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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Paducah, KY

January 22, 2012Calloway County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Jan 22, 2012, 10:55 PM CST for Calloway County, Kentucky. It was in force for 35 min. 4 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
Jan 22, 2012, 10:55 PM CST (04:55 UTC)
Expired
Jan 22, 2012, 11:30 PM CST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Calloway County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 22, 11:05 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG5 Sse Murray, KYLATE REPORT...DAMAGE ALONG CRAIG ROAD. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN...GUTTERS PULLED OFF OF ONE HOME WHICH HAD SEVERAL WINDOWS BLOWN OUT. LARGE TREE FELL ACROSS A TRUCK.
Jan 22, 11:05 PM CSTHAIL 15 Sw Murray, KYQUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED.
Jan 22, 11:09 PM CSTHAIL 22 Sw Murray, KYHAIL THE SIZE OF HEN EGGS REPORTED JUST SOUTHWEST OF TOWN.
Jan 22, 11:14 PM CSTTSTM WND GST 605 E Murray, KYMARBLE SIZE HAIL REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 22, 7:28 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 161 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2012-01-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2012-01-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 337 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
517 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
337 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
371 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

396 
WFUS53 KPAH 230455
TORPAH
KYC035-230530-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0003.120123T0455Z-120123T0530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1055 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CALLOWAY COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 1130 PM CST.

* AT 1050 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PALMERSVILLE...OR 14 MILES WEST OF PARIS...
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THERE ARE NO CONFIRMED REPORTS OF 
  DAMAGE WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
  MURRAY...HARRIS GROVE...HAZEL AND NEW CONCORD.

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 3655 8849 3675 8822 3675 8821 3660 8804
      3649 8821 3650 8849
TIME...MOT...LOC 0454Z 229DEG 45KT 3641 8850

$$
2 follow-up statements
394 
WWUS53 KPAH 230506
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1106 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012

KYC035-230530-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120123T0530Z/
CALLOWAY KY-
1106 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN CALLOWAY COUNTY IN
WESTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 1130 PM CST...

AT 1104 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF MURRAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 
MPH. STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED ROTATION 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 3650 8840 3675 8822 3675 8821 3660 8804
      3649 8821
TIME...MOT...LOC 0506Z 229DEG 45KT 3651 8832

$$
PS
328 
WWUS53 KPAH 230516
SVSPAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1116 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012

KYC035-230530-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120123T0530Z/
CALLOWAY KY-
1116 PM CST SUN JAN 22 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN CALLOWAY COUNTY IN
WESTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 1130 PM CST...

AT 1113 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF MURRAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
MPH.

THE CITY OF MURRAY IS NO LONGER IN THE TORNADO WARNING...HOWEVER IT 
REMAINS IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING UNTIL 1130 PM.

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 3650 8825 3670 8816 3660 8804 3649 8821
TIME...MOT...LOC 0516Z 229DEG 45KT 3662 8814

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 22, 8:54 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHBallard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, McCracken4 hr
Jan 22, 8:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFulton36 min
Jan 22, 9:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman30 min
Jan 22, 10:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, McCracken44 min
Jan 22, 10:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCrittenden, Graves, Livingston, Lyon, McCracken, Marshall48 min
Jan 22, 10:37 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHCalloway, Graves, Marshall23 min
Jan 22, 10:40 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHCaldwell, Calloway, Christian, Crittenden, Daviess, Henderson and 10 more3 hr
Jan 22, 10:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Henderson, Hopkins, Lyon and 3 more33 min
Jan 22, 11:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHenderson, Union34 min
Jan 22, 11:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway, Marshall18 min
Jan 22, 11:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Calloway, Christian, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins and 5 more45 min
Jan 23, 12:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Muhlenberg, Todd33 min
Jan 23, 2:00 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHMuhlenberg9 days

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.