Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 95, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 4:33 PM CDT for Calloway County, Trigg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 42 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 26, 2011, 4:33 PM CDT (21:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2011, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Calloway County, KY, Trigg County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 5:05 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 S Cadiz, KY | FUNNEL CLOUD AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL JUST SOUTH OF CADIZ |
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 26, 3:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 486 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 279 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
882
WFUS53 KPAH 262133
TORPAH
KYC035-221-262215-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0095.110426T2133Z-110426T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
433 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CALLOWAY COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHERN TRIGG COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT.
* AT 428 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CANTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
SPOTTERS HAVE STILL BEEN REPORTING SLIGHT ROTATION WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM...SO A TORNADO COULD DEVELOP RAPIDLY AS IT MOVES EAST.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
CANTON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3674 8817 3691 8769 3666 8770 3666 8788
3667 8788 3667 8801 3667 8806 3665 8807
3665 8814
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 253DEG 33KT 3670 8807
$$
SMITH2 follow-up statements
701
WWUS53 KPAH 262146 RRA
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
446 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
KYC035-262155-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0095.000000T0000Z-110426T2215Z/
CALLOWAY KY-
446 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CALLOWAY COUNTY IN WESTERN
KENTUCKY IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3670 8786 3671 8800 3672 8804 3677 8806
3691 8769 3670 8770
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 246DEG 28KT 3675 8799
$$
KYC221-262215-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0095.000000T0000Z-110426T2215Z/
TRIGG KY-
446 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
TRIGG COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
AT 442 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5
MILES SOUTHWEST OF CANTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THE STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED
COUNTY. THERE MAY STILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR A RAPID SPIN UP OF
TORNADO WITH THIS STORM.
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 3670 8786 3671 8800 3672 8804 3677 8806
3691 8769 3670 8770
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 246DEG 28KT 3675 8799
$$
SMITH412 WWUS53 KPAH 262212 SVSPAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 512 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011 KYC221-262215- /O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0095.000000T0000Z-110426T2215Z/ TRIGG KY- 512 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL TRIGG COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY... AT 505 PM CDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD JUST SOUTH OF CADIZ. RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION OVER CENTRAL TRIGG COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SPOTTERS REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL NEAR CADIZ AT 458 PM CDT. THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NOW IS THE TIME TO IMPLEMENT YOUR TORNADO PLAN OF ACTION. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IN A BASEMENT...OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A HOME OR BUILDING. && LAT...LON 3681 8783 3685 8785 3691 8769 3681 8769 TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 248DEG 24KT 3682 8776 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 11:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Calloway, Crittenden, Graves, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 25, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton, Graves, Hickman | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves, Livingston, McCracken, Marshall | 26 min |
| Apr 26, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Calloway, Christian, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall and 1 more | 49 min |
| Apr 26, 12:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 12:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Union, Webster | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 1:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Todd, Trigg | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Union and 1 more | 40 min |
| Apr 26, 1:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Henderson | 26 min |
| Apr 26, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Marshall | 25 min |
| Apr 26, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves, Marshall, Trigg | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall and 2 more | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 4:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 4:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins, Lyon, Muhlenberg and 1 more | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Fulton | 25 min |
| Apr 26, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess, Hopkins, McLean, Webster | 38 min |
| Apr 26, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, McLean | 24 min |
| Apr 26, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Fulton, Hickman | 35 min |
| Apr 26, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Trigg | 19 min |
| Apr 26, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ballard | 11 min |
| Apr 26, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess | 24 min |
| Apr 26, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard | 15 min |
| Apr 26, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves, Hickman | 35 min |
| Apr 26, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Marshall | 35 min |
| Apr 26, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves | 32 min |
| Apr 26, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves | 38 min |
| Apr 26, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg | 49 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.