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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Paducah, KY

April 24, 2002Union County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2002, 7:19 PM CDT for Union County, Kentucky. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 2002, 7:19 PM CDT (00:19 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2002, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Union County, KY

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 24, 3:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 207 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 2002-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 266 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 2002-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 403 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
266 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-221 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1047 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
403 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
458 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KPAH 250019
TORPAH
KYC225-250045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
718 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  UNION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 715 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER
  MORGANFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN FLOURNOY AND ROUTE 56 BY 
  730 PM.
  
SEEK SHELTER NOW

MOVE INTO A BASEMENT...OR INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR ANY STORM DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED
FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

LAT...LON 3777 8797 3760 8804 3755 8787 3763 8775
          3773 8777

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess45 min
Apr 24, 7:34 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMcLean, Webster56 min
Apr 24, 7:55 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHHopkins20 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.