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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Paducah, KY

May 4, 2003Webster County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2003, 10:55 PM CDT for Webster County, Kentucky. It was in force for 35 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
May 4, 2003, 10:55 PM CDT (03:55 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 2003, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Webster County, KY

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 4, 10:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 2003-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 117 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 2003-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 293 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
117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-162 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1192 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
293 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
530 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

950 
WFUS53 KPAH 050355
TORPAH
KYC233-050430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1053 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1050 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF CLAY...OR ABOUT OVER MATTOON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE DIXON...SEBREE...SLAUGHTERS AND TILDEN

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.

THIS IS AN UPGRADE OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING.

LAT...LON 3752 8786 3739 8783 3750 8742 3760 8751
          3764 8767

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 9:25 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBallard50 min
May 4, 9:40 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMcCracken50 min
May 4, 9:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHBallard, McCracken3 hr
May 4, 9:58 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHLivingston47 min
May 4, 10:07 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCalloway38 min
May 4, 10:13 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHGraves32 min
May 4, 10:23 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCrittenden37 min
May 4, 10:24 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHUnion36 min
May 4, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHUnion, Webster43 min
May 4, 10:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHCalloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Lyon and 2 more6 hr
May 4, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHUnion, Webster40 min
May 4, 10:57 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHTrigg48 min
May 4, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian53 min
May 4, 11:18 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCalloway57 min
May 4, 11:33 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess, McLean42 min
May 4, 11:36 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHChristian, Todd54 min
May 4, 11:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHTrigg53 min
May 5, 1:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHChristian, Todd3 hr
May 5, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian44 min
May 5, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHTodd36 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.