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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 29, 2012, 5:31 AM CST for Henderson County, Union County, Kentucky; Posey County, Vanderburgh County, Warrick County, Indiana. It was in force for 29 min. 3 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
- Feb 29, 2012, 5:31 AM CST (11:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Posey County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Henderson County, KY, Union County, KY
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:33 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, 6:00 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Henderson, KY | *** 2 INJ *** POSSIBLE TORNADO...NEAR ELLIS PARK 3 TO 4 RIVER HOMES DESTROYED WITH 2 INJURES REPORTED. LATE REPORT. |
| Feb 29, 6:00 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Newburgh, IN | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 66. |
| Feb 29, 6:05 AM CST | TORNADO | Newburgh, IN | POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED BY STATE TROOPER NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF NEWBURGH. |
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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 221 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.
065
WFUS53 KPAH 291131
TORPAH
INC129-163-173-KYC101-225-291200-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0016.120229T1131Z-120229T1200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
531 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN POSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
SOUTHERN VANDERBURGH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
SOUTHWESTERN WARRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
NORTHERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
NORTH CENTRAL UNION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 600 AM CST.
* AT 529 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A CONFIRMED TORNADO 6 MILES NORTH OF UNIONTOWN...OR 6 MILES SOUTH
OF MOUNT VERNON. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST
AT 65 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A LARGE TORNADO
IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
HENDERSON...EVANSVILLE...MELODY HILL...NEWBURGH...CHANDLER AND
KASSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3789 8729 3771 8803 3778 8804 3780 8803
3781 8805 3782 8805 3784 8803 3785 8805
3787 8806 3815 8730
TIME...MOT...LOC 1131Z 253DEG 56KT 3786 8790
$$1 follow-up statement
758
WWUS53 KPAH 291148
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
548 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
KYC225-291158-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120229T1200Z/
UNION KY-
548 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL UNION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST
KENTUCKY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3789 8731 3777 8780 3777 8781 3784 8786
3792 8791 3815 8730 3790 8729
TIME...MOT...LOC 1148Z 253DEG 56KT 3793 8758
$$
INC129-163-173-KYC101-291200-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120229T1200Z/
VANDERBURGH IN-POSEY IN-WARRICK IN-HENDERSON KY-
548 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN WARRICK...
EAST CENTRAL POSEY AND SOUTHERN VANDERBURGH COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST
INDIANA...AND NORTHERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY UNTIL
600 AM CST...
AT 543 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF HENDERSON...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH. THIS STORM HAS HAD A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3789 8731 3777 8780 3777 8781 3784 8786
3792 8791 3815 8730 3790 8729
TIME...MOT...LOC 1148Z 253DEG 56KT 3793 8758
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 4:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ballard | 29 min |
| Feb 29, 5:04 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 26 min |
| Feb 29, 5:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 31 min |
| Feb 29, 5:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle | 29 min |
| Feb 29, 5:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Fulton | 37 min |
| Feb 29, 5:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Livingston | 29 min |
| Feb 29, 5:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Livingston, McCracken | 16 min |
| Feb 29, 5:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Hickman | 15 min |
| Feb 29, 5:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson | 34 min |
| Feb 29, 5:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Livingston | 31 min |
| Feb 29, 5:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson | 31 min |
| Feb 29, 6:17 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins, Webster | 28 min |
| Feb 29, 6:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, McLean | 38 min |
| Feb 29, 6:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess | 17 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 |
| Feb 28, 10:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Posey | 24 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.