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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Paducah, KY

May 11, 2016Pike County, Warrick County, Indiana

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.

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 11, 7:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGWinslow, INA COUPLE OF POWER LINES DOWN.
May 11, 7:15 PM EDTHAIL 0.756 Nw Holland, INALSO WINDS GREATER THAN 55 MPH ESTIMATED
May 11, 7:15 PM EDTHAIL 0.757 Se Winslow, INALSO 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 11, 1:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC12 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2016-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1524 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2016-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 269 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 2:44 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryPAHGibson, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick7 hr
May 11, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHWarrick43 min
May 11, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGibson43 min
May 11, 5:35 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHGibson25 min
May 11, 5:49 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHGibson11 min
May 11, 5:58 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedPAHPosey32 min
May 11, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGibson, Pike, Warrick31 min
May 11, 6:02 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHGibson28 min
May 11, 6:17 PM EDTTornado WarningPAHGibson, Pike, Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick58 min
May 11, 6:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPosey, Vanderburgh38 min
May 11, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPike, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick63 min
May 11, 6:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPAHGibson3 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.