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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Paducah, KY
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 8:15 PM CDT | TORNADO | 10 S Cadiz, KY | TORNADO INTENSITY EF-2. NUMEROUS TREES AND STRUCTURES DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. |
| Oct 18, 8:23 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Sw Linton, KY | LATE 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 CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Linton, KY | LATE 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 1:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, McLean, Webster | 50 min |
| Oct 18, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon, Webster | 61 min |
| Oct 18, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg | 29 min |
| Oct 18, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway | 52 min |
| Oct 18, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Trigg | 47 min |
| Oct 18, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves | 34 min |
| Oct 18, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess | 49 min |
| Oct 18, 8:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg | 39 min |
| Oct 18, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Trigg | 51 min |
| Oct 18, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg | 50 min |
| Oct 18, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian | 45 min |
| Oct 18, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Todd | 20 min |
| Oct 18, 9:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 23 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.