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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Paducah, KY

July 29, 2001Daviess County, McLean County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Jul 29, 2001, 5:50 PM CDT for Daviess County, McLean County, Kentucky. It was in force for 25 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
Jul 29, 2001, 5:50 PM CDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2001, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Daviess County, KY, McLean County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 2001-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1763 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 2001-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 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
1763 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
578 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 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 
WFUS53 KPAH 292254
TORPAH
KYC059-149-292315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
550 PM CDT SUN JUL 29 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY
  MCLEAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 545 PM CDT...SPOTTERS OBSERVED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR UTICA.       
  THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  LIVERMORE



LAT...LON 3767 8711 3765 8719 3741 8716 3756 8703

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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.