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Tornado Warning 77, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2011, 3:41 PM CDT for Christian County, Muhlenberg County, Todd County, Kentucky. It was in force for 49 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
- Apr 24, 2011, 3:41 PM CDT (20:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2011, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Christian County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Todd County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 113 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.
093
WFUS53 KPAH 242041
TORPAH
KYC047-177-219-242130-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0077.110424T2041Z-110424T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
341 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHERN MUHLENBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTHEASTERN TODD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT.
* AT 336 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WEIR...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
WEIR...
DUNMOR...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE
TO ONE AND A HALF INCH SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3707 8694 3706 8706 3699 8706 3699 8735
3714 8736 3717 8692 3714 8693 3713 8690
3709 8690
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 269DEG 26KT 3705 8729
$$
SMITH1 follow-up statement
467
WWUS53 KPAH 242110
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
410 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011
KYC047-242119-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0077.000000T0000Z-110424T2130Z/
CHRISTIAN KY-
410 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTH
CENTRAL KENTUCKY IS CANCELLED...
THE STRONGEST PART OF THE STORM HAS MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3707 8694 3706 8706 3699 8706 3699 8716
3715 8718 3717 8692 3714 8693 3713 8690
3709 8690
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 259DEG 26KT 3707 8707
$$
KYC177-219-242130-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0077.000000T0000Z-110424T2130Z/
MUHLENBERG KY-TODD KY-
410 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN TODD AND SOUTHEASTERN MUHLENBERG COUNTIES IN SOUTH
CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
AT 406 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5
MILES WEST OF DUNMOR...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED
COUNTY. NO SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THIS STORM
AS IT MOVED ALONG THE MUHLENBURG...TODD COUNTY LINE.
LAT...LON 3707 8694 3706 8706 3699 8706 3699 8716
3715 8718 3717 8692 3714 8693 3713 8690
3709 8690
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 259DEG 26KT 3707 8707
$$
SMITHThe 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, 2:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Trigg | 49 min |
| 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, 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 |
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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.