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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Paducah, KY

April 28, 2002Hopkins County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2002, 2:54 AM CDT for Hopkins County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 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 28, 2002, 2:54 AM CDT (07:54 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2002, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hopkins County, KY

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 27, 10:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Apr 28, 2:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 2002-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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 2002-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 372 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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 280754
TORPAH
KYC107-280830-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 249 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 17 MILES WEST OF
  MADISONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  6 MILES NORTH OF MADISONVILLE AT 305 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 3758 8738 3748 8750 3735 8784 3730 8763
          3731 8739 3740 8733

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 2:14 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHCrittenden46 min
Apr 28, 2:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHLivingston44 min
Apr 28, 2:42 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHWebster33 min
Apr 28, 3:18 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHMcLean37 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.