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Tornado Warning 68, NWS Paducah, KY

July 3, 2016Gibson County, Posey County, Indiana; White County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 2016, 3:30 PM CDT for Gibson County, Posey County, Indiana; White County, Illinois. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report 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
Jul 3, 2016, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2016, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

Counties White County, IL, Gibson County, IN, Posey County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 3, 3:53 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGPoseyville, INSEVERAL TREES DOWN AND DAMAGE TO FENCES IN TOWN.

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
Jul 3, 2:24 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 220 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2016-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2016-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
564 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

776 
WFUS53 KPAH 032030
TORPAH
ILC193-INC051-129-032100-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0068.160703T2030Z-160703T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
330 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN WHITE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHWESTERN GIBSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
  NORTHEASTERN POSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT
    
* AT 330 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CROSSVILLE...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  CARMI...MOVING EAST AT 40 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. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  POSEYVILLE AROUND 345 PM CDT. 
  CYNTHIANA AROUND 350 PM CDT. 
  OWENSVILLE AROUND 355 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
PHILLIPSTOWN AND GRIFFIN.

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 3837 8770 3817 8763 3817 8769 3812 8770
      3811 8804 3824 8808 3826 8802 3826 8798
      3824 8796 3829 8794 3830 8791 3828 8792
      3827 8791 3831 8787 3828 8786 3828 8785
      3830 8783 3832 8783
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 255DEG 36KT 3818 8800 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$
1 follow-up statement
957 
WWUS53 KPAH 032046
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
346 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

ILC193-032055-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0068.000000T0000Z-160703T2100Z/
WHITE IL-
346 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WHITE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
ILLINOIS...AND SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA.

LAT...LON 3831 8768 3817 8763 3817 8769 3812 8770
      3814 8792 3815 8792 3817 8791 3817 8793
      3821 8794 3832 8768
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 255DEG 36KT 3822 8781 

$$

INC051-129-032100-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0068.000000T0000Z-160703T2100Z/
GIBSON IN-POSEY IN-
346 PM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN GIBSON AND NORTHEASTERN POSEY COUNTIES...
    
AT 345 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR POSEYVILLE...OR 12 MILES WEST OF FORT
BRANCH...MOVING EAST AT 40 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. 

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CYNTHIANA AROUND 350 PM CDT. 
  OWENSVILLE AROUND 355 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
GRIFFIN.

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 3831 8768 3817 8763 3817 8769 3812 8770
      3814 8792 3815 8792 3817 8791 3817 8793
      3821 8794 3832 8768
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 255DEG 36KT 3822 8781 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 4:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchPAHGibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick35 hr
Jul 3, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGibson, Posey33 min
Jul 3, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGibson, Posey, Vanderburgh28 min
Jul 3, 4:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHWarrick23 min
Jul 3, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPike, Spencer, Warrick49 min
Jul 3, 5:20 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHSpencer, Warrick115 min
Jul 3, 5:44 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHVanderburgh2 hr
Jul 3, 9:06 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHWayne, White38 hr
Jul 3, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMassac, Pope49 min
Jul 3, 4:48 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJohnson27 min
Jul 3, 5:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHMassac, Pope52 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.