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Tornado Warning 64, NWS Paducah, KY

May 11, 2003Webster County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2003, 12:32 AM CDT for Webster County, Kentucky. It was in force for 28 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 11, 2003, 12:32 AM CDT (05:32 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2003, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Webster County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 2003-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1200 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 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
1200 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1378 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KPAH 110532
TORPAH
KYC233-110600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1232 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 1230 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF
  PROVIDENCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

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

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 3756 8738 3749 8749 3747 8758 3743 8766
          3737 8781 3739 8785 3741 8785 3741 8793
          3745 8794 3763 8751 3759 8746 3759 8742

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHLivingston34 min
May 11, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway32 min
May 11, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Hopkins29 min
May 11, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMcLean30 min
May 11, 1:03 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHHopkins17 min
May 11, 1:08 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHMcLean37 min
May 11, 1:14 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHMuhlenberg46 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.