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Tornado Warning 129, NWS Paducah, KY

May 23, 2011Christian County, Todd County, Trigg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2011, 6:59 PM CDT for Christian County, Todd County, Trigg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report 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 23, 2011, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2011, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Christian County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 23, 7:10 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 Ese Lafayette, KY	THE TORNADO BEGAN IN STEWART COUNTY TN 4 MILES SW OF BIG ROCK AND CROSSED INTO KY 3 MILES SE OF LAFAYETTE BEFORE ENDING 3 MILES NW OF PEMBROKE KY. SEE THE CORRESPONDING PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR MORE DETAILS.

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 23, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 104 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: 11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -260 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 946 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -255 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -136 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.

363 
WFUS53 KPAH 232359
TORPAH
KYC047-219-221-240030-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0129.110523T2359Z-110524T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
659 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHWESTERN TODD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHEASTERN TRIGG COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT.

* AT 654 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 18 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST
  OF FORT CAMPBELL NORTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  FORT CAMPBELL NORTH...
  OAK GROVE...
  PEMBROKE...

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 3665 8780 3684 8732 3665 8724 3664 8728
      3664 8780
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 240DEG 51KT 3662 8769

$$

2 follow-up statements

107 
WWUS53 KPAH 240014
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
714 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011

KYC221-240024-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0129.000000T0000Z-110524T0030Z/
TRIGG KY-
714 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TRIGG COUNTY IN WESTERN
KENTUCKY IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3673 8761 3684 8732 3670 8726 3667 8750
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 240DEG 51KT 3673 8746

$$

KYC047-219-240030-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0129.000000T0000Z-110524T0030Z/
CHRISTIAN KY-TODD KY-
714 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN TODD AND SOUTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTIES IN SOUTH
CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

AT 712 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PEMBROKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE CIRCULATION WILL PASS ACROSS HIGHWAY 41 NEAR MASONVILLE AND 
FIDELIO.

LAT...LON 3673 8761 3684 8732 3670 8726 3667 8750
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 240DEG 51KT 3673 8746

$$

350 
WWUS53 KPAH 240025
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
725 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011

KYC047-219-240036-
/O.EXP.KPAH.TO.W.0129.000000T0000Z-110524T0030Z/
CHRISTIAN KY-TODD KY-
725 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TODD AND SOUTHEASTERN
CHRISTIAN COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM
CDT...

LAT...LON 3673 8761 3684 8732 3670 8726 3667 8750
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 240DEG 51KT 3681 8728

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 9:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Union	52 hr
May 23, 9:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Henderson, Union	52 hr
May 23, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Henderson	22 min
May 23, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle, Graves, Hickman, McCracken	42 min
May 23, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Daviess, Henderson	47 min
May 23, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Calloway, Graves, Livingston, Lyon, McCracken, Marshall	24 min
May 23, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Christian, Todd, Trigg	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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.