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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 12:41 PM CST for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 34 min. 9 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, 12:41 PM CST (18:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 1:15 PM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Gibson County, IN, Posey County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 12:43 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 1 N Poseyville, IN | QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED JUST NORTH OF TOWN. |
| Mar 2, 12:43 PM CST | TORNADO | 2 Wnw Hepburn, IN | TORNADO REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTERS. TORNADO IS ESTIMATED TO BE 300 YARDS WIND. |
| Mar 2, 12:46 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Wadesville, IN | 2 STORY HOME LOST THE ROOF. |
| Mar 2, 12:46 PM CST | HAIL 2.5 | 1 N Wadesville, IN | TENNIS BALL HAIL REPORTED JUST NORTH OF WADESVILLE. |
| Mar 2, 12:47 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Poseyville, IN | LATE REPORT...SHERIFF REPORTING SIGNIFICANT RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE DAMAGE THROUGHOUT CENTRAL POSY COUNTY. |
| Mar 2, 12:47 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | 2 S Poseyville, IN | GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED JUST SOUTH OF TOWN. |
| Mar 2, 12:51 PM CST | HAIL 1.25 | Haubstadt, IN | HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL REPORTED. |
| Mar 2, 12:57 PM CST | HAIL 2.5 | 2 S Fort Branch, IN | TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED SOUTH OF FORT BRANCH. |
| Mar 2, 1:22 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | 1 N Poseyville, IN | DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED. |
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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 237 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
- 1667 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
112 WFUS53 KPAH 021841 TORPAH INC051-129-163-173-021915- /O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0038.120302T1841Z-120302T1915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1241 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN GIBSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA... NORTHEASTERN POSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA... NORTHERN VANDERBURGH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA... NORTHWESTERN WARRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA... * UNTIL 115 PM CST. * AT 1237 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW HARMONY...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF MOUNT VERNON...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A ROTATING FUNNEL CLOUD A FEW MILES SOUTH OF POSEYVILLE. THIS TORNADO WILL MOVE ACROSS FAR NORTHERN VANDERBURGH COUNTY...POSSIBLY CROSSING INTERSTATE 64 INTO SOUTHERN GIBSON COUNTY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE... POSEYVILLE...CYNTHIANA...DARMSTADT...HAUBSTADT...LYNNVILLE... ELBERFELD...MACKEY AND SOMERVILLE. 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 3805 8726 3805 8792 3816 8792 3830 8734 TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 259DEG 51KT 3812 8783 $$
2 follow-up statements
722 WWUS53 KPAH 021853 SVSPAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1253 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 INC051-129-163-173-021915- /O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120302T1915Z/ VANDERBURGH IN-POSEY IN-GIBSON IN-WARRICK IN- 1253 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN WARRICK... SOUTHEASTERN GIBSON...NORTHEASTERN POSEY AND NORTHERN VANDERBURGH COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 115 PM CST... AT 1243 PM CST...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO OVER HEPBURN...WHICH IS TWO MILES SOUTH OF WADESVILLE. AT 1248 PM...THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CYNTHIANA...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT BRANCH...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL MOVE EAST ALONG INTERSTATE 64 IN THE VICINITY OF THE VANDERBURGH AND GIBSON COUNTY LINE. HAIL NEARLY BASEBALL SIZE HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3805 8726 3805 8792 3816 8792 3830 8734 TIME...MOT...LOC 1849Z 254DEG 53KT 3814 8767 $$
353 WWUS53 KPAH 021905 RRA SVSPAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 105 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 INC129-021913- /O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120302T1915Z/ POSEY IN- 105 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN POSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEAST POSEY COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...ANOTHER TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR POSEY COUNTY AS ANOTHER TORNADIC STORM IS CROSSING THE WABASH RIVER. LAT...LON 3811 8758 3822 8758 3830 8734 3805 8726 TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 258DEG 54KT 3819 8740 $$ INC051-163-173-021915- /O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120302T1915Z/ VANDERBURGH IN-GIBSON IN-WARRICK IN- 105 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN WARRICK... SOUTHEASTERN GIBSON AND NORTHEASTERN VANDERBURGH COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 115 PM CST... AT 102 PM CST...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF LYNNVILLE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT BRANCH...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3811 8758 3822 8758 3830 8734 3805 8726 TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 258DEG 54KT 3819 8740 $$
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 | Gibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 19 hr |
| Mar 2, 12:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Posey | 38 min |
| Mar 2, 12:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gibson, Pike, Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 12:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gibson, Posey | 24 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.