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Tornado Warning 101, NWS Paducah, KY

April 26, 2011Christian County, Trigg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 5:14 PM CDT for Christian County, Trigg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 19 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 26, 2011, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2011, 5:33 PM CDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Christian County, KY, Trigg County, KY

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 26, 3:02 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 2011-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2011-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
486 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
279 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.

354 
WFUS53 KPAH 262214
TORPAH
KYC047-221-262300-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0101.110426T2214Z-110426T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
514 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTHEASTERN TRIGG COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT.

* AT 509 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 12
  MILES WEST OF HOPKINSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  HOPKINSVILLE...
  CROFTON...
  PEMBROKE...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 24 BETWEEN EXITS 65 AND 73.

THIS INCLUDES THE PENNYRILE PARKWAY BETWEEN EXITS 7 AND 23.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3698 8729 3695 8729 3693 8730 3677 8733
      3680 8777 3698 8773 3711 8729 3699 8728
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 251DEG 28KT 3685 8769

$$
1 follow-up statement
276 
WWUS53 KPAH 262233
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
533 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

KYC047-221-262242-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0101.000000T0000Z-110426T2300Z/
CHRISTIAN KY-TRIGG KY-
533 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL
KENTUCKY...AND NORTHEASTERN TRIGG COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY IS
CANCELLED...

AT 532 PM CDT...THE STORM HAD WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY AND WAS BELOW 
SEVERE LIMITS. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH COULD STILL OCCUR WITH 
THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3698 8729 3695 8729 3693 8730 3677 8733
      3680 8777 3698 8773 3711 8729 3699 8728
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 251DEG 28KT 3689 8751

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 11:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHCalloway, Crittenden, Graves, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall and 1 more5 hr
Apr 25, 11:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFulton, Graves, Hickman42 min
Apr 25, 11:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGraves, Livingston, McCracken, Marshall26 min
Apr 26, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Calloway, Christian, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall and 1 more49 min
Apr 26, 12:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHCaldwell, Christian, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean and 4 more3 hr
Apr 26, 12:54 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHCaldwell, Crittenden, Union, Webster36 min
Apr 26, 1:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Todd, Trigg43 min
Apr 26, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Union and 1 more40 min
Apr 26, 1:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHenderson26 min
Apr 26, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Marshall25 min
Apr 26, 3:42 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCalloway, Graves, Marshall, Trigg48 min
Apr 26, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall and 2 more43 min
Apr 26, 4:08 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCaldwell, Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon37 min
Apr 26, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFulton41 min
Apr 26, 4:26 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCaldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins, Lyon, Muhlenberg and 1 more34 min
Apr 26, 4:33 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCalloway, Trigg42 min
Apr 26, 4:50 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHFulton25 min
Apr 26, 4:52 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess, Hopkins, McLean, Webster38 min
Apr 26, 5:05 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson, McLean24 min
Apr 26, 5:08 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg37 min
Apr 26, 5:10 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHFulton, Hickman35 min
Apr 26, 5:38 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBallard11 min
Apr 26, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHDaviess24 min
Apr 26, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard15 min
Apr 26, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGraves, Hickman35 min
Apr 26, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMarshall35 min
Apr 26, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGraves32 min
Apr 26, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGraves38 min
Apr 26, 6:56 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCalloway, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg49 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.