Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 81, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2011, 4:29 PM CDT for Christian County, Muhlenberg County, Todd County, Kentucky. It was in force for 34 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 25, 2011, 4:29 PM CDT (21:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2011, 5:03 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Christian County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Todd County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 4:35 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 Nw Elkton, KY | |
| Apr 25, 4:35 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Nw Elkton, KY |
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 25, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1101 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
637
WFUS53 KPAH 252129
TORPAH
KYC047-177-219-252215-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0081.110425T2129Z-110425T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
429 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN MUHLENBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTHERN TODD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT.
* AT 424 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF
ELKTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
ELKTON...
DUNMOR...
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.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH.
&&
LAT...LON 3709 8690 3707 8694 3707 8704 3705 8706
3681 8706 3673 8733 3684 8737 3716 8693
3714 8693 3714 8690 3712 8689
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 233DEG 36KT 3682 8727
$$2 follow-up statements
993
WWUS53 KPAH 252139
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
439 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011
KYC047-252147-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0081.000000T0000Z-110425T2215Z/
CHRISTIAN KY-
439 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTH
CENTRAL KENTUCKY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS MOVED EAST OF CHRISTIAN COUNTY...THUS THE WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3709 8690 3707 8694 3707 8704 3705 8706
3681 8706 3679 8724 3688 8727 3716 8693
3714 8693 3714 8690 3712 8689
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 233DEG 36KT 3687 8718
$$
KYC177-219-252215-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0081.000000T0000Z-110425T2215Z/
MUHLENBERG KY-TODD KY-
439 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
TODD AND SOUTHEASTERN MUHLENBERG COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL
KENTUCKY...
AT 434 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. TRAINED WEATHER
SPOTTERS ALSO REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD ALONG WITH NICKEL TO QUARTER
SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELKTON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DUNMOR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL
UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
&&
LAT...LON 3709 8690 3707 8694 3707 8704 3705 8706
3681 8706 3679 8724 3688 8727 3716 8693
3714 8693 3714 8690 3712 8689
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 233DEG 36KT 3687 8718
$$059
WWUS53 KPAH 252203
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
503 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011
KYC177-219-252213-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0081.000000T0000Z-110425T2215Z/
MUHLENBERG KY-TODD KY-
503 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN TODD AND SOUTHEASTERN MUHLENBERG
COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED
AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3709 8690 3707 8694 3707 8704 3705 8706
3681 8706 3679 8724 3688 8727 3716 8693
3714 8693 3714 8690 3712 8689
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 233DEG 36KT 3703 8692
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 9:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 59 hr |
| Apr 25, 12:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, Livingston, McCracken | 2 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 5:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Calloway, Crittenden, Graves, Livingston, Lyon and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 6:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Christian, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Trigg | 39 min |
| Apr 25, 3:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Calloway, Christian, Graves, Hopkins, Lyon and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd, Trigg | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 16 min |
| Apr 25, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, McLean, Muhlenberg | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 4:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Webster | 118 min |
| Apr 25, 6:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken | 6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.