Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 1994, 6:04 PM CDT for Caldwell County, Trigg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 1994, 6:04 PM CDT (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 1994, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Caldwell County, KY, Trigg County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 1797 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 618 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPAH 272304 TORPAH KYC033-221-272330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 604 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST KENTUCKY ...SOUTHERN CALDWELL COUNTY...NORTHERN TRIGG COUNTY AT 603 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND NORTH OF CADIZ KENTUCKY...LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOPKINSVILLE. THE LOCATION OF THE TORNADO WAS AT HIGHWAY 139 AND INTERSTATE 24 MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. POOLE & NNNN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 27, 12:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
1235 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORTS FOR SEVERE WEATHER EVENT APRIL 26-27 1994.
1140 PM CDT...WAYNE COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED WIND DAMAGE TO
HOMES IN COUNTY.
1140 PM CDT...CLAY COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN
DOWN THROUGHOUT LOUISVILLE AND 2 BARNS DESTROYED 6 MILES
NORTH OF LOUISVILLE.
1153 PM CDT...WAYNE COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED BUILDINGS DESTROYED
JUST NORTHWEST OF CISNE.
1205 AM CDT...CRAWFORD COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED TREES BLOWN DOWN
IN OBLONG.
.
1225 AM CDT...KNOX COUNTY INDIANA...BRUCEVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED
TREES BLOWN DOWN IN BRUCEVILLE.
1229 AM CDT...LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED TREES AND ELECTRICAL
LINES BLOWN DOWN.
1250 AM CDT...CLAY COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL
IN LOUISVILLE.
1250 AM CDT...DAVIESS COUNTY INDIANA DES REPORTED TREES BLOWN DOWN IN
PLAINVILLE AND ELNORA.
239 AM CDT...RICHLAND COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL
IN OLNEY.
329 AM CDT...JASPER INDIANA STATE POLICE REPORTED WIND GUSTS 50-60 MPH
IN DUBOIS COUNTY.
745 AM CDT...EDMONSON COUNTY KENTUCKY SHERIFF REPORTED TREES AND POWER
LINES BLOWN DOWN.Local storm report, Apr 27, 12:36 PM CDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
1235 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994
PRELIMINARY STORM REPORTS FOR SEVERE WEATHER EVENT APRIL 26-27 1994.
1140 PM CDT...WAYNE COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED WIND DAMAGE TO
HOMES IN COUNTY.
1140 PM CDT...CLAY COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN
DOWN THROUGHOUT LOUISVILLE AND 2 BARNS DESTROYED 6 MILES
NORTH OF LOUISVILLE.
1153 PM CDT...WAYNE COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED BUILDINGS DESTROYED
JUST NORTHWEST OF CISNE.
1205 AM CDT...CRAWFORD COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED TREES BLOWN DOWN
IN OBLONG.
.
1225 AM CDT...KNOX COUNTY INDIANA...BRUCEVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED
TREES BLOWN DOWN IN BRUCEVILLE.
1229 AM CDT...LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED TREES AND ELECTRICAL
LINES BLOWN DOWN.
1250 AM CDT...CLAY COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL
IN LOUISVILLE.
1250 AM CDT...DAVIESS COUNTY INDIANA DES REPORTED TREES BLOWN DOWN IN
PLAINVILLE AND ELNORA.
239 AM CDT...RICHLAND COUNTY ILLINOIS SHERIFF REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL
IN OLNEY.
329 AM CDT...JASPER INDIANA STATE POLICE REPORTED WIND GUSTS 50-60 MPH
IN DUBOIS COUNTY.
745 AM CDT...EDMONSON COUNTY KENTUCKY SHERIFF REPORTED TREES AND POWER
LINES BLOWN DOWN.
MARCOTTESpecial weather statement, Apr 27, 5:23 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
INZ067>069-081>083-085>089-ILZ067-068-071>073-076>078-083-087- KYZ014>023-026-027-061>063-070>075-272300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 522 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNTIL 10 PM CDT... AT 515 PM CDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN SOUTHCENTRAL KENTUCKY IN LOGAN COUNTY. THE LOGAN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN THE TOWN OF ADAIRVILLE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING VERY LITTLE TO THE EAST. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM MOVE INDOORS. NIEMEIER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell | 65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.