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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2015, 2:50 PM CDT for Spencer County, Warrick County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 min. 5 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
- Apr 7, 2015, 2:50 PM CDT (19:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2015, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Spencer County, IN, Warrick County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Tennyson, IN | LARGE TREE DOWN ON POWERLINE |
| Apr 7, 2:56 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 E Tennyson, IN | EF-1 TORNADO. BEGAN AND TRAVELED 3.75 MILES TO 2 S GENTRYVILLE. PEAK WIND 95 MPH. MAX WIDTH 200 YRDS. NUMEROUS TREES, SOME LARGE, UPROOTED AND SNAPPED. |
| Apr 7, 3:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | Lamar, IN | |
| Apr 7, 3:12 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | New Boston, IN | TREES DOWN ON A HOUSE |
| Apr 7, 3:13 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 67 | Tennyson, IN | NUMEROUS LARGE LIMBS DOWN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 593 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 594 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
473
WFUS53 KPAH 071950
TORPAH
INC147-173-072015-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0013.150407T1950Z-150407T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
250 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN SPENCER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
NORTHEASTERN WARRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
* UNTIL 315 PM CDT
* AT 249 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER FOLSOMVILLE...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BOONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SANTA CLAUS...DALE...FOLSOMVILLE...CHRISNEY...TENNYSON AND
GENTRYVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
PADUCAH.
&&
LAT...LON 3804 8679 3803 8677 3800 8677 3801 8680
3800 8681 3799 8687 3805 8725 3815 8724
3819 8679 3818 8680 3812 8679 3812 8681
3810 8677 3806 8677
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 271DEG 45KT 3809 8715
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
SMITH2 follow-up statements
481
WWUS53 KPAH 071958
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
258 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2015
INC147-173-072015-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150407T2015Z/
SPENCER IN-WARRICK IN-
258 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN SPENCER AND EAST CENTRAL WARRICK COUNTIES...
AT 258 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR DALE...OR 14 MILES EAST OF BOONVILLE...MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SANTA CLAUS...DALE AND GENTRYVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 3804 8679 3803 8677 3800 8677 3801 8680
3800 8681 3799 8687 3803 8707 3816 8710
3819 8679 3818 8680 3812 8679 3812 8681
3810 8677 3806 8677
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 273DEG 38KT 3810 8702
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
SMITH183
WWUS53 KPAH 072016
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
316 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2015
INC147-173-072025-
/O.EXP.KPAH.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150407T2015Z/
SPENCER IN-WARRICK IN-
316 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SPENCER AND EAST CENTRAL
WARRICK COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
PADUCAH.
LAT...LON 3804 8679 3803 8677 3800 8677 3801 8680
3800 8681 3799 8687 3803 8707 3816 8710
3819 8679 3818 8680 3812 8679 3812 8681
3810 8677 3806 8677
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 271DEG 45KT 3810 8702
$$
SMITHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Vanderburgh, Warrick | 25 min |
| Apr 7, 2:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Gibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 111 min |
| Apr 7, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Spencer, 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.