Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 20, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 29, 2012, 6:17 AM CST for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 28 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
- Feb 29, 2012, 6:17 AM CST (12:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 6:45 AM CST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Caldwell County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Webster County, KY
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 1:14 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 580 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 510 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 365 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 485 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 8.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
194 WFUS53 KPAH 291217 TORPAH KYC033-055-107-233-291245- /O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0020.120229T1217Z-120229T1245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 617 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY... EAST CENTRAL CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY... WEST CENTRAL HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY... SOUTHWESTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 645 AM CST. * AT 615 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CRESWELL...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARION... AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE... PROVIDENCE...CRESWELL...FRYER AND NEBO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3753 8762 3729 8749 3722 8800 3736 8801 TIME...MOT...LOC 1217Z 246DEG 28KT 3729 8795 $$
1 follow-up statement
484
WWUS53 KPAH 291230
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
630 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
KYC055-291240-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-120229T1245Z/
CRITTENDEN KY-
630 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN
KENTUCKY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3725 8784 3737 8783 3738 8781 3738 8783
3743 8783 3753 8762 3729 8749
TIME...MOT...LOC 1230Z 267DEG 53KT 3734 8763
$$
KYC033-107-233-291245-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-120229T1245Z/
WEBSTER KY-CALDWELL KY-HOPKINS KY-
630 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL HOPKINS AND
SOUTH CENTRAL WEBSTER COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...AND NORTH
CENTRAL CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 645 AM CST...
AT 626 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PROVIDENCE...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3725 8784 3737 8783 3738 8781 3738 8783
3743 8783 3753 8762 3729 8749
TIME...MOT...LOC 1230Z 267DEG 53KT 3734 8763
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 4:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ballard | 29 min |
| Feb 29, 5:04 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 26 min |
| Feb 29, 5:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 31 min |
| Feb 29, 5:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle | 29 min |
| Feb 29, 5:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Fulton | 37 min |
| Feb 29, 5:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 29 min |
| Feb 29, 5:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Livingston | 29 min |
| Feb 29, 5:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Livingston, McCracken | 16 min |
| Feb 29, 5:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Hickman | 15 min |
| Feb 29, 5:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson | 34 min |
| Feb 29, 5:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Livingston | 31 min |
| Feb 29, 5:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson | 31 min |
| Feb 29, 6:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, McLean | 38 min |
| Feb 29, 6:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess | 17 min |
| Feb 29, 6:34 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg | 26 min |
| Feb 29, 6:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | McLean, Muhlenberg | 17 min |
| Feb 29, 7:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves, Livingston, Lyon, McCracken, Marshall | 44 min |
| Feb 29, 7:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton | 24 min |
| Feb 29, 7:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg | 25 min |
| Feb 29, 7:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton | 31 min |
| Feb 29, 7:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Calloway, Graves, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg | 25 min |
| Feb 29, 7:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | McLean, Muhlenberg | 17 min |
| Feb 29, 8:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon, Trigg | 28 min |
| Feb 29, 8:19 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Trigg | 26 min |
| Feb 29, 8:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 46 min |
| Feb 29, 8:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 25 min |
| Feb 29, 8:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Marshall, Trigg | 31 min |
| Feb 29, 9:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon, Muhlenberg, Todd and 1 more | 26 min |
| Feb 29, 9:24 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Calloway | 6 hr |
| Feb 29, 9:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Trigg | 33 min |
| Feb 29, 9:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 25 min |
| Feb 29, 9:54 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Calloway, Marshall, Trigg | 6 hr |
| Feb 29, 9:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Trigg | 32 min |
| Feb 29, 10:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd | 11 min |
| Feb 29, 10:19 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 6 hr |
| Feb 29, 10:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Marshall, Trigg | 24 min |
| Feb 29, 10:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd | 29 min |
| Feb 29, 11:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 28 min |
| Feb 29, 11:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Todd | 20 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.