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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Paducah, KY

February 29, 2012Caldwell County, Christian County, Trigg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 29, 2012, 8:19 AM CST for Caldwell County, Christian County, Trigg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 26 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: Feb 29, 2012, 8:19 AM CST (14:19 UTC)
Expired: Feb 29, 2012, 8:45 AM CST
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Caldwell County, KY, Christian County, KY, Trigg County, KY

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 29, 8:36 AM CST	FUNNEL CLOUD	Gracey, KY	REPORTED NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF HWYS 68 WEST AND 3186.

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
Feb 29, 1:14 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 119 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

099 
WFUS53 KPAH 291419
TORPAH
KYC033-047-221-291445-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0025.120229T1419Z-120229T1445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
819 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
  CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  NORTHEASTERN TRIGG COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 845 AM CST.

* AT 815 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CADIZ...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
  HOPKINSVILLE.

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 3681 8731 3679 8732 3679 8785 3696 8789
      3697 8788 3706 8727
TIME...MOT...LOC 1419Z 259DEG 52KT 3690 8775

$$

1 follow-up statement

196 
WWUS53 KPAH 291422
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
822 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012

KYC033-047-221-291445-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-120229T1445Z/
TRIGG KY-CALDWELL KY-CHRISTIAN KY-
822 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...AND SOUTH CENTRAL CALDWELL AND
NORTHEASTERN TRIGG COUNTIES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 845 AM CST...

AT 820 AM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD.  
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF CADIZ...MOVING EAST AT 60 
MPH. THIS STORM WILL CROSS I-24 NEAR EXIT 65.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3681 8731 3679 8732 3679 8785 3696 8789
      3698 8788 3706 8727
TIME...MOT...LOC 1422Z 259DEG 52KT 3690 8769

$$

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, 6:17 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins, Webster	28 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, 8:44 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.