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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 1:09 PM CST for Gibson County, Pike County, Warrick County, Indiana. It was in force for 21 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, 1:09 PM CST (19:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 1:30 PM CST
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Gibson County, IN, Pike County, IN, Warrick County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 1:14 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Stendal, IN |
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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 242 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.
828 WFUS53 KPAH 021909 TORPAH INC051-125-173-021930- /O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0041.120302T1909Z-120302T1930Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 109 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL GIBSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA... SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA... NORTHEASTERN WARRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA... * UNTIL 130 PM CST. * AT 106 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LYNNVILLE...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF OAKLAND CITY...AND MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH. THIS TORNADO HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTION TO HOMES IN NORTHERN POSEY COUNTY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHEASTERN WARRICK AND SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTIES. 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 3821 8706 3820 8736 3830 8742 3842 8707 TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 250DEG 60KT 3825 8725 $$
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, 12:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gibson, Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 12:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gibson, Posey | 24 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.