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Tornado Warning 66, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Jul 31, 2012, 6:29 PM CDT for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 31 min. 3 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
- Jul 31, 2012, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Gibson County, IN, Pike County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 6:31 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Oakland City, IN | REPORTS OF TREE DAMAGE...SOME UPROOTED AND SOME SNAPPED. PARTOF A ROOF ON THE HIGHWAY...AND OTHER BUILDINGS WITH STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. THUNDERSTORMS WINDS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 70 AND 80 MPH. |
| Jul 31, 6:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Mackey, IN | LARGE BARN BLOWN DOWN...MULTIPLE TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED...DEBRIS BLOCKING ROADS...SHINGLES OFF HOUSES |
| Jul 31, 6:47 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 W Lynnville, IN | 3 TO 5 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 239 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
- 1558 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 686 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
472 WFUS53 KPAH 312329 TORPAH INC051-125-163-173-010000- /O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0066.120731T2329Z-120801T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 629 PM CDT TUE JUL 31 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN GIBSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA... SOUTH CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA... NORTHEASTERN VANDERBURGH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA... NORTHERN WARRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA... * UNTIL 700 PM CDT. * AT 627 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OAKLAND CITY...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF GOLF BALL TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL WERE HAPPENING NEAR OAKLAND CITY. A TORNADO IS IMMINENT. TAKE COVER NOW! * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE... FORT BRANCH...LYNNVILLE...FOLSOMVILLE...MACKEY AND ELBERFELD. 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 3815 8705 3807 8747 3831 8763 3837 8728 TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 019DEG 18KT 3827 8741 $$
1 follow-up statement
459 WWUS53 KPAH 312350 SVSPAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 650 PM CDT TUE JUL 31 2012 INC051-125-163-173-010000- /O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0066.000000T0000Z-120801T0000Z/ VANDERBURGH IN-PIKE IN-GIBSON IN-WARRICK IN- 650 PM CDT TUE JUL 31 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN WARRICK... SOUTHEASTERN GIBSON...SOUTH CENTRAL PIKE AND NORTHEASTERN VANDERBURGH COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 645 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LYNNVILLE...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF CHANDLER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. GOLF BALL HAIL WAS JUST REPORTED IN LYNNVILLE. ESTIMATED 70 TO 80 MPH WINDS HAS BEEN PRODUCED OUT OF THIS STORM. A TORNADO...OR TORNADO LIKE WINDS...IS POSSIBLE...SO TAKE COVER! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3815 8705 3807 8747 3831 8763 3837 8728 TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 320DEG 24KT 3815 8733 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Pike | 46 min |
| Jul 31, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gibson, Pike | 48 min |
| Jul 31, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gibson, Pike, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 65 min |
| Jul 31, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 31 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.