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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 1:37 PM CST for Gibson County, Pike County, Warrick County, Indiana. It was in force for 22 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2012, 1:37 PM CST (19:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 1:59 PM CST
- In force
- 22 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), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 7.6 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
- 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.
702
WFUS53 KPAH 021937
TORPAH
INC051-125-173-022015-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0044.120302T1937Z-120302T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
137 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN GIBSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
NORTHERN WARRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 215 PM CST.
* AT 134 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HAUBSTADT...OR NEAR FORT BRANCH...AND MOVING
EAST AT 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
OAKLAND CITY...LYNNVILLE...WINSLOW...MACKEY...SOMERVILLE AND
SPURGEON.
THIS POTENTIAL TORNADO WILL PASS JUST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 64 BETWEEN
EXITS 25 AND 39.
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 3836 8707 3821 8707 3816 8750 3817 8757
3826 8760 3845 8707
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 251DEG 51KT 3821 8751
$$1 follow-up statement
563
WWUS53 KPAH 021959
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
159 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
INC051-125-173-022009-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-120302T2015Z/
PIKE IN-GIBSON IN-WARRICK IN-
159 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN WARRICK...SOUTHEASTERN GIBSON AND
SOUTHEASTERN PIKE COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3836 8707 3821 8707 3816 8750 3817 8757
3826 8760 3845 8707
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 251DEG 51KT 3831 8713
$$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, 1:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gibson, Pike, Warrick | 21 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.