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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 2011, 8:33 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 27 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, 8:33 PM CDT (01:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2011, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Caldwell County, KY, Christian County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Trigg County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 8:42 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Hawkins, KY |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 12:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
223 WFUS53 KPAH 160133 TORPAH KYC033-047-107-221-160200- /O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0035.110416T0133Z-110416T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 833 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY... NORTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY... NORTHEASTERN TRIGG COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 900 PM CDT. * AT 831 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COBB...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... COBB... CROFTON... NORTONVILLE... THIS INCLUDES THE PENNYRILE PARKWAY BETWEEN EXITS 23 AND 33. 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 3727 8752 3708 8732 3690 8772 3701 8780 TIME...MOT...LOC 0134Z 225DEG 36KT 3699 8769 $$
2 follow-up statements
161 WWUS53 KPAH 160148 SVSPAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 848 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 KYC033-047-107-221-160200- /O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-110416T0200Z/ HOPKINS KY-CALDWELL KY-CHRISTIAN KY-TRIGG KY- 848 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...AND NORTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...AND NORTHEASTERN TRIGG AND SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL COUNTIES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY... AT 847 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAWKINS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CROFTON...ST. CHARLES AND NORTONVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NOW IS THE TIME TO IMPLEMENT YOUR TORNADO PLAN OF ACTION. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IN A BASEMENT...OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A HOME OR BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3727 8752 3708 8732 3690 8772 3701 8780 TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 225DEG 36KT 3709 8757 $$
437 WWUS53 KPAH 160159 SVSPAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 859 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 KYC033-047-107-221-160209- /O.EXP.KPAH.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-110416T0200Z/ HOPKINS KY-CALDWELL KY-CHRISTIAN KY-TRIGG KY- 859 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...AND NORTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AND NORTHEASTERN TRIGG AND SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL COUNTIES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM CDT... THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THUS...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3727 8752 3708 8732 3690 8772 3701 8780 TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 225DEG 36KT 3717 8747 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon | 35 min |
| Apr 15, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves, Marshall | 13 min |
| Apr 15, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Trigg | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Livingston | 9 min |
| Apr 15, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Trigg | 32 min |
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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.