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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Paducah, KY

April 26, 2016Vanderburgh County, Indiana

NWS Paducah, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2016, 4:56 PM CDT for Vanderburgh County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 min. 2 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 26, 2016, 4:56 PM CDT (21:56 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2016, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Vanderburgh County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 26, 5:14 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Evansville, IN	PICTURES SENT TO MEDIA FROM A VIEWER
Apr 26, 5:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Darmstadt, IN	ESTIMATED 80 MPH WIND NEAR DIAMOND AND HWY 41. ALSO ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF THIS LOCATION...3 LARGE TREES SNAPPED. TIME ESTIMATED.

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 26, 3:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 228 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 36 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1318 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

118 
WUUS53 KPAH 262156
SVRPAH
INC163-262230-
/O.NEW.KPAH.SV.W.0021.160426T2156Z-160426T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
456 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  VANDERBURGH COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 455 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER KASSON...OR
  NEAR EVANSVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EVANSVILLE...MELODY HILL...DARMSTADT AND KASSON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3816 8747 3804 8747 3803 8745 3797 8750
      3794 8756 3797 8757 3798 8759 3797 8760
      3795 8761 3805 8770 3817 8769
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 198DEG 34KT 3803 8759 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

PS

2 follow-up statements

257 
WWUS53 KPAH 262208
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
508 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

INC163-262230-
/O.CON.KPAH.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160426T2230Z/
VANDERBURGH IN-
508 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN VANDERBURGH COUNTY...

AT 507 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER DARMSTADT...OR 7
MILES NORTH OF MELODY HILL...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EVANSVILLE...MELODY HILL AND DARMSTADT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3816 8747 3804 8747 3803 8745 3799 8749
      3805 8770 3817 8769
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 199DEG 32KT 3812 8754 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

PS

989 
WWUS53 KPAH 262219
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
519 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

INC163-262230-
/O.CON.KPAH.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160426T2230Z/
VANDERBURGH IN-
519 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN VANDERBURGH COUNTY...

AT 517 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HAUBSTADT...OR
NEAR FORT BRANCH...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THE STORM NEAR
         HAUBSTADT APPEARS TO BE WEAKENING...HOWEVER ANOTHER STORM
         IN POSEY COUNTY IS INTENSIFYING AND MAY MOVE INTO NORTHERN
         VANDERBURGH COUNTY.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EVANSVILLE...MELODY HILL AND DARMSTADT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3799 8749 3805 8769 3817 8768 3817 8767
      3815 8747 3804 8747 3803 8745
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 199DEG 30KT 3818 8751 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

PS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 3:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Pike	23 min
Apr 26, 3:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gibson, Pike	9 min
Apr 26, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gibson, Posey	23 min
Apr 26, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Posey	14 min
Apr 26, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Vanderburgh, Warrick	42 min
Apr 26, 5:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Vanderburgh	2 hr
Apr 26, 5:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PAH	Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick	21 min
Apr 26, 6:10 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Gibson, Pike	3 hr
Apr 26, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Spencer, Warrick	45 min
Apr 26, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Spencer	30 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.