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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Paducah, KY

January 3, 2000Spencer County, Indiana; Daviess County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Jan 3, 2000, 4:12 PM CST for Spencer County, Indiana; Daviess County, Kentucky. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jan 3, 2000, 4:12 PM CST (22:12 UTC)
Expired
Jan 3, 2000, 4:45 PM CST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Spencer County, IN, Daviess County, KY

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
Jan 3, 4:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 032229
TORPAH
INC147-KYC059-032245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...RE-TRANSMISSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
412 PM CST MON JAN 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DAVIESS COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY
  SOUTHERN SPENCER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

* UNTIL 445 PM CST

* AT 410 PM CST...EMERGENCY MANAGERS REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE
GROUND AT TAMARACK ROAD AND CARTER ROAD IN THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF
OWENSBORO. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

IF YOU ARE IN OWENBORO 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 WESTERpN KENTUCKY.

LAT...LON 3770 8735 3757 8719 3782 8684 3798 8704

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 10:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPosey, Vanderburgh48 min
Jan 3, 11:45 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHVanderburgh30 min
Jan 3, 11:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHSpencer33 min
Jan 3, 12:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWarrick36 min
Jan 3, 3:25 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHPike, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick110 min
Jan 3, 5:55 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHSpencer2 hr
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, 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, 3:26 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, 3:43 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson, McLean32 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

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.