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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Feb 29, 2012, 9:27 AM CST for Caldwell County, Christian County, Trigg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 33 min. 7 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
- Feb 29, 2012, 9:27 AM CST (15:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
- In force
- 33 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, 9:36 AM CST | HAIL 1 | Cadiz, KY | QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT THE AIRPORT. |
| Feb 29, 9:36 AM CST | HAIL 1 | Energy, KY | QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN THE LBL AREA. |
| Feb 29, 9:40 AM CST | HAIL 1 | Cadiz, KY | QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN CADIZ. |
| Feb 29, 9:48 AM CST | HAIL 1.5 | Gracey, KY | |
| Feb 29, 9:51 AM CST | TSTM WND GST 70 | Gracey, KY | |
| Feb 29, 9:55 AM CST | TSTM WND GST 71 | Cadiz, KY | |
| Feb 29, 9:58 AM CST | TORNADO | 3 Nw Hopkinsville, KY | UNCONFIRMED REPORT OF A TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN A FIELD BY NORTH SINKING FORK ROAD. |
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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 137 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.
037 WFUS53 KPAH 291527 TORPAH KYC033-047-221-291600- /O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0029.120229T1527Z-120229T1600Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 927 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... WEST CENTRAL CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... TRIGG COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 1000 AM CST. * AT 922 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES AREA...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE... CADIZ AND 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 3671 8805 3688 8813 3705 8759 3686 8746 TIME...MOT...LOC 1527Z 249DEG 46KT 3683 8797 $$
1 follow-up statement
106
WWUS53 KPAH 291544
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
944 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
KYC033-291553-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120229T1600Z/
CALDWELL KY-
944 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN
KENTUCKY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3680 8803 3689 8785 3697 8754 3686 8746
3671 8805
TIME...MOT...LOC 1543Z 260DEG 50KT 3685 8769
$$
KYC047-221-291600-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120229T1600Z/
TRIGG KY-CHRISTIAN KY-
944 AM CST WED FEB 29 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL CHRISTIAN
COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...AND CENTRAL TRIGG COUNTY IN
WESTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 1000 AM CST...
AT 941 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF CADIZ...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
QUARTER SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
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 3680 8803 3689 8785 3697 8754 3686 8746
3671 8805
TIME...MOT...LOC 1543Z 260DEG 50KT 3685 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, 8:19 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, 9:50 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.