Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 30, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 4, 2011, 12:09 PM CDT for Christian County, Muhlenberg County, Todd County, Kentucky. It was in force for 28 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 4, 2011, 12:09 PM CDT (17:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2011, 12:37 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Christian County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Todd County, KY
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 4, 7:22 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -640 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 855 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 507 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
440
WFUS53 KPAH 041709
TORPAH
KYC047-177-219-041800-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0030.110404T1709Z-110404T1800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1209 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHERN MUHLENBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTHERN TODD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 100 PM CDT.
* AT 1205 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A ROTATING WALL
CLOUD NEAR CLIFTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
WEIR...
GREENVILLE...
DUNMOR...
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 3709 8690 3707 8694 3706 8705 3700 8706
3695 8727 3714 8735 3729 8698 3727 8698
3725 8692 3722 8690 3714 8693 3713 8689
TIME...MOT...LOC 1709Z 234DEG 59KT 3706 8711
$$2 follow-up statements
237 WWUS53 KPAH 041726 SVSPAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1226 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011 KYC047-177-041735- /O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110404T1800Z/ MUHLENBERG KY-CHRISTIAN KY- 1226 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN AND SOUTHERN MUHLENBERG COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3704 8727 3706 8705 3700 8706 3695 8727 TIME...MOT...LOC 1725Z 234DEG 59KT 3712 8676 $$ KYC219-041800- /O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110404T1800Z/ TODD KY- 1226 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN TODD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AT 1221 PM CDT...THE THREAT FOR A TORNAOD CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN TODD COUNTY. STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH. . LAT...LON 3704 8727 3706 8705 3700 8706 3695 8727 TIME...MOT...LOC 1725Z 234DEG 59KT 3712 8676 $$
010 WWUS53 KPAH 041737 SVSPAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1237 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011 KYC219-041747- /O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110404T1800Z/ TODD KY- 1237 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN TODD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3704 8727 3706 8705 3700 8706 3695 8727 TIME...MOT...LOC 1737Z 234DEG 59KT 3724 8656 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 9:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton | 47 min |
| Apr 4, 10:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, McLean | 39 min |
| Apr 4, 10:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 23 min |
| Apr 4, 10:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | McCracken | 28 min |
| Apr 4, 10:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon, McCracken, Marshall | 37 min |
| Apr 4, 10:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon, McCracken, Marshall | 28 min |
| Apr 4, 10:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Henderson, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon and 3 more | 114 min |
| Apr 4, 11:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon and 4 more | 28 min |
| Apr 4, 11:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Daviess, McLean | 4 hr |
| Apr 4, 11:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Calloway | 71 min |
| Apr 4, 11:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Christian, McLean, Muhlenberg, Todd, Trigg | 4 hr |
| Apr 4, 11:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Christian, Marshall, Trigg | 25 min |
| Apr 4, 11:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg | 25 min |
| Apr 4, 11:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Lyon, Todd, Trigg | 37 min |
| Apr 4, 11:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Trigg | 34 min |
| Apr 4, 11:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg | 28 min |
| Apr 4, 11:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd | 55 min |
| Apr 4, 12:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 43 min |
| Apr 4, 1:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.