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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2016, 6:59 PM EDT for Pike County, Warrick County, 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
- May 11, 2016, 6:59 PM EDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2016, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Pike County, IN, Warrick County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 49 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 7:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Winslow, IN | A COUPLE OF POWER LINES DOWN. |
| May 11, 7:15 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 6 Nw Holland, IN | ALSO WINDS GREATER THAN 55 MPH ESTIMATED |
| May 11, 7:15 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 7 Se Winslow, IN | ALSO WINDS GREATER THAN 55 MPH 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 236 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
- 1524 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 790 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 269 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 6.7
The text
As transmitted.
841
WFUS53 KPAH 112259
TORPAH
INC125-173-112330-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0063.160511T2259Z-160511T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
559 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
WARRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT/730 PM EDT/
* AT 558 PM CDT/658 PM EDT/...SPOTTERS REPOORT A CONFIRMED TORNADO
WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF THE INTER LAKE AREA NEAR HIGHWAY 61.
RADAR SHOWS THIS TORNADIC STORM 9 MILES NORTH OF
BOONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
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.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
FOLSOMVILLE AROUND 605 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
SPURGEON AND TENNYSON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3852 8715 3854 8710 3851 8707 3821 8707
3820 8702 3812 8702 3812 8707 3805 8709
3806 8715 3803 8716 3802 8715 3801 8718
3800 8719 3793 8727 3789 8727 3806 8747
3821 8731 3854 8723 3855 8719
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 249DEG 41KT 3819 8730
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
568
WWUS53 KPAH 112329
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
629 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016
INC125-173-112339-
/O.EXP.KPAH.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-160511T2330Z/
PIKE IN-WARRICK IN-
629 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PIKE AND WARRICK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
630 PM CDT/730 PM EDT/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT/800 PM
EDT/ FOR SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA.
LAT...LON 3852 8715 3854 8710 3851 8707 3821 8707
3820 8702 3812 8702 3812 8707 3805 8709
3806 8715 3803 8716 3802 8715 3801 8718
3800 8719 3793 8727 3789 8727 3806 8747
3821 8731 3854 8723 3855 8719
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 249DEG 41KT 3819 8730
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2:44 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | Gibson, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 7 hr |
| May 11, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Warrick | 43 min |
| May 11, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gibson | 43 min |
| May 11, 5:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gibson | 25 min |
| May 11, 5:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gibson | 11 min |
| May 11, 5:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Posey | 32 min |
| May 11, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gibson, Pike, Warrick | 31 min |
| May 11, 6:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gibson | 28 min |
| May 11, 6:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gibson, Pike, Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 58 min |
| May 11, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Posey, Vanderburgh | 38 min |
| May 11, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Pike, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 63 min |
| May 11, 6:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Gibson | 3 hr |
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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.