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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Paducah, KY

March 28, 2009Crittenden County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2009, 3:47 PM CDT for Crittenden 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
Mar 28, 2009, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 2009, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Crittenden County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 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
Mar 28, 2:23 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 190 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 2009-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 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 2009-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
574 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KPAH 282047
TORPAH
KYC055-282115-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0013.090328T2047Z-090328T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
347 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 347 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MARION...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MARION BY 355 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

&&

LAT...LON 3745 8805 3735 8794 3727 8813 3732 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 232DEG 23KT 3731 8811

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KPAH 282111
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
411 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

KYC055-282121-
/O.EXP.KPAH.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090328T2115Z/
CRITTENDEN KY-
411 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN
KENTUCKY WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM CDT...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF 
CRITTENDEN COUNTY. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3745 8805 3735 8794 3727 8813 3732 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 232DEG 23KT 3740 8796

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHLivingston, Marshall35 min
Mar 28, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Crittenden41 min
Mar 28, 3:58 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCrittenden, Union, Webster32 min
Mar 28, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHUnion22 min
Mar 28, 4:12 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCaldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon, Trigg33 min
Mar 28, 4:16 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHUnion, Webster29 min
Mar 28, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Trigg42 min
Mar 28, 4:37 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHHenderson23 min
Mar 28, 4:37 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHChristian, Trigg53 min
Mar 28, 4:42 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCaldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Webster48 min
Mar 28, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHenderson, Union27 min
Mar 28, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Todd43 min
Mar 28, 5:08 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHHopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Webster40 min
Mar 28, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Todd48 min
Mar 28, 5:13 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHHenderson30 min
Mar 28, 5:36 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess, McLean39 min
Mar 28, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson51 min
Mar 28, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHTodd15 min
Mar 28, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMuhlenberg17 min
Mar 28, 6:06 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.