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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Paducah, KY

April 20, 2003Christian County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 20, 2003, 3:38 PM CDT for Christian County, Kentucky. It was in force for 32 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 20, 2003, 3:38 PM CDT (20:38 UTC)
Expired: Apr 20, 2003, 4:10 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Christian County, KY

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 20, 1:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 127 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 706 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 255 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 229 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.

107 
WFUS53 KPAH 202038
TORPAH
KYC047-202110-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
337 PM CDT SUN APR 20 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 410 PM CDT

* AT 335 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF CROFTON...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  HOPKINSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CROFTON AND HAWKINS

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 TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING PREVIOUSLY IN 
EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM.

LAT...LON 3708 8765 3689 8766 3688 8731 3711 8731

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 20, 2:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell	36 min
Apr 20, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Trigg	46 min
Apr 20, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Christian	32 min
Apr 20, 3:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Muhlenberg	47 min
Apr 20, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Union	43 min
Apr 20, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Henderson	38 min
Apr 20, 5:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Henderson	30 min
Apr 20, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Calloway	23 min
Apr 20, 5:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Daviess	33 min
Apr 20, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Trigg	35 min
Apr 20, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Henderson, Union, Webster	44 min
Apr 20, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Christian	47 min
Apr 20, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Daviess	32 min

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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.