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Tornado Warning 72, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 2011, 3:36 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 24 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 23, 2011, 3:36 PM CDT (20:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2011, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Caldwell County, KY, Christian County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Lyon County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 3:38 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Eddyville, KY | GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT THE PRISON. |
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 23, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 630 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 313 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
125 WFUS53 KPAH 232036 TORPAH KYC033-047-107-143-232100- /O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0072.110423T2036Z-110423T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 336 PM CDT SAT APR 23 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY... NORTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... CENTRAL CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY... NORTHEASTERN LYON COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 400 PM CDT. * AT 333 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES EAST OF EDDYVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. A SPOTTER ALSO REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR EDDYVILLE AT 335 PM. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... EDDYVILLE... PRINCETON... DAWSON SPRINGS... EARLINGTON... 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 3728 8750 3703 8752 3701 8809 3712 8809 TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 258DEG 41KT 3708 8798 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle | 43 min |
| Apr 22, 9:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 35 min |
| Apr 22, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon, Union, Webster | 22 min |
| Apr 22, 10:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Ballard, Crittenden, Daviess, Henderson, Livingston, McCracken and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 22, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean and 3 more | 43 min |
| Apr 22, 11:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, McLean, Webster | 30 min |
| Apr 22, 11:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess | 25 min |
| Apr 22, 11:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Caldwell, Hopkins, Lyon, Marshall, Muhlenberg | 2 hr |
| Apr 23, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 33 min |
| Apr 23, 4:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Crittenden, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, Livingston, McLean and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 6:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, Union | 4 hr |
| Apr 23, 2:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 25 min |
| Apr 23, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 6 min |
| Apr 23, 2:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 29 min |
| Apr 23, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Graves, Livingston, McCracken, Marshall | 29 min |
| Apr 23, 2:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | McCracken | 25 min |
| Apr 23, 2:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Graves, McCracken, Marshall | 24 min |
| Apr 23, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall | 33 min |
| Apr 23, 3:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Livingston, Lyon, Marshall | 28 min |
| Apr 23, 3:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon | 25 min |
| Apr 23, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins, Lyon, Union and 1 more | 41 min |
| Apr 23, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg | 32 min |
| Apr 23, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess, Hopkins, McLean, Webster | 22 min |
| Apr 23, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg | 30 min |
| Apr 23, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 25 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.