Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 76, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2011, 2:56 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 49 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 24, 2011, 2:56 PM CDT (19:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2011, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Caldwell County, KY, Christian County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Trigg County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 3:14 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 W Crofton, KY | ...UNCOMFIRMED...REPORTED NEAR DAWSON SPRINGS ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 1536 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 557 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 5.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
119
WFUS53 KPAH 241956
TORPAH
KYC033-047-107-221-242045-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0076.110424T1956Z-110424T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
256 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
NORTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
NORTHEASTERN TRIGG COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 345 PM CDT.
* AT 253 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 11 MILES WEST OF
CROFTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
CROFTON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
ABOUT HALF OF TORNADO DEATHS OCCUR IN MOBILE HOMES. IF YOU ARE IN ONE
NOW...MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO A MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER SUCH AS A NEARBY
HOME.
&&
LAT...LON 3693 8774 3708 8775 3717 8734 3716 8733
3714 8734 3712 8733 3695 8729
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 255DEG 25KT 3700 8765
$$
SMITH1 follow-up statement
099 WWUS53 KPAH 242019 SVSPAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 319 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011 KYC033-221-242026- /O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-110424T2045Z/ CALDWELL KY-TRIGG KY- 319 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TRIGG AND SOUTHEASTERN CALDWELL COUNTIES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3695 8729 3694 8761 3711 8758 3717 8734 TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 268DEG 25KT 3701 8750 $$ KYC047-107-242045- /O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0076.000000T0000Z-110424T2045Z/ HOPKINS KY-CHRISTIAN KY- 319 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...AND NORTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AT 315 PM CDT...BETWEEM 305 AND 310 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS HAD REPORTS OF A FUNNEL CLOUD AND UNCONIRMED TORNADO NEAR THE CONSTELLATION LOOP AND NEAR DAWSON SPRINGS ROAD WEST OF CROFTON. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CROFTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. ABOUT HALF OF TORNADO DEATHS OCCUR IN MOBILE HOMES. IF YOU ARE IN ONE NOW...MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO A MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER SUCH AS A NEARBY HOME. && LAT...LON 3695 8729 3694 8761 3711 8758 3717 8734 TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 268DEG 25KT 3701 8750 $$ SMITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 10:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, McLean, Union, Webster | 12 hr |
| Apr 24, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton, Graves, Hickman | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 1:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, McCracken | 10 hr |
| Apr 24, 12:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Carlisle, Crittenden, Daviess, Fulton and 12 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 24, 1:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins | 29 min |
| Apr 24, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Lyon, Trigg | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 2:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon, Muhlenberg, Trigg | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hopkins, Muhlenberg | 53 min |
| Apr 24, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Trigg | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 3:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd | 49 min |
| Apr 24, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 4:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Christian, Todd, Trigg | 111 min |
| Apr 24, 5:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Calloway, Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd, Trigg | 5 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.