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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Paducah, KY

April 24, 2010Christian County, Todd County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2010, 4:28 PM CDT for Christian County, Todd County, Kentucky. It was in force for 32 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: Apr 24, 2010, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2010, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Christian County, KY, Todd County, KY

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 24, 1:17 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 97 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: 23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -162 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1184 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 272 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

562 
WFUS53 KPAH 242128
TORPAH
KYC047-219-242200-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0008.100424T2128Z-100424T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
428 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
  NORTHERN TODD COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT.

* AT 423 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
  PEMBROKE...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF OAK GROVE....MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  45 MPH. SPOTTERS REPORT A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR PEMBROKE.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  PEMBROKE...
  ELKTON...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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 3670 8740 3683 8739 3706 8706 3682 8706
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 239DEG 37KT 3681 8730

$$

1 follow-up statement

280 
WWUS53 KPAH 242139
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
439 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

KYC047-242148-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100424T2200Z/
CHRISTIAN KY-
439 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN WESTERN
KENTUCKY IS CANCELLED...

THE STRONGEST PART OF THE STORM HAS MOVED EAST OF THE 
COUNTY...HOWEVER...TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL CONTINUE AND LIKELY CAUSE 
LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. 

LAT...LON 3677 8729 3689 8729 3702 8706 3682 8706
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 239DEG 37KT 3686 8721

$$

KYC219-242200-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100424T2200Z/
TODD KY-
439 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
TODD COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...

AT 436 PM CDT...THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELKTON....MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. SPOTTERS HAD REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 
WHEN THE STORM WAS OVER PEMBROKE KENTUCKY.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ALLEGRE.

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 3677 8729 3689 8729 3702 8706 3682 8706
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 239DEG 37KT 3686 8721

$$

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 Apr 24, 2:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 2:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
248 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

.DISCUSSION...
BIGGEST CHALLENGE WITH THIS PACKAGE WILL BE POPS...QPF..AND SEVERE
WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH ONGOING STORM SYSTEM.

AT THE TIME OF THIS WRITING A CLOSED UPPER LOW WAS MOVING SLOWLY
EASTWARD OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS. A SFC LOW AND ATTENDANT COLD FRONT
OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI ASSOCIATED WITH A VIGOROUS SHORT WAVE
ROTATING AROUND THE UPPER LOW IS PRODUCING STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF THE HEARTLAND.

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS CONTINUE TO SHOW THE POSSIBILITY FOR A
SIGNIFICANT/WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK WITH THE POTENTIAL
FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND STRONG/LONG TRACK TORNADOES.
THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
HOURS AS THE SFC LOW TRACKS TOWARD THE ST LOUIS AREA.

POPS AND QPF WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT FROM
SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AS THE LOW LIFTS TO THE NNE AND IN THE WAKE
OF THE COLD FRONT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE ON SUNDAY AS MOISTURE AND COLD AIR DROP ESE ACROSS OUR
AREA. THE COMBINATION OF CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT ON THE BACK SIDE OF
THE UPPER LOW AND LEFTOVER MOISTURE WILL PRODUCE THE CHANCE OF
SHOWERS OVER ALL OR PART OF THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY.

HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD THEN KEEP THE REGION DRY THROUGH THURSDAY
BUT POP CHANCES ARE BACK IN THE FORECAST FROM THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY AS THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM AFFECTS THE REGION.

&&

.AVIATION...
ALL TAF SITES UNDER MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF SEVERE STORMS TODAY.
CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE ALL TAF SITES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AND
MAY LINGER INTO EARLY EVENING AT KEVV AND KOWB.  MVFR TO IFR CIGS
WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH MVFR TO IFR VSBYS WITH
TSTMS.  WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND GUSTING TO 30
KTS...AND MUCH HIGHER GUSTS LIKELY WITH TSTMS.  CIGS WILL IMPROVE TO
VFR LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AS
CONVECTION ENDS.

&&

.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...NONE.
MO...NONE.
IL...NONE.
IN...NONE.
&&

JAP/RST

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 3:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
315 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

ILZ080-084-085-088>090-092>094-KYZ001>009-MOZ076-086-087-100-
107>112-114-252015-
PERRY IL-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-ALEXANDER-
PULASKI-MASSAC-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-
LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-
WAYNE MO-CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-
NEW MADRID-
315 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

...TORNADO WATCH 94 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR AREAS OF THE
QUAD STATE SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM PINCKNEYVILLE TO ELDORADO
ILLINOIS TO MURRAY KENTUCKY...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY GENERALLY SOUTH
AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CALHOUN KENTUCKY TO EDDYVILLE ILLINOIS TO
HICKMAN KENTUCKY. A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS
OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE QUAD STATE REGION WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
CARTER...RIPLEY...WAYNE...AND BUTLER COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.
DAMAGING WIND WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT...HOWEVER LONG TRACK
TORNADOES WITH LARGE HAIL ARE A GOOD BET...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGH
RISK AREA. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. PERSONS
ACROSS THE QUAD STATE SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THEIR
FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER ALL OR PART OF THE HEARTLAND ON
SUNDAY...THEN AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

ILZ075>078-081>083-086-087-091-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ010>022-
252015-
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-WHITE-SALINE-
GALLATIN-HARDIN-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER-
CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-
HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD-
315 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

...TORNADO WATCH 96 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR AREAS OF THE
QUAD STATE NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM PINCKNEYVILLE TO ELDORADO
ILLINOIS TO MURRAY KENTUCKY...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY GENERALLY SOUTH
AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CALHOUN KENTUCKY TO EDDYVILLE ILLINOIS TO
HICKMAN KENTUCKY. A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS
OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE QUAD STATE REGION WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
CARTER...RIPLEY...WAYNE...AND BUTLER COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.
DAMAGING WIND WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT...HOWEVER LONG TRACK
TORNADOES WITH LARGE HAIL ARE A GOOD BET...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGH
RISK AREA. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. PERSONS
ACROSS THE QUAD STATE SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THEIR
FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER ALL OR PART OF THE HEARTLAND ON
SUNDAY...THEN AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

JAP

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 24, 3:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
314 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

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

0314 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HAZEL                   36.51N 88.33W
04/24/2010                   CALLOWAY           KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORT OF TREES DOWN IN THE COMMUNITY OF HAZEL. DIME SIZE
            HAIL ALSO REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.

&&

SMITTY

Local storm report, Apr 24, 3:30 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
330 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

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

0329 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 S ELDORADO            37.78N 88.44W
04/24/2010                   SALINE             IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER OVER STATE ROUTE 142 2 MILES SOUTH OF ELDORADO.
            MAJOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT AT LOCATION.

&&

SMITTY

Local storm report, Apr 24, 3:32 PM CDT, 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
332 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

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

0146 PM     TSTM WND GST     KARNAK                  37.29N 88.98W
04/24/2010  E70.00 MPH       PULASKI            IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SMITTY

Local storm report, Apr 24, 3:54 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
354 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

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

0353 PM     HEAVY RAIN       COBB                    37.02N 87.76W
04/24/2010  M0.75 INCH       CALDWELL           KY   CO-OP OBSERVER

            THREE QUARTER INCH RAIN IN 14 MINUTES.

&&

SMITTY

Local storm report, Apr 24, 4:07 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
407 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

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

0400 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 S MADISONVILLE        37.28N 87.51W
04/24/2010  M62 MPH          HOPKINS            KY   MESONET

&&

DLL

Local storm report, Apr 24, 4:18 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
418 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

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

0414 PM     HEAVY RAIN       2 E HOPKINSVILLE        36.85N 87.45W
04/24/2010  U0.00 INCH       CHRISTIAN          KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HEAVY RAIN AND MINOR FLOODING REPORTED EAST OF
            HOPKINSVILLE.

&&

SMITTY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 24, 10:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard	43 min
Apr 24, 12:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman	55 min
Apr 24, 1:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle	47 min
Apr 24, 1:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard	42 min
Apr 24, 1:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman	30 min
Apr 24, 1:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Livingston	44 min
Apr 24, 1:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard, Livingston, McCracken	41 min
Apr 24, 2:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle	25 min
Apr 24, 2:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle, Graves, Livingston, McCracken, Marshall	94 min
Apr 24, 2:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Caldwell, Calloway, Christian, Graves, Hopkins, Lyon and 5 more	3 hr
Apr 24, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	McCracken	43 min
Apr 24, 3:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Calloway, Trigg	42 min
Apr 24, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Trigg	41 min
Apr 24, 3:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Christian, Trigg	39 min
Apr 24, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Christian, Daviess, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg	39 min
Apr 24, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Todd	45 min
Apr 24, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Todd	41 min
Apr 24, 4:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Todd	26 min
Apr 24, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Todd	15 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Kentucky, 2010 Every tornado warning in 2010 Tornadoes in 2010

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.