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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Paducah, KY

October 18, 2007Daviess County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2007, 4:12 PM CDT for Daviess County, Kentucky. It was in force for 18 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
Oct 18, 2007, 4:12 PM CDT (21:12 UTC)
Expired
Oct 18, 2007, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Daviess County, KY

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 18, 1:31 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 12:00Z on 2007-10-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2007-10-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 611 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
611 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
678 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KPAH 182112
TORPAH
KYC059-182130-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0013.071018T2112Z-071018T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
412 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT.

* AT 408 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF KNOTTSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
  INDICATED COUNTY.

NOW IS THE TIME TO IMPLEMENT YOUR TORNADO PLAN OF ACTION. SEEK
SHELTER INDOORS IN A BASEMENT...OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUILDING. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL
MEDIA FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3788 8688 3785 8689 3780 8681 3778 8682
      3771 8694 3785 8706 3788 8705 3792 8697
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 234DEG 35KT 3784 8691

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 18, 1:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Todd, Trigg42 min
Oct 18, 3:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard, McCracken44 min
Oct 18, 10:03 AM CDTWind AdvisoryPAHBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more8 hr
Oct 18, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHDaviess20 min
Oct 18, 4:15 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCaldwell, Crittenden, Livingston45 min
Oct 18, 4:35 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHUnion, Webster25 min
Oct 18, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHHenderson, McLean, Webster48 min
Oct 18, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarlisle, Hickman41 min
Oct 18, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson32 min
Oct 18, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHHenderson, McLean, Webster15 min
Oct 18, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarlisle, Graves, Hickman40 min
Oct 18, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHLivingston, McCracken51 min
Oct 18, 5:58 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson, McLean47 min
Oct 18, 6:08 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHGraves37 min
Oct 18, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHHenderson, Union45 min
Oct 18, 6:18 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCrittenden, Union, Webster57 min
Oct 18, 6:27 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCaldwell, Crittenden, Livingston48 min
Oct 18, 6:34 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHLivingston, Lyon, Marshall41 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.