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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Paducah, KY

May 2, 2010Carlisle County, Fulton County, Hickman County, Kentucky; Mississippi County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2010, 12:55 AM CDT for Carlisle County, Fulton County, Hickman County, Kentucky; Mississippi County, Missouri. It was in force for 50 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: May 2, 2010, 12:55 AM CDT (05:55 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2010, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Carlisle County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Mississippi County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 2, 1:05 AM CDT	TORNADO	2 Ssw Cayce, KY	EF2 TORNADO - 12.5 MILE PATH FROM 2.5 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF CAYCE TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLINTON KENTUCKY. SEE PNSPAH FOR DETAILS
May 2, 1:15 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Clinton, KY	RESIDENCE AND 2 BUILDINGS DAMAGED ON HOWELL ROAD
May 2, 1:35 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Clinton, KY	SEVERAL DOWNED POWER POLES ALONG HIGHWAY 51 SOUTH NEAR THE COUNTY LINE.

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
May 1, 10:14 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 220 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3084 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 561 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 305 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 312 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 6.8
Supercell composite: 25.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

601 
WFUS53 KPAH 020555
TORPAH
KYC039-075-105-MOC133-020645-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0021.100502T0555Z-100502T0645Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1255 AM CDT SUN MAY 2 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  SOUTHERN CARLISLE COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
  FULTON COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
  HICKMAN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT.

* AT 1253 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  HICKMAN....MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED...
  HICKMAN BY 100 AM CDT...
  CAYCE BY 105 AM CDT...
  CLINTON BY 110 AM CDT...
  BARDWELL BY 120 AM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 A HOME OR BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3666 8919 3690 8904 3685 8883 3650 8893
      3651 8929
TIME...MOT...LOC 0555Z 223DEG 59KT 3651 8922

$$

1 follow-up statement

647 
WWUS53 KPAH 020612
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
112 AM CDT SUN MAY 2 2010

MOC133-020622-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100502T0645Z/
MISSISSIPPI MO-
112 AM CDT SUN MAY 2 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3665 8914 3689 8901 3685 8883 3650 8893
      3651 8924
TIME...MOT...LOC 0612Z 230DEG 53KT 3659 8898

$$

KYC039-075-105-020645-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100502T0645Z/
CARLISLE KY-HICKMAN KY-FULTON KY-
112 AM CDT SUN MAY 2 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR EASTERN
FULTON...CENTRAL HICKMAN AND SOUTHEASTERN CARLISLE COUNTIES IN
WESTERN KENTUCKY...

AT 107 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR CAYCE...OR 8 MILES EAST OF HICKMAN....MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CLINTON...ARLINGTON AND BARDWELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 A HOME OR BUILDING.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP 
TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

&&

LAT...LON 3665 8914 3689 8901 3685 8883 3650 8893
      3651 8924
TIME...MOT...LOC 0612Z 230DEG 53KT 3659 8898

$$

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	Calloway, Graves, Marshall	44 min
May 2, 12:46 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon	29 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, 9:39 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

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.