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Tornado Warning 160, NWS Paducah, KY

May 25, 20116 counties in Kentucky; Johnson County, Massac County, Pope County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2011, 7:02 PM CDT for 6 counties in Kentucky; Johnson County, Massac County, Pope County, Illinois. It was in force for 28 min. 8 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 25, 2011, 7:02 PM CDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2011, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Ballard County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Hickman County, KY, McCracken County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 25, 7:05 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUDMilburn, KY
May 25, 7:13 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 62West Paducah, KY
May 25, 7:14 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 N Dixon Springs, ILSEVERAL TREES DOWN WITH WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED AT 70 MPH.
May 25, 7:25 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 70West Paducah, KYREPORTED AT BARKLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT.
May 25, 7:29 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUDPaducah, KYREPORTED ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE LOOP NEAR 28TH STREET AND ONE REPORTED NEAR THE FARLEY COMMUNITY.
May 25, 7:30 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUDPaducah, KYREPORTED NEAR INTERSTATE 24 AND OAKS ROAD.
May 25, 7:30 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND GST 72Paducah, KYREPORTED IN THE FARLEY COMMUNITY.
May 25, 7:34 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 80Paducah, KYWIND GUSTS ESTIMATED 70 TO 80 MPH IN THE FARLEY AREA.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 25, 11:09 AM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 213 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 00:00Z on 2011-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1870 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2011-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 212 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
1870 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1479 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
212 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
334 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
14.1

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The text

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

237 
WFUS53 KPAH 260002
TORPAH
ILC087-127-151-KYC007-039-075-083-105-145-260030-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0160.110526T0002Z-110526T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
702 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
  MASSAC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
  POPE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHEASTERN BALLARD COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
  CARLISLE COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
  EASTERN FULTON COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
  GRAVES COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
  HICKMAN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
  MCCRACKEN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT.

* AT 700 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF VIENNA TO 9 MILES WEST OF
  METROPOLIS TO 10 MILES WEST OF CAYCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  CAYCE...
  VIENNA...
  BARDWELL...
  NEW COLUMBIA...
  FULTON...
  WEST PADUCAH...
  DIXON SPRINGS...
  METROPOLIS...
  LOVELACEVILLE...
  CLINTON...
  FULGHAM...
  BROOKPORT...
  PADUCAH...
  LONE OAK...
  REIDLAND...
  MAYFIELD...

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 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS UP TO 80 MPH.

&&

LAT...LON 3650 8919 3719 8888 3760 8896 3760 8843
      3742 8842 3740 8847 3730 8851 3726 8851
      3722 8846 3707 8849 3707 8854 3707 8856
      3703 8849 3649 8862
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 243DEG 54KT 3746 8896 3719 8884
          3661 8918

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 7:27 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHHenderson, Union33 min
May 25, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton and 6 more47 min
May 25, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHUnion65 min
May 25, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson55 min
May 25, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Calloway, Christian, Crittenden, Graves, Hopkins and 5 more38 min
May 25, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCalloway, Graves, Marshall17 min
May 25, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHHenderson18 min
May 25, 8:37 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess23 min
May 25, 8:38 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCaldwell, Lyon, Trigg19 min
May 25, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson65 min
May 25, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Calloway, Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins, Lyon and 5 more63 min
May 25, 8:52 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess23 min
May 25, 8:53 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHCaldwell, Calloway, Christian, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins and 7 more3 hr
May 25, 8:53 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCaldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Trigg22 min
May 25, 8:58 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess32 min
May 25, 9:02 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCalloway, Trigg43 min
May 25, 9:27 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess18 min
May 25, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Muhlenberg, Todd, Trigg64 min
May 25, 9:43 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHChristian, Trigg32 min
May 25, 7:08 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHEdwards, Wabash, Wayne, White37 min
May 25, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHWabash34 min
May 26, 10:49 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHJackson7 days

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.