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Tornado Warning 97, NWS Paducah, KY

April 26, 20114 counties in Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 4:52 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 38 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 26, 2011, 4:52 PM CDT (21:52 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2011, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Daviess County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, McLean County, KY, Webster County, KY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 26, 4:58 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	3 Nw Nebo, KY
Apr 26, 5:00 PM CDT	HAIL 1	West Louisville, 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 26, 3:02 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 164 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

987 
WFUS53 KPAH 262152
TORPAH
KYC059-107-149-233-262230-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0097.110426T2152Z-110426T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
452 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
  NORTHERN HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
  MCLEAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
  EASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT.

* AT 447 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD   
ON HIGHWAY 293 SOUTH OF PROVIDENCE. THE STORM WAS NEAR 
PROVIDENCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

AT 447 PM CDT...QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR PROVIDENCE.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  PROVIDENCE...
  DIXON...
  SEBREE...
  CALHOUN...
  BEECH GROVE...
  ST. JOSEPH...
  LIVERMORE...

THIS INCLUDES THE PENNYRILE PARKWAY BETWEEN EXITS 49 AND 63.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 3751 8709 3750 8709 3748 8711 3745 8711
      3734 8773 3749 8778 3779 8719 3751 8708
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 240DEG 40KT 3741 8766

$$

SMITH

1 follow-up statement

696 
WWUS53 KPAH 262222
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
522 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

KYC107-233-262232-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0097.000000T0000Z-110426T2230Z/
WEBSTER KY-HOPKINS KY-
522 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN HOPKINS AND EASTERN WEBSTER
COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3758 8711 3759 8740 3766 8744 3779 8719
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 241DEG 51KT 3766 8730

$$

KYC059-149-262230-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0097.000000T0000Z-110426T2230Z/
DAVIESS KY-MCLEAN KY-
522 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
MCLEAN AND SOUTHWESTERN DAVIESS COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...

AT 518 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR BEECH GROVE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MOSELEYVILLE.

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 3758 8711 3759 8740 3766 8744 3779 8719
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 241DEG 51KT 3766 8730

$$

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, 4:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Calloway, Trigg	42 min
Apr 26, 4:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Fulton	25 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

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.