Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 26, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 29, 2012, 8:44 AM CST for Christian County, Todd County, Kentucky. It was in force for 46 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, 8:44 AM CST (14:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 9:30 AM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Christian County, KY, Todd 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 106 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.
104 WFUS53 KPAH 291444 TORPAH KYC047-219-291530- /O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0026.120229T1444Z-120229T1530Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 844 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... NORTHERN TODD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 930 AM CST. * AT 843 AM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 6 MILES NORTH OF HOPKINSVILLE. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME! DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE... ALLEGRE AND CLIFTY. 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 3683 8706 3683 8759 3700 8766 3706 8706 TIME...MOT...LOC 1445Z 256DEG 38KT 3694 8749 $$
2 follow-up statements
180
WWUS53 KPAH 291457
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
857 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
KYC047-219-291530-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120229T1530Z/
TODD KY-CHRISTIAN KY-
857 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL CHRISTIAN AND
NORTHERN TODD COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 930 AM CST...
AT 852 AM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD.
THIS FUNNEL CLOUD WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CROFTON...OR 9
MILES NORTHEAST OF HOPKINSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3683 8749 3702 8747 3705 8721 3705 8711
3706 8706 3683 8706
TIME...MOT...LOC 1457Z 256DEG 38KT 3697 8733
$$754
WWUS53 KPAH 291509
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
909 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
KYC047-291519-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120229T1530Z/
CHRISTIAN KY-
909 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTH
CENTRAL KENTUCKY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3690 8706 3690 8729 3704 8727 3705 8723
3704 8715 3706 8706
TIME...MOT...LOC 1509Z 256DEG 38KT 3700 8717
$$
KYC219-291530-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120229T1530Z/
TODD KY-
909 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN TODD COUNTY IN
SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 930 AM CST...
AT 906 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES
SOUTH OF WEIR...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF ELKTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3690 8706 3690 8729 3704 8727 3705 8723
3704 8715 3706 8706
TIME...MOT...LOC 1509Z 256DEG 38KT 3700 8717
$$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, 8:19 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Trigg | 26 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.