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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Paducah, KY

April 28, 2002Webster County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2002, 2:42 AM CDT for Webster County, Kentucky. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 28, 2002, 2:42 AM CDT (07:42 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2002, 3:15 AM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Webster County, KY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 28, 2:50 AM CDT	Tornado F3	Providence, KY	The tornado crossed southern Webster County, producing major damage as it paralleled Highway 120 through Providence. About two dozen persons were injured, and they were transported by ambulance to regional hospitals. One person was critically injured. The torn

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 27, 10:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr
Apr 28, 2:00 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 182 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 833 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 372 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 488 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 280742
TORPAH
KYC233-280815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
242 AM CDT SUN APR 28 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 315 AM CDT

* AT 239 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF CLAY...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  7 MILES SOUTH OF CLAY AT 245 AM CDT
  OVER PROVIDENCE AT 250 AM CDT

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 3748 8796 3739 8793 3738 8786 3738 8778
          3752 8749

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 28, 2:14 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Crittenden	46 min
Apr 28, 2:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Livingston	44 min
Apr 28, 2:54 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Hopkins	36 min
Apr 28, 3:18 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	McLean	37 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.