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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 12:58 PM CST for White County, Illinois; Gibson County, Posey 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
- Mar 2, 2012, 12:58 PM CST (18:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 1:22 PM CST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties White County, IL, Gibson County, IN, Posey County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 223 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.
972
WFUS53 KPAH 021858
TORPAH
ILC193-INC051-129-021945-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0040.120302T1858Z-120302T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1258 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN WHITE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...
WEST CENTRAL GIBSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
NORTHERN POSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 145 PM CST.
* AT 1253 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF NORRIS CITY...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF
CARMI...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
CROSSVILLE...NEW HARMONY...POSEYVILLE...MAUNIE...PHILLIPSTOWN AND
GRIFFIN.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 64 BETWEEN EXITS 4 AND 12 IN POSEY COUNTY.
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 3831 8786 3828 8786 3828 8784 3811 8770
3792 8814 3801 8825 3824 8798 3824 8796
3826 8794 3827 8795 3830 8791 3827 8792
TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 233DEG 38KT 3799 8814
$$1 follow-up statement
849
WWUS53 KPAH 021922
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
122 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
ILC193-INC051-129-021932-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-120302T1945Z/
WHITE IL-POSEY IN-GIBSON IN-
122 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WHITE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST
ILLINOIS...AND WEST CENTRAL GIBSON AND NORTHERN POSEY COUNTIES IN
SOUTHWEST INDIANA IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY...HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT!
LAT...LON 3831 8786 3828 8786 3828 8784 3811 8770
3792 8814 3801 8825 3824 8798 3824 8796
3826 8794 3827 8795 3830 8791 3827 8792
TIME...MOT...LOC 1922Z 233DEG 38KT 3814 8788
$$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, 12:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hamilton, White | 38 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, 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.