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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Paducah, KY

October 18, 2007Trigg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2007, 8:15 PM CDT for Trigg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 45 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Oct 18, 2007, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)
Expired
Oct 18, 2007, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Trigg County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 18, 8:15 PM CDTTORNADO10 S Cadiz, KYTORNADO INTENSITY EF-2. NUMEROUS TREES AND STRUCTURES DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
Oct 18, 8:23 PM CDTTORNADO1 Sw Linton, KYLATE REPORT...STORM DAMAGE SURVEY REVEALED SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED ON A 1 MILE PATH THROUGH THE LBL. TORNADO RATED EF-0 WITH PEAK WINDS OF 80 MPH.
Oct 18, 8:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGLinton, KYLATE REPORT...WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE THROUGHOUT COUNTY. ONE BUILDING DAMAGED ALONG HIGHWAY 139S. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN COUNTYWIDE. LAKE BARKLEY STATE PARK RECEIVED HEAVY WIND DAMAGE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 2007-10-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1487 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 00:00Z on 2007-10-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 259 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1487 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
778 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
259 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
337 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.8
Supercell composite
10.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KPAH 190115
TORPAH
KYC221-190200-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0039.071019T0115Z-071019T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN TRIGG COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT.

* AT 810 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF LINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LINTON AND 
CALEDONIA.

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.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3667 8788 3667 8801 3667 8807 3668 8808
      3670 8808 3688 8768 3666 8769 3665 8769
      3664 8776 3664 8786
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 246DEG 35KT 3663 8807

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KPAH 190131
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
829 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

KYC221-190200-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-071019T0200Z/
TRIGG KY-
829 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
TRIGG COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...

AT 824 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO STRONGLY 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS INDICATED NEAR LINTON...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE STRONG ROTATION WILL PASS OVER KENTUCKY 139 BETWEEN CADIZ AND 
THE FORT CAMPBELL WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA BY 835 PM...THEN ACROSS 
INTERSTATE 24 NEAR MILE MARKER 68.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3667 8788 3667 8801 3667 8807 3668 8808
      3670 8808 3688 8768 3666 8769 3665 8769
      3664 8776 3664 8786
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 241DEG 42KT 3671 8789

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 18, 7:10 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson, McLean, Webster50 min
Oct 18, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCaldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon, Webster61 min
Oct 18, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCalloway, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg29 min
Oct 18, 7:38 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCalloway52 min
Oct 18, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHTrigg47 min
Oct 18, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGraves34 min
Oct 18, 7:56 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess49 min
Oct 18, 8:06 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHHopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg39 min
Oct 18, 8:09 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHChristian, Trigg51 min
Oct 18, 8:40 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHChristian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg50 min
Oct 18, 8:45 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHChristian45 min
Oct 18, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHTodd20 min
Oct 18, 9:39 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMuhlenberg23 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.