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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Paducah, KY

June 8, 1995Livingston County, Lyon County, Marshall County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1995, 7:50 PM CDT for Livingston County, Lyon County, Marshall County, Kentucky. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1995, 7:50 PM CDT (00:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1995, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3366 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 1995-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3366 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1273 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPAH 090050
TORPAH
KYC139-143-157-090130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
750 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST KENTUCKY
 
   ...SOUTHERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY...LYON COUNTY
   ...NORTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR CALVERT CITY IN NORTHERN
MARSHALL COUNTY...ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF PADUCAH. A REPORT OF A FUNNEL
CLOUD WAS RECEIVED AT 735 PM AS THIS STORM CROSSED DOWNTOWN PADUCAH. THE
STORM WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF IUKA AND KUTTAWA BETWEEN 755 AND
815 PM AS THE STORM MOVES EAST AT 30 MPH. EDDYVILLE IS ALSO IN THE PATH
OF THIS STORM. AFFECTED RESIDENTS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER NOW.
 
 
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 AhVAILABLE...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.
 
 
 
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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

Special weather statement, Jun 8, 1:52 PM CDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before
KYZ001>013-082000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
152 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED EAST AWAY FROM WESTERN KENTUCKY...SO THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

HOWEVER...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF MORE SEVERE STORMS DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. REMAIN ALERT TO THE LATEST WEATHER
BULLETINS FOR ANY POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI
...FROM POPLAR BLUFF WEST...UNTIL 9 PM.

YORK
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 1:53 PM CDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
KYZ001>013-082000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
152 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1995

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED EAST AWAY FROM WESTERN KENTUCKY...SO THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

HOWEVER...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF MORE SEVERE STORMS DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. REMAIN ALERT TO THE LATEST WEATHER
BULLETINS FOR ANY POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI
...FROM POPLAR BLUFF WEST...UNTIL 9 PM.

YORK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCrittenden, Livingston41 min
Jun 8, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard, McCracken49 min
Jun 8, 7:22 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHLivingston38 min
Jun 8, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGraves, Marshall33 min
Jun 8, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Lyon, Trigg57 min
Jun 8, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway57 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.