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Tornado Warning 82, NWS Paducah, KY

April 25, 2011Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2011, 4:44 PM CDT for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 16 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 25, 2011, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2011, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Muhlenberg County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 121 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2011-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 73 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2011-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 171 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

781 
WFUS53 KPAH 252144
TORPAH
KYC177-252200-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0082.110425T2144Z-110425T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
444 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT.

* AT 441 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF DUNMOR...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  DUNMOR...
  DRAKESBORO...

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 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

&&

LAT...LON 3710 8690 3706 8706 3706 8712 3722 8718
      3731 8699 3727 8698 3725 8695 3725 8692
      3722 8690 3714 8693 3713 8689
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 253DEG 37KT 3716 8703

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 9:55 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningPAHBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more59 hr
Apr 25, 12:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, Livingston, McCracken2 hr
Apr 25, 3:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman3 hr
Apr 25, 5:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHCaldwell, Calloway, Crittenden, Graves, Livingston, Lyon and 4 more3 hr
Apr 25, 6:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHChristian, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg and 3 more4 hr
Apr 25, 3:06 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCalloway, Trigg39 min
Apr 25, 3:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHCaldwell, Calloway, Christian, Graves, Hopkins, Lyon and 4 more3 hr
Apr 25, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHChristian, Todd, Trigg45 min
Apr 25, 4:29 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHChristian, Muhlenberg, Todd34 min
Apr 25, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHDaviess, McLean, Muhlenberg42 min
Apr 25, 4:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Webster118 min
Apr 25, 6:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.