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Tornado Warning 74, NWS Paducah, KY

April 23, 2011Hopkins County, McLean County, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 2011, 4:15 PM CDT for Hopkins County, McLean County, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 30 min. 2 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: Apr 23, 2011, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)
Expired: Apr 23, 2011, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Hopkins County, KY, McLean County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 23, 4:28 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Sacramento, KY	FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BETWEEN SACRAMENTO AND ISLAND.
Apr 23, 4:35 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	1 N Bremen, KY	REPORTED JUST NORTH OF TOWN.

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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 147 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

646 
WFUS53 KPAH 232115
TORPAH
KYC107-149-177-232145-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0074.110423T2115Z-110423T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
415 PM CDT SAT APR 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
  NORTHERN MUHLENBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT.

* AT 410 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 
  NEAR MADISONVILLE...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SACRAMENTO...MOVING 
  EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  SACRAMENTO...
  BREMEN...
  SOUTH CARROLLTON...
  ISLAND...

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 3732 8699 3728 8746 3739 8749 3748 8712
      3746 8710 3738 8709 3737 8704
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 257DEG 50KT 3735 8735

$$

1 follow-up statement

225 
WWUS53 KPAH 232132
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
432 PM CDT SAT APR 23 2011

KYC107-232141-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0074.000000T0000Z-110423T2145Z/
HOPKINS KY-
432 PM CDT SAT APR 23 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST
KENTUCKY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE WARNING IS 
CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3734 8701 3734 8723 3741 8725 3746 8710
      3738 8709 3737 8704
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 259DEG 39KT 3738 8718

$$

KYC149-177-232145-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0074.000000T0000Z-110423T2145Z/
MCLEAN KY-MUHLENBERG KY-
432 PM CDT SAT APR 23 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...AND NORTH CENTRAL
MUHLENBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

AT 428 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD AND 
ASSOCIATED WALL CLOUD JUST SOUTH OF SACREMENTO. AT 432 PM 
CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BREMEN... 
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED
COUNTIES..

LAT...LON 3734 8701 3734 8723 3741 8725 3746 8710
      3738 8709 3737 8704
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 259DEG 39KT 3738 8718

$$

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, 3:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon	24 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, 4:35 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.