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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Paducah, KY

January 3, 2000Daviess County, Henderson County, McLean County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Jan 3, 2000, 3:43 PM CST for Daviess County, Henderson County, McLean County, Kentucky. It was in force for 32 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
Jan 3, 2000, 3:43 PM CST (21:43 UTC)
Expired
Jan 3, 2000, 4:15 PM CST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Daviess County, KY, Henderson County, KY, McLean County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 3, 4:06 PM CSTTornado F3Rome, KYThe tornado first touched down near the community of Rome, just southwest of Owensboro, and entered the city near the southern boundary of Owensboro Airport. The tornado tracked northeast through the heart of Owensboro before dissipating on the east side of t

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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 3, 11:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 12:00Z on 2000-01-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 105 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 12:00Z on 2000-01-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 249 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
105 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
699 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPAH 032146
TORPAH
KYC059-101-149-032215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
343 PM CST MON JAN 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MCLEAN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY
  SOUTHEAST HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY
  DAVIESS COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 415 PM CST

* AT 343 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OWENSBORO...OR ABOUT 17 MILES 
    NORTH OF MADISONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. STATE POLICE 
    REPORTED A TORNADO WITH THIS STORM AT 335 PM IN DIAMOND IN     
    WEBSTER COUNTY.

* THE STORM WILL REACH ST JOSEPH AROUND 355 PM.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE COVER NOW.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. A
TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. A
TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.

PS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 10:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard, McCracken47 min
Jan 3, 10:45 AM CSTTornado WarningPAHCarlisle30 min
Jan 3, 11:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHUnion31 min
Jan 3, 11:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHenderson30 min
Jan 3, 12:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHDaviess36 min
Jan 3, 2:19 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHMcCracken3 hr
Jan 3, 2:36 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle3 hr
Jan 3, 3:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFulton29 min
Jan 3, 3:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHickman29 min
Jan 3, 3:25 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHHenderson110 min
Jan 3, 3:26 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHWebster34 min
Jan 3, 3:32 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHFulton, Graves, Hickman118 min
Jan 3, 3:40 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHGraves, Hickman35 min
Jan 3, 4:12 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHDaviess33 min
Jan 3, 5:01 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHCaldwell, Crittenden, Daviess, Hopkins, McLean, Webster3 hr
Jan 3, 5:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg39 min
Jan 3, 5:24 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHMcLean21 min
Jan 3, 5:30 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHCalloway, Trigg30 min
Jan 3, 5:55 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHCaldwell, Calloway, Christian, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins and 5 more2 hr

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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.