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Tornado Warning 75, NWS Paducah, KY

April 23, 2011Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 2011, 4:35 PM CDT for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 25 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, 4:35 PM CDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired: Apr 23, 2011, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Muhlenberg County, KY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 23, 4:55 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Beech Creek, KY	NICKEL AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED.

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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 122 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

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The text

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

691 
WFUS53 KPAH 232135
TORPAH
KYC177-232200-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0075.110423T2135Z-110423T2200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT.

* AT 432 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WEIR...
  MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

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

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 3708 8726 3718 8728 3726 8696 3725 8695
      3725 8692 3724 8691 3720 8690 3714 8693
      3713 8689 3711 8689
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 258DEG 39KT 3715 8720

$$

1 follow-up statement

992 
WWUS53 KPAH 232150
SVSPAH

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

KYC177-232200-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0075.000000T0000Z-110423T2200Z/
MUHLENBERG KY-
450 PM CDT SAT APR 23 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL MUHLENBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

AT 448 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4
MILES SOUTHWEST OF DRAKESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 3711 8716 3721 8716 3726 8696 3725 8695
      3725 8692 3724 8691 3720 8690 3714 8693
      3713 8689 3711 8689
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 258DEG 39KT 3719 8703

$$

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, 4:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg	30 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.