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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Paducah, KY

April 15, 2011Calloway County, Trigg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 2011, 7:41 PM CDT for Calloway County, Trigg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 34 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
Apr 15, 2011, 7:41 PM CDT (00:41 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2011, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Calloway County, KY, Trigg County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 15, 7:50 PM CDTHAIL 1.52 S Aurora, KYPING PONG HAIL FELL NEAR KENLAKE STATE PARK FOR 2 MINUTES.

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
Apr 15, 12:47 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 2011-04-16Temperature 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 2011-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 471 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
-126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
773 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
471 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
487 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.

861 
WFUS53 KPAH 160041
TORPAH
KYC035-221-160115-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0033.110416T0041Z-110416T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
741 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CALLOWAY COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
  WESTERN TRIGG COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT.

* AT 738 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES AREA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES AREA...
  ENERGY...
  CANTON...

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 
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

&&

LAT...LON 3666 8822 3676 8814 3676 8812 3677 8813
      3691 8801 3681 8784 3667 8801 3667 8806
      3664 8806 3659 8816
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 215DEG 35KT 3666 8816

$$
1 follow-up statement
679 
WWUS53 KPAH 160058
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
758 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

KYC035-160107-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110416T0115Z/
CALLOWAY KY-
758 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CALLOWAY COUNTY IN WESTERN
KENTUCKY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS MOVED EAST OF CALLOWAY COUNTY...THUS THE WARNING HAS 
BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3669 8808 3676 8812 3677 8813 3678 8812
      3691 8801 3681 8784 3675 8791
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 217DEG 30KT 3676 8805

$$

KYC221-160115-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110416T0115Z/
TRIGG KY-
758 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
TRIGG COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...

AT 752 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7
MILES SOUTH OF LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES AREA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ENERGY AND CANTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 
60 MPH.

&&

LAT...LON 3669 8808 3676 8812 3677 8813 3678 8812
      3691 8801 3681 8784 3675 8791
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 217DEG 30KT 3676 8805

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCrittenden, Livingston, Lyon35 min
Apr 15, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGraves, Marshall13 min
Apr 15, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Crittenden, Livingston9 min
Apr 15, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCaldwell, Christian, Trigg32 min
Apr 15, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCaldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Trigg27 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.