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Tornado Warning 99, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2011, 5:08 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 37 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, 5:08 PM CDT (22:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2011, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Daviess County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, McLean County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 5:14 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Madisonville, KY | FUNNEL CLOUD BETWEEN MORTONS GAP AND MADISONVILLE |
| Apr 26, 5:32 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 N Bremen, KY | FUNNEL CLOUD AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL BETWEEN BREMEN AND SACRAMENTO |
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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 158 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.
048
WFUS53 KPAH 262208
TORPAH
KYC059-107-149-177-262245-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0099.110426T2208Z-110426T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
508 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
NORTHEASTERN HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
NORTHERN MUHLENBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT.
* AT 505 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
NEAR MADISONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SPOTTERS ALSO REPORTED
PEA SIZE HAIL NORTHWEST OF MADISONVILLE.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
MADISONVILLE...
LIVERMORE...
THIS INCLUDES THE PENNYRILE PARKWAY BETWEEN EXITS 42 AND 49.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER TO GOLD BALL 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 3763 8689 3762 8693 3763 8696 3756 8704
3748 8711 3737 8710 3737 8704 3731 8699
3730 8750 3741 8755 3742 8754 3766 8690
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 250DEG 33KT 3735 8748
$$4 follow-up statements
226
WWUS53 KPAH 262221
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
521 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
KYC059-107-149-177-262245-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0099.000000T0000Z-110426T2245Z/
DAVIESS KY-MCLEAN KY-HOPKINS KY-MUHLENBERG KY-
521 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL HOPKINS...SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN AND SOUTH CENTRAL DAVIESS
COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...AND NORTHERN MUHLENBERG COUNTY IN
SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
AT ABOUT 509 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN HANSON BY MEDIA. AN
INJURY WAS REPORTED WITH THIS TORNADO. AT 520 PM CDT...THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SACRAMENTO...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BREMEN...SOUTH CARROLLTON...ISLAND
AND LIVERMORE.
LAT...LON 3733 8737 3747 8739 3766 8690 3763 8689
3762 8693 3763 8696 3756 8704 3748 8711
3737 8710 3737 8704 3731 8699
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 258DEG 41KT 3740 8730
$$248
WWUS53 KPAH 262226
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
526 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
KYC059-107-149-177-262245-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0099.000000T0000Z-110426T2245Z/
DAVIESS KY-MCLEAN KY-HOPKINS KY-MUHLENBERG KY-
526 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL HOPKINS...SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN AND SOUTH CENTRAL DAVIESS
COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...AND NORTH CENTRAL MUHLENBERG COUNTY
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
AT 523 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR SACRAMENTO...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BREMEN...SOUTH CARROLLTON...ISLAND
AND LIVERMORE.
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 3736 8732 3749 8733 3766 8690 3763 8689
3762 8693 3763 8696 3756 8704 3748 8711
3737 8710 3737 8704 3731 8699
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 258DEG 35KT 3741 8725
$$951
WWUS53 KPAH 262236
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
536 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
KYC107-262245-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0099.000000T0000Z-110426T2245Z/
HOPKINS KY-
536 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST
KENTUCKY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3731 8699 3735 8723 3753 8722 3766 8690
3763 8689 3762 8693 3763 8696 3756 8704
3748 8711 3737 8710 3737 8704
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 257DEG 35KT 3741 8714
$$
KYC059-149-177-262245-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0099.000000T0000Z-110426T2245Z/
DAVIESS KY-MCLEAN KY-MUHLENBERG KY-
536 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN AND SOUTH CENTRAL DAVIESS COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST
KENTUCKY...AND NORTH CENTRAL MUHLENBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL
KENTUCKY...
AT 532 PM CDT...THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ISLAND...MOVING EAST AT
40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LIVERMORE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3731 8699 3735 8723 3753 8722 3766 8690
3763 8689 3762 8693 3763 8696 3756 8704
3748 8711 3737 8710 3737 8704
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 257DEG 35KT 3741 8714
$$839
WWUS53 KPAH 262245
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
545 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
KYC059-149-177-262254-
/O.EXP.KPAH.TO.W.0099.000000T0000Z-110426T2245Z/
DAVIESS KY-MCLEAN KY-MUHLENBERG KY-
545 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN AND SOUTH CENTRAL
DAVIESS COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...AND NORTH CENTRAL MUHLENBERG
COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM CDT...
AROUND 537 PM CDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN ISLAND.
LAT...LON 3731 8699 3735 8723 3753 8722 3766 8690
3763 8689 3762 8693 3763 8696 3756 8704
3748 8711 3737 8710 3737 8704
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 257DEG 35KT 3741 8703
$$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, 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, 5:10 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.