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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Paducah, KY

February 24, 2011Fulton County, Graves County, Hickman County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2011, 6:35 PM CST for Fulton County, Graves County, Hickman County, Kentucky. It was in force for 25 min. 3 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
Feb 24, 2011, 6:35 PM CST (00:35 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2011, 7:00 PM CST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Hickman County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 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
Feb 24, 6:35 PM CSTTORNADO2 Nw Fulton, KYLATE REPORT...EF1 TORNADO WITH PEAK WIND 95 MPH. PATH AVERAGE PATH WIDTH 100 YARDS. PATH LENGTH 7.8 MILES WITH NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES. INITIAL TOUCHDOWN 2NW OF FULTON AT AMTRAK STATION. TORNADO CROSSED IN HICKMAN COUNTY PARALLELING HOLLAND LANE BEFORE CROSS
Feb 24, 6:49 PM CSTHAIL 1Wingo, KY
Feb 24, 6:51 PM CSTHAIL 11 S Wingo, KYQUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED 1 MILE SOUTH OF TOWN. VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO WITH VERY STRONG WINDS.

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
Feb 24, 5:54 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 194 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 2011-02-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2011-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 538 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
793 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
538 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
629 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

791 
WFUS53 KPAH 250035
TORPAH
KYC075-083-105-250100-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0002.110225T0035Z-110225T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
635 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN FULTON COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN GRAVES COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHEASTERN HICKMAN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 700 PM CST.

* AT 632 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF FULTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  FULTON...
  FULGHAM...
  SEDALIA...
  LYNNVILLE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3676 8849 3650 8850 3650 8895 3664 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 266DEG 38KT 3657 8888

$$
PS
1 follow-up statement
668 
WWUS53 KPAH 250046
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
646 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011

KYC075-105-250056-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110225T0100Z/
HICKMAN KY-FULTON KY-
646 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FULTON AND SOUTHEASTERN
HICKMAN COUNTIES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3676 8849 3650 8850 3650 8879 3668 8880
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 266DEG 38KT 3658 8874

$$

KYC083-250100-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110225T0100Z/
GRAVES KY-
646 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
GRAVES COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...

AT 641 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINGO...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SEDALIA AND LYNNVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3676 8849 3650 8850 3650 8879 3668 8880
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 266DEG 38KT 3658 8874

$$
PS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 6:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Calloway, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves, Hickman and 4 more27 min
Feb 24, 6:50 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHCalloway, Graves40 min
Feb 24, 6:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall and 2 more35 min
Feb 24, 7:14 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHCalloway, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg31 min
Feb 24, 7:33 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHCalloway, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Marshall5 hr
Feb 24, 7:38 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHChristian, Trigg52 min
Feb 24, 8:11 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHChristian, Todd29 min
Feb 24, 8:17 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHMuhlenberg28 min
Feb 24, 8:22 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHCaldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon, Muhlenberg, Todd and 1 more4 hr
Feb 24, 8:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Todd, Trigg33 min
Feb 24, 8:53 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson4 hr
Feb 24, 9:26 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHHopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Webster109 min
Feb 24, 10:35 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson28 days
Feb 25, 12:25 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningPAHCalloway, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Marshall12 hr
Feb 25, 12:39 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningPAHCaldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon, Muhlenberg, Todd and 1 more6 hr
Feb 25, 8:36 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman37 days
Feb 25, 8:36 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHHenderson, Union30 days
Feb 25, 8:36 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHCrittenden, Union33 days
Feb 25, 8:36 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHCrittenden, Livingston14 hr
Feb 25, 8:36 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHBallard, McCracken37 days

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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.