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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 1:38 PM CST for 4 counties in Kentucky; Massac County, Illinois. It was in force for 37 min. 6 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
- Mar 2, 2012, 1:38 PM CST (19:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 2:15 PM CST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Massac County, IL, Graves County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:38 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 1:38 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | West Paducah, KY | ROOF BLOWN OFF OF HOME AND LAYING ACROSS HIGHWAY 268 JUST WEST OF HWY 62 INTERSECTION. |
| Mar 2, 1:41 PM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | Paducah, KY | FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED AT EXIT 11. ALSO SEEN AT SOUTHSIDE WALMART. |
| Mar 2, 1:43 PM CST | HAIL 0.75 | Paducah, KY | |
| Mar 2, 1:43 PM CST | HAIL 1 | Paducah, KY | QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN AS WELL AS DOWNTOWN. |
| Mar 2, 1:55 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 70 | Paducah, KY | WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED 60 TO 70 MPH NEAR LOURDES HOSPITAL AT EXIT 7. |
| Mar 2, 2:10 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Reidland, KY | PUBLIC REPORT OF SHINGLES BLOWN OFF A HOME. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 9:54 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 1667 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
828
WFUS53 KPAH 021938
TORPAH
ILC127-KYC083-139-145-157-022015-
/O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0045.120302T1938Z-120302T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
138 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MASSAC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN GRAVES COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHWESTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN MCCRACKEN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
NORTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 215 PM CST.
* AT 133 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A WALL CLOUD
NEAR LONE OAK. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME! DOPPLER RADAR
SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM MOVING EAST AT 70 MPH.
WINDS TO 70 MPH AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
REIDLAND...CALVERT CITY...LEDBETTER AND SYMSONIA.
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 3691 8879 3708 8880 3709 8849 3707 8848
3709 8844 3709 8831 3683 8815
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 268DEG 59KT 3700 8860
$$2 follow-up statements
289
WWUS53 KPAH 021944
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
144 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
ILC127-KYC083-139-145-157-022015-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-120302T2015Z/
MASSAC IL-LIVINGSTON KY-MCCRACKEN KY-MARSHALL KY-GRAVES KY-
144 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MASSAC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEASTERN GRAVES...NORTHERN MARSHALL...SOUTHEASTERN
MCCRACKEN AND SOUTHWESTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTIES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY
UNTIL 215 PM CST...
AT 143 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
NEAR EXIT 11 ON I-24. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
REIDLAND...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3691 8879 3708 8880 3709 8849 3707 8848
3709 8844 3709 8831 3683 8815
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 262DEG 51KT 3704 8855
$$624
WWUS53 KPAH 022008
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
208 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
KYC083-145-022017-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-120302T2015Z/
MCCRACKEN KY-GRAVES KY-
208 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GRAVES AND SOUTHEASTERN
MCCRACKEN COUNTIES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3698 8848 3707 8848 3709 8844 3709 8831
3684 8816
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 262DEG 51KT 3703 8838
$$
KYC139-157-022015-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-120302T2015Z/
LIVINGSTON KY-MARSHALL KY-
208 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN MARSHALL AND
SOUTHWESTERN LIVINGSTON COUNTIES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY UNTIL 215 PM
CST...
AT 206 PM CST...DOPPER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE A STORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CALVERT
CITY...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3698 8848 3707 8848 3709 8844 3709 8831
3684 8816
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 262DEG 51KT 3703 8838
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 1:30 AM CST | Wind Advisory | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 19 hr |
| Mar 2, 6:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Todd | 14 min |
| Mar 2, 12:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 1:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Livingston | 22 min |
| Mar 2, 1:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Graves, McCracken | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 1:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 32 min |
| Mar 2, 1:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon, McCracken, Marshall | 26 min |
| Mar 2, 1:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Hopkins, Union, Webster | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 1:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson | 50 min |
| Mar 2, 1:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton, Hickman | 18 min |
| Mar 2, 2:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess, Hopkins, McLean, Webster | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 2:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins, Lyon | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 2:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves, Marshall | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 2:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess | 12 min |
| Mar 2, 2:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg | 19 min |
| Mar 2, 2:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Lyon, Trigg | 27 min |
| Mar 2, 3:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Trigg | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 3:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd | 39 min |
| Mar 2, 3:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg, Todd | 30 min |
| Mar 2, 3:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 25 min |
| Mar 2, 11:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Williamson | 33 min |
| Mar 2, 11:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Williamson | 42 min |
| Mar 2, 11:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Saline | 23 min |
| Mar 2, 11:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Saline, Williamson | 31 min |
| Mar 2, 12:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Hamilton, White | 28 min |
| Mar 2, 12:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski, Union | 42 min |
| Mar 2, 12:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hamilton, White | 38 min |
| Mar 2, 12:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wabash, White | 46 min |
| Mar 2, 12:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Union | 36 min |
| Mar 2, 12:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Johnson, Pope | 22 min |
| Mar 2, 12:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | White | 24 min |
| Mar 2, 1:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac, Pulaski | 20 min |
| Mar 2, 1:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin, Pope, Saline | 34 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.