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Tornado Warning 54, NWS Paducah, KY

June 13, 2008Graves County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2008, 8:12 PM CDT for Graves County, Kentucky. It was in force for 20 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2008, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2008, 8:32 PM CDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Graves County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 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
Jun 13, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 2008-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1204 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 2008-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1204 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1031 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.9

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jun 13, 1:01 PM CDT, 7 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 1:01 PM CDT, 7 hours 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
101 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008

.DISCUSSION...

SVR TSM WATCH 522 TIL 01Z NRN PTNS FA MAY TRANSLATE SOUTH EARLY
TONIGHT BUT W/LOSS OF DIURNALLY DESTABILIZED LOWER ATMOS MAY NOT
MAINTAIN WATCH STATUS JUST TSMS CHANCE/MAINLY +RA THREAT. HPC QPF
AREAL AVERAGES 3/4-1 IN LOWER WABASH EXASPERATING ONGOING FLOOD
CONDITIONS...BUT SHORT FUSE FLOODING SHOULD BE RESTRICTED TO MORE
URBAN/SMALL STREAM & STREET/LOW LANDS DUE TO FRONT/STORMS MOVING ON
THRU AND NOT STALLING. MODELS IN FAIR SYNCHRONICITY NOW IN PUSHING
IT ALL THRU TONIGHT W/ALL BUT FAR SRN/SERN PTNS FA (PENNYRILE WKY)
MAINLY EAST OF LAKES LINGERING A SLGT CHANCE MENTION EARLY SAT AM.

12Z NAM CONTINUES ITS TREND OF PUSHING FRONT THRU BUT ALSO
RETURNING SOME WARM AIR OVERRUNNING THE BOUNDARY THATS JUST SOUTH
AND EAST OF THE FA TOMORROW PM. HOWEVER ITS THE ONLY MODEL DOING
SO AND AS A RESULT WELL KEEP THE POPS OUT AND JUST HIT THE SKY
GRID A LITTLE FOR ENHANCED DIURNAL SC/CU.

SAT NIGHT-SUN WE ARE BEHIND THE BOUNDARY BUT NOT REALLY
COOLER/DRIER JUST YET...AS THE REINFORCING COOL/DRY SHOT COMES
THRU SUN NIGHT-MON. WELL ACCOMPANY SMALL POP WITH IT IN NWLY FLOW
PATTERN...THEN ALL MODEL MOS SUGGESTS NICE COOL OFF/DRY OFF IN
AIRMASS THAT FILTERS IN THERAFTER FOR TUE BUT ESP WED-FRI. NEW HPC
AND MEX MOS EVEN DIPS DOWN INTO U50S/U70S WITH L60S-L80S WIDESPREAD.

WL CONTINUE TO MONITOR NEAR TERM CONDITIONS THRU PRESS TIME BUT
ONGOING POPS TO PEAK IN LIKELY CATEGORY EARLY TONIGHT WITH
BOUNDARY PASSAGE. COLLAB CONSIDERATIONS WILL NOTWITHSTANDING THE
REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST IS LITTLE CHANGED AND ALIGNS FAIRLY CLOSELY
TO THE INHERITED PACKAGE & HPC LEAD IN THE LONG RANGE.

&&

.AVIATION...
DIURNALLY ENHANCED CU FIELDS PRODUCING SCT CB/TSRA IN HEAT OF DAY
STORMS MAY SUBSIDE KPAH THIS EVENING BEFORE BUBBLING UP AGAIN WITH
BOUNDARY PASSAGE OVERNIGHT. MORE NRN/WRN TAF SITES WL HAVE BOUNDARY
MOVING INTO VICINITY 00Z-06Z AND INCREASING TSRA COVERAGE THRU
EVENING HOURS...WITH LOWER CIGS PREVAILING AFT FROPA AFT 06Z.
TEMPO IFR RESTRICTIONS TO VSBYS POSSIBLE IN HEAVIER SHRA/TSRA
OTHERWISE ANTICIPATE GRADUAL RETURN TO LOW VFR CIGS DURING
DAYLIGHT HOURS SAT W/EVENTUAL SCATTER OUT BY/BEFORE 18Z.

&&

.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

KY...NONE.
MO...NONE.
IL...NONE.
IN...NONE.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 5:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
531 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008

ILZ088>094-KYZ001>013-015>017-020>022-MOZ086-087-100-107>112-114-
141015-
UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-FULTON-
HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-
CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-
MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-
RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
531 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ENDING AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS
ACROSS THE REGION. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS SHIFTING SOUTH
WITH THE FRONT TONIGHT.

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF AREA RIVERS. REFER TO
THE FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AS
ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION.

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON PORTIONS OF AREA RIVERS AND FLOOD
WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED FOR MORE
DETAILED INFORMATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY ANY REPORTS OF WEATHER.

ILZ075>078-080>087-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ014-018-019-MOZ076-
141015-
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-
WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-
VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER-UNION KY-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-PERRY MO-
531 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. REFER TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 525 FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION.

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF AREA RIVERS. REFER TO
THE FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AS
ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION.

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON PORTIONS OF AREA RIVERS AND FLOOD
WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED FOR MORE
DETAILED INFORMATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH 525.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 13, 6:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
637 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0445 PM     TORNADO          GRANDIN                 36.83N 90.82W
06/13/2008                   CARTER             MO   PUBLIC

            TREES DOWN, ROOF MISSING FROM BARN, HOUSE DAMAGED NEAR
            PARK. SEVERAL EYEWITNESSES TO TOUCHDOWN. DAMAGE SURVEY
            WILL BE CONDUCTED ON SATURDAY.

&&

AD
Local storm report, Jun 13, 6:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
655 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0650 PM     HEAVY RAIN       DELTA                   37.20N 89.74W
06/13/2008  E0.00 INCH       CAPE GIRARDEAU     MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HEAVY RAIN - EST AN INCH WITHIN LAST HOUR

&&

DP
Local storm report, Jun 13, 7:16 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
716 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0453 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PADUCAH                 37.07N 88.64W
06/13/2008                   MCCRACKEN          KY   NEWSPAPER

            A DOZEN TREES DOWN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF PADUCAH. ONE
            HOUSE DESTROYED OFF BRIDGE ST.

&&

AD
Local storm report, Jun 13, 7:19 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
719 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0637 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BREWERS                 36.77N 88.44W
06/13/2008                   MARSHALL           KY   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TREE DOWN ACROSS ROADWAY.

&&

AD
Local storm report, Jun 13, 7:56 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMassac44 min
Jun 13, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMassac, Pope40 min
Jun 13, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHardin48 min
Jun 13, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard34 min
Jun 13, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCalloway30 min
Jun 13, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Todd52 min
Jun 13, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway23 min
Jun 13, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Todd, Webster49 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.