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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Paducah, KY

February 24, 2011Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2011, 8:17 PM CST for Muhlenberg 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
Feb 24, 2011, 8:17 PM CST (02:17 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2011, 8:45 PM CST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Muhlenberg County, KY

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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 118 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°0°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.

552 
WFUS53 KPAH 250217
TORPAH
KYC177-250245-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0007.110225T0217Z-110225T0245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MUHLENBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 845 PM CST.

* AT 814 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTH OF
  WEIR...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  WEIR...
  GREENVILLE...
  DUNMOR...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3708 8691 3706 8712 3705 8725 3718 8725
      3728 8698 3725 8693 3717 8691 3714 8693
      3714 8691 3709 8690
TIME...MOT...LOC 0217Z 256DEG 47KT 3708 8720

$$
PS
1 follow-up statement
090 
WWUS53 KPAH 250229
SVSPAH

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

KYC177-250245-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110225T0245Z/
MUHLENBERG KY-
829 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MUHLENBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

AT 823 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF DUNMOR...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

THE TORNADO 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3708 8692 3706 8713 3724 8707 3728 8699
      3725 8693 3717 8691 3714 8693 3714 8691
      3709 8690
TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 256DEG 47KT 3713 8700

$$
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, 6:35 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHFulton, Graves, Hickman25 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, 8:22 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

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.