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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Paducah, KY

March 2, 2012White County, Illinois; Gibson County, Posey County, Indiana

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 2, 1:22 PM CSTHAIL 0.751 N Poseyville, INDIME 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 2, 9:54 AM CSTTornado Watch PDSSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2012-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2012-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 1:30 AM CSTWind AdvisoryPAHAlexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more19 hr
Mar 2, 11:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFranklin, Jackson, Williamson33 min
Mar 2, 11:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFranklin, Jackson, Williamson42 min
Mar 2, 11:37 AM CSTTornado WarningPAHFranklin, Hamilton, Saline23 min
Mar 2, 11:44 AM CSTTornado WarningPAHFranklin, Hamilton, Saline, Williamson31 min
Mar 2, 12:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHEdwards, Hamilton, White28 min
Mar 2, 12:03 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHAlexander, Pulaski, Union42 min
Mar 2, 12:07 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHHamilton, White38 min
Mar 2, 12:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWabash, White46 min
Mar 2, 12:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJohnson, Union36 min
Mar 2, 12:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHAlexander, Pulaski33 min
Mar 2, 12:53 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHJohnson, Pope22 min
Mar 2, 1:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMassac, Pulaski20 min
Mar 2, 1:11 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHGallatin, Hardin, Pope, Saline34 min
Mar 2, 1:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMassac, Pope22 min
Mar 2, 1:28 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHGallatin32 min
Mar 2, 1:38 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHMassac37 min
Mar 2, 1:49 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHMassac, Pope26 min
Mar 2, 1:54 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHHardin36 min
Mar 2, 12:41 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHGibson, Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick34 min
Mar 2, 1:09 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHGibson, Pike, Warrick21 min
Mar 2, 1:37 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHGibson, Pike, Warrick22 min
Mar 2, 1:55 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHSpencer50 min
Mar 2, 2:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHSpencer23 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.