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Tornado Warning 68, NWS Paducah, KY
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 3:53 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Poseyville, IN | SEVERAL 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 2:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 4:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | PAH | Gibson, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 35 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gibson, Posey | 33 min |
| Jul 3, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gibson, Posey, Vanderburgh | 28 min |
| Jul 3, 4:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Warrick | 23 min |
| Jul 3, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Pike, Spencer, Warrick | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 5:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Spencer, Warrick | 115 min |
| Jul 3, 5:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Vanderburgh | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 9:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | PAH | Wayne, White | 38 hr |
| Jul 3, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac, Pope | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Johnson | 27 min |
| Jul 3, 5:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Massac, Pope | 52 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.