Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 14, 1995, 12:10 AM CDT for Crittenden County, Livingston County, Kentucky. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 1995, 12:10 AM CDT (05:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 1995, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Crittenden County, KY, Livingston County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 12:15 AM CDT | Tornado F2 | Frances, KY |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 3482 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 806 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 359 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 6.4
- Supercell composite
- 30.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPAH 140510 TORPAH KYC055-139-140545- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1210 AM CDT SUN MAY 14 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST KENTUCKY ...SOUTHERN CRITTENDEN COUNTY...SOUTHERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY AT 1210 DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 20 MILES EAST OF PADUCAH NEAR TILINE KENTUCKY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STRONG STORM SHOULD MOVE THROUGH TILINE AND HEAD TOWARD MEXICO BY 1220 AM...THEN HIT SHADY GROVE BY 1235 AM. IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THESE COMMUNITIES TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. DLH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | McCracken | 32 min |
| May 13, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Livingston | 43 min |
| May 14, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton, Hickman | 51 min |
| May 14, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves | 30 min |
| May 14, 2:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Trigg | 52 min |
| May 14, 4:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hickman | 34 min |
| May 14, 4:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves | 41 min |
| May 14, 5:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Trigg | 33 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.