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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2015, 5:57 PM CDT for Spencer County, Indiana. It was in force for 33 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
- Jun 19, 2015, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2015, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Spencer County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 1388 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 995 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
016
WFUS53 KPAH 192257
TORPAH
INC147-192330-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0021.150619T2257Z-150619T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
557 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SPENCER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 556 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCKPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
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...
ROCKPORT...SANTA CLAUS...DALE...GRANDVIEW...CHRISNEY 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3790 8704 3785 8709 3791 8724 3799 8719
3800 8718 3801 8718 3802 8715 3803 8716
3803 8715 3806 8715 3805 8712 3805 8709
3806 8710 3812 8707 3812 8702 3820 8702
3810 8677
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 210DEG 22KT 3793 8710
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
887
WWUS53 KPAH 192313
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
613 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2015
INC147-192330-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150619T2330Z/
SPENCER IN-
613 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
SPENCER COUNTY...
AT 611 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED BETWEEN CHRISNEY AND ROCKPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. THERE WAS AN UNCONFIRMED REPORT
OF A TORNADO ON U.S. HIGHWAY 231 BETWEEN ROCKPORT AND
CHRISNEY.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SANTA CLAUS...DALE...CHRISNEY AND GENTRYVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3794 8700 3792 8703 3796 8710 3799 8714
3800 8714 3802 8715 3803 8716 3803 8715
3806 8715 3805 8712 3805 8709 3806 8710
3812 8707 3812 8702 3820 8702 3810 8677
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 210DEG 22KT 3801 8704
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 9:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | PAH | Gibson, Posey | 41 days |
| Jun 19, 3:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Spencer | 23 min |
| Jun 19, 4:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Vanderburgh | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Pike, Spencer, Warrick | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Spencer | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.