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Tornado Warning 113, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 9:14 PM CDT for Hopkins County, McLean County, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 46 min. 4 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
- Apr 26, 2011, 9:14 PM CDT (02:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2011, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hopkins County, KY, McLean County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 9:35 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Sacramento, KY | STORM WINDOWS BUSTED WINDSHIELD CRACKED AND A LOT OF DENTS IN PERSONAL VEHICLE. |
| Apr 26, 9:37 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Sw Sacramento, KY | LAW ENFORCEMENT IN MUHLENBERG CO AND TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORT A POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR SACRAMENTO...MCLEAN CO. |
| Apr 26, 9:37 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | N Sacramento, KY | |
| Apr 26, 10:08 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Livermore, KY |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 3:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 149 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1852 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1222 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 8.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS53 KPAH 270214
TORPAH
KYC107-149-177-270300-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0113.110427T0214Z-110427T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
914 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
NORTHWESTERN MUHLENBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.
* AT 909 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 19 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LIVERMORE. OR JUST EAST OF MORTONS GAP...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
BREMEN...
SACRAMENTO...
ISLAND...
THIS INCLUDES THE PENNYRILE PARKWAY BETWEEN EXITS 37 AND 42.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF
BALL OR LARGER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3735 8702 3722 8741 3731 8752 3757 8705
3755 8704 3748 8711 3737 8710 3737 8705
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 238DEG 28KT 3730 8735
$$3 follow-up statements
062
WWUS53 KPAH 270235
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
935 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
KYC107-149-177-270300-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0113.000000T0000Z-110427T0300Z/
MCLEAN KY-HOPKINS KY-MUHLENBERG KY-
935 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL HOPKINS AND SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST
KENTUCKY...AND NORTHWESTERN MUHLENBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL
KENTUCKY...
AT 932 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SPOTTERS REPORTED A
POSSIBLE TORNADO NORTH OF BREMEN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BREMEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SACRAMENTO...ISLAND...BREMEN AND
LIVERMORE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3735 8702 3732 8728 3737 8742 3745 8726
3757 8705 3755 8704 3748 8711 3737 8710
3737 8705
TIME...MOT...LOC 0233Z 239DEG 15KT 3738 8724
$$481
WWUS53 KPAH 270250
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
950 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
KYC107-270300-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0113.000000T0000Z-110427T0300Z/
HOPKINS KY-
950 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST
KENTUCKY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3739 8719 3746 8724 3745 8726 3757 8705
3755 8704 3748 8711 3745 8711 3739 8710
TIME...MOT...LOC 0250Z 249DEG 29KT 3747 8711
$$
KYC149-177-270300-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0113.000000T0000Z-110427T0300Z/
MCLEAN KY-MUHLENBERG KY-
950 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...AND NORTH CENTRAL
MUHLENBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
AT 946 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD ON
HIGHWAY 431 NORTH OF ISLAND. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN ISLAND
AND LIVERMORE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE
STORM...TAKE COVER NOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF
BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3739 8719 3746 8724 3745 8726 3757 8705
3755 8704 3748 8711 3745 8711 3739 8710
TIME...MOT...LOC 0250Z 249DEG 29KT 3747 8711
$$918
WWUS53 KPAH 270300
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1000 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
KYC149-177-270309-
/O.EXP.KPAH.TO.W.0113.000000T0000Z-110427T0300Z/
MCLEAN KY-MUHLENBERG KY-
1000 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST
KENTUCKY...AND NORTH CENTRAL MUHLENBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL
KENTUCKY WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM CDT...
THE STRONGEST PART OF THE STORM IS MOVING INTO WESTERN OHIO COUNTY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LARGE HAIL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
MCLEAN COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3739 8719 3746 8724 3745 8726 3757 8705
3755 8704 3748 8711 3745 8711 3739 8710
TIME...MOT...LOC 0259Z 249DEG 29KT 3749 8702
$$
SMITHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves, Marshall | 27 min |
| Apr 26, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Marshall | 32 min |
| Apr 26, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon, McCracken, Marshall | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Lyon, Trigg | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 7:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton, Graves, Hickman | 35 min |
| Apr 26, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Hopkins | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 9:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Christian, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Todd and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hopkins, McLean, Webster | 24 min |
| Apr 26, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 9:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Daviess | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 11:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Todd | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 9:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 48 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Calloway, Christian, Hopkins, McLean, Marshall and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 27, 4:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Hopkins | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, Union | 6 hr |
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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.