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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Paducah, KY

May 2, 2010Calloway County, Graves County, Marshall County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2010, 12:46 AM CDT for Calloway County, Graves County, Marshall County, Kentucky. It was in force for 44 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: May 2, 2010, 12:46 AM CDT (05:46 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2010, 1:30 AM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Calloway County, KY, Graves County, KY, Marshall County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:49 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 1, 10:14 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 1, 11:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 1, 11:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 1, 11:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 1, 11:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 2, 12:10 AM CDT, 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 2, 12:24 AM CDT, 22 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 1, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard	30 min
May 1, 10:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Calloway, Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd, Trigg	13 hr
May 1, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Christian, Todd, Trigg	34 min
May 1, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Fulton, Hickman	34 min
May 1, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd	35 min
May 1, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Christian, Hopkins, Trigg	34 min
May 1, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, McCracken	47 min
May 1, 11:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg	27 min
May 2, 12:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Graves, McCracken	30 min
May 2, 12:22 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Fulton, Hickman	38 min
May 2, 12:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman	12 hr
May 2, 12:46 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon	29 min
May 2, 12:55 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman	50 min
May 2, 1:15 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman	45 min
May 2, 1:19 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Lyon, Marshall, Trigg	26 min
May 2, 1:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Graves, McCracken, Marshall	9 hr
May 2, 1:39 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon, Trigg	36 min
May 2, 1:46 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Calloway, Graves, Marshall	29 min
May 2, 2:06 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Lyon, Marshall, Trigg	24 min
May 2, 2:14 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg	31 min
May 2, 2:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, Livingston and 4 more	8 hr
May 2, 2:30 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Lyon, Trigg	45 min
May 2, 2:45 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg	30 min
May 2, 3:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg	33 min
May 2, 10:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Hopkins, Lyon	8 hr
May 2, 10:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Graves, McCracken, Marshall	8 hr
May 2, 11:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Calloway, Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd, Trigg	26 hr
May 1, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Saline	33 min
May 1, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hamilton, Wayne, White	30 min
May 1, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wayne	33 min
May 1, 9:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Butler, Carter, Ripley, Wayne	36 min
May 1, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wayne	15 min
May 1, 10:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Butler, Wayne	36 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.