:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac, Pulaski | 31 min |
| Feb 29, 5:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander | 29 min |
| Feb 29, 5:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 29 min |
| Feb 29, 5:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 16 min |
| Feb 29, 5:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 29 min |
| Feb 29, 5:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Spencer, Warrick | 34 min |
| Feb 29, 5:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 31 min |
| Feb 29, 6:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Spencer | 38 min |
| Feb 29, 6:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Spencer | 17 min |
| Feb 29, 5:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Fulton | 37 min |
| Feb 29, 5:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Hickman | 15 min |
| Feb 29, 5:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Livingston | 31 min |
| Feb 29, 6:17 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins, Webster | 28 min |
| Feb 29, 6:34 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg | 26 min |
| Feb 29, 6:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | McLean, Muhlenberg | 17 min |
| Feb 29, 7:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves, Livingston, Lyon, McCracken, Marshall | 44 min |
| Feb 29, 7:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton | 24 min |
| Feb 29, 7:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg | 25 min |
| Feb 29, 7:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton | 31 min |
| Feb 29, 7:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Calloway, Graves, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg | 25 min |
| Feb 29, 7:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | McLean, Muhlenberg | 17 min |
| Feb 29, 8:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon, Trigg | 28 min |
| Feb 29, 8:19 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Trigg | 26 min |
| Feb 29, 8:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 46 min |
| Feb 29, 8:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 25 min |
| Feb 29, 8:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Marshall, Trigg | 31 min |
| Feb 29, 9:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon, Muhlenberg, Todd and 1 more | 26 min |
| Feb 29, 9:24 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Calloway | 6 hr |
| Feb 29, 9:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Trigg | 33 min |
| Feb 29, 9:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 25 min |
| Feb 29, 9:54 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Calloway, Marshall, Trigg | 6 hr |
| Feb 29, 9:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Trigg | 32 min |
| Feb 29, 10:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd | 11 min |
| Feb 29, 10:19 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 6 hr |
| Feb 29, 10:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Marshall, Trigg | 24 min |
| Feb 29, 10:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd | 29 min |
| Feb 29, 11:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 28 min |
| Feb 29, 11:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Todd | 20 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.