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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Paducah, KY

May 6, 2003Union County, Kentucky; Gallatin County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2003, 11:16 PM CDT for Union County, Kentucky; Gallatin County, Illinois. It was in force for 44 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 6, 2003, 11:16 PM CDT (04:16 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2003, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Gallatin County, IL, Union County, KY

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 6, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 225 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 2003-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1519 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 2003-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 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
1519 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
720 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

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

198 
WFUS53 KPAH 070416
TORPAH
ILC059-KYC225-070500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1116 PM CDT TUE MAY 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  GALLATIN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
  UNION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1112 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO EAST
  OF KARBERS RIDGE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE OLD SHAWNEETOWN...RIDGWAY AND
  SHAWNEETOWN

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 3764 8836 3758 8806 3775 8795 3788 8825

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 9:33 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBallard42 min
May 6, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMcCracken42 min
May 6, 10:05 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHLivingston55 min
May 6, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCrittenden45 min
May 6, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle, Graves, Hickman, McCracken54 min
May 6, 10:54 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBallard51 min
May 6, 11:09 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHGraves, McCracken36 min
May 6, 11:21 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHLivingston39 min
May 6, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFulton30 min
May 6, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMarshall39 min
May 6, 11:47 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMarshall28 min
May 6, 11:48 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCaldwell, Crittenden27 min
May 6, 11:59 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHHenderson61 min
May 7, 12:03 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHLyon, Trigg42 min
May 7, 12:08 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHHopkins37 min
May 7, 12:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway51 min
May 7, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWebster26 min
May 7, 12:53 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess52 min
May 7, 12:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHUnion2 hr
May 6, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHAlexander42 min
May 6, 8:45 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJackson, Perry45 min
May 6, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPulaski, Union50 min
May 6, 9:12 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHAlexander13 min
May 6, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJackson, Perry33 min
May 6, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJohnson47 min
May 6, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJefferson23 min
May 6, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFranklin36 min
May 6, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHUnion48 min
May 6, 9:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHPerry3 hr
May 6, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPope49 min
May 6, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJefferson31 min
May 6, 10:12 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMassac8 min
May 6, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJohnson12 min
May 6, 10:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHFranklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Union3 hr
May 6, 10:26 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJohnson, Pulaski49 min
May 6, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWayne29 min
May 6, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHUnion12 min
May 6, 10:36 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMassac39 min
May 6, 10:59 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPope46 min
May 6, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMassac37 min
May 6, 11:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHJohnson, Massac, Pope4 hr

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.