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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 12:07 PM CST for Hamilton County, White County, Illinois; Posey County, Indiana. It was in force for 38 min. 5 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
- Mar 2, 2012, 12:07 PM CST (18:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 12:45 PM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hamilton County, IL, White County, IL, Posey County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 12:22 PM CST | HAIL 0.88 | Carmi, IL | |
| Mar 2, 12:23 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 50 | Carmi, IL | DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED WITH THE STORM. WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. SOME DEBRIS BLOCKING ROADWAYS. |
| Mar 2, 12:24 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 60 | Carmi, IL | POWER LINES DOWN |
| Mar 2, 12:31 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Carmi, IL | LARGE AMOUNT OF POWER LINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. |
| Mar 2, 12:36 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | New Harmony, IN | GOLF BALL HAIL REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTER. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 9:54 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 239 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
- 1770 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
868 WFUS53 KPAH 021807 TORPAH ILC065-193-INC129-021845- /O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0037.120302T1807Z-120302T1845Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1207 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHERN WHITE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS... CENTRAL POSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA... * UNTIL 1245 PM CST. * AT 1206 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF NORRIS CITY...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF MCLEANSBORO...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED JUST NORTH OF GALATIA AROUND 1205 PM. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE... CARMI...MOUNT VERNON...NORRIS CITY...NEW HARMONY AND MAUNIE. 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 3815 8790 3793 8785 3791 8858 3800 8858 TIME...MOT...LOC 1807Z 260DEG 43KT 3796 8846 $$
1 follow-up statement
308 WWUS53 KPAH 021826 SVSPAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1226 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ILC065-021833- /O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120302T1845Z/ HAMILTON IL- 1226 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF HAMILTON COUNTY. LAT...LON 3800 8817 3808 8822 3815 8790 3793 8785 TIME...MOT...LOC 1823Z 259DEG 57KT 3806 8811 $$ ILC193-INC129-021845- /O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120302T1845Z/ WHITE IL-POSEY IN- 1226 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL WHITE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...AND CENTRAL POSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 1245 PM CST... AT 1220 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CARMI...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH. AT 1220 PM...RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG ROTATION ABOUT THREE MILES SOUTH OF CARMI. THIS ROTATION WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EAST...CROSSING THE WABASH RIVER BETWEEN NEW HARMONY AND MAUNIE SHORTLY. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU LIVE EAST OF CARMI...FROM NEW HARMONY TO MAUNIE. 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 3800 8817 3808 8822 3815 8790 3793 8785 TIME...MOT...LOC 1823Z 259DEG 57KT 3806 8811 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 1:30 AM CST | Wind Advisory | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 19 hr |
| Mar 2, 11:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Williamson | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 11:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Williamson | 42 min |
| Mar 2, 11:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Saline | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 11:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Saline, Williamson | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 12:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Hamilton, White | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 12:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski, Union | 42 min |
| Mar 2, 12:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wabash, White | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 12:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Union | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 12:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 12:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Johnson, Pope | 22 min |
| Mar 2, 12:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | White | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 1:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac, Pulaski | 20 min |
| Mar 2, 1:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin, Pope, Saline | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 1:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 22 min |
| Mar 2, 1:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 1:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 1:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 1:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hardin | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 12:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gibson, Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 1:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gibson, Pike, Warrick | 21 min |
| Mar 2, 1:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gibson, Pike, Warrick | 22 min |
| Mar 2, 1:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Spencer | 50 min |
| Mar 2, 2:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Spencer | 23 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.