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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2011, 7:38 PM CST for Christian County, Trigg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 52 min. 4 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, 7:38 PM CST (01:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2011, 8:30 PM CST
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Christian County, KY, Trigg County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 7:45 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Wnw Cadiz, KY | SEVERAL TREES AND TREE LIMBS DOWN OR BROKEN. SOME SHINGLES OFF SEVERAL HOMES ON HIGHWAY 139. |
| Feb 24, 7:55 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 77 | Hopkinsville, KY | WIND MEASURED AROUND THE 68/80 BYPASS ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN. MEASURED WINDS 65 MPH AT LOVERS LANE. |
| Feb 24, 7:55 PM CST | TORNADO | 2 Ne Gracey, KY | EF2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 2.5 MILES NE OF GRACEY ALONG QUINSBERRY LANE...AND TRAVELLED 5.5 MILES TO NEAR DAWSON SPRINGS ROAD 3.5 MILES NW OF HOPKINSVILLE. PEAK WIND 115 MPH. PATH WIDTH 225 YARDS. SEVERAL BARNS LEVELED. SEVERAL GRAIN BINS DESTROYED. SOME HOMES W |
| Feb 24, 8:19 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Hopkinsville, KY | SEVERAL POWER POLES SNAPPED AND DEBRIS AND ELECTRICAL LINES LYING ACROSS PRINCETON ROAD ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF TIME. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 5:54 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- -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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
104
WFUS53 KPAH 250138
TORPAH
KYC047-221-250230-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0005.110225T0138Z-110225T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
738 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
EASTERN TRIGG COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 830 PM CST.
* AT 732 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CANTON...
MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGE
AS IT MOVED THROUGH SOUTHERN GRAVES COUNTY. TREES WERE REPORTED
DOWN ACROSS SOUTHERN GRAVES COUNTY.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
CADIZ...
CANTON...
HOPKINSVILLE...
CROFTON...
PEMBROKE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3706 8752 3708 8728 3675 8733 3671 8796
3691 8799
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 256DEG 52KT 3684 8785
$$
PS2 follow-up statements
480
WWUS53 KPAH 250156
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
756 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
KYC221-250205-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110225T0230Z/
TRIGG KY-
756 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TRIGG COUNTY IN WESTERN
KENTUCKY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3673 8768 3701 8766 3706 8752 3708 8728
3675 8733
TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 264DEG 44KT 3690 8758
$$
KYC047-250230-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110225T0230Z/
CHRISTIAN KY-
756 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
AT 752 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOPKINSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
THE ROTATION WITH THIS STORM HAS RAPIDLY INCREASED OVER THE PAST
COUPLE OF MINUTES.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CROFTON AND PEMBROKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3673 8768 3701 8766 3706 8752 3708 8728
3675 8733
TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 264DEG 44KT 3690 8758
$$
PS316
WWUS53 KPAH 250206
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
806 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
KYC047-250230-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110225T0230Z/
CHRISTIAN KY-
806 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
AT 800 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A WALL CLOUD NEAR
KELLY. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF
HOPKINSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
THE CIRCULATION WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED
COUNTY..
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CLOSE TO 80 MPH.
&&
LAT...LON 3673 8768 3690 8755 3706 8752 3708 8728
3675 8733
TIME...MOT...LOC 0205Z 257DEG 54KT 3694 8739
$$
PSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 6:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Calloway, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves, Hickman and 4 more | 27 min |
| Feb 24, 6:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Fulton, Graves, Hickman | 25 min |
| Feb 24, 6:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves | 40 min |
| Feb 24, 6:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall and 2 more | 35 min |
| Feb 24, 7:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg | 31 min |
| Feb 24, 7:33 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Calloway, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Marshall | 5 hr |
| Feb 24, 8:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 29 min |
| Feb 24, 8:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 28 min |
| Feb 24, 8:22 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon, Muhlenberg, Todd and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 8:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd, Trigg | 33 min |
| Feb 24, 8:53 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:26 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Webster | 109 min |
| Feb 24, 10:35 PM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson | 28 days |
| Feb 25, 12:25 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | Calloway, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Marshall | 12 hr |
| Feb 25, 12:39 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon, Muhlenberg, Todd and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 25, 8:36 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman | 37 days |
| Feb 25, 8:36 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 30 days |
| Feb 25, 8:36 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Union | 33 days |
| Feb 25, 8:36 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Livingston | 14 hr |
| Feb 25, 8:36 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 37 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.