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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2012, 1:54 PM CST for 4 counties in Kentucky; Hardin County, Illinois. It was in force for 36 min. 3 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, 1:54 PM CST (19:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2012, 2:30 PM CST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hardin County, IL, Crittenden County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 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, 2:04 PM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | Clay, KY | REPORTED BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES OF CLAY AND DIXON ALONG HWY 132. |
| Mar 2, 2:08 PM CST | HAIL 1.75 | Clay, KY | GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED. |
| Mar 2, 2:10 PM CST | TORNADO | Clay, KY | VERY LARGE TORNADO REPORTED BY STORM CHASER JUST OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY OF CLAY. |
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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 185 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.
810 WFUS53 KPAH 021954 TORPAH ILC069-KYC055-107-225-233-022030- /O.NEW.KPAH.TO.W.0047.120302T1954Z-120302T2030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 154 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... NORTHEASTERN CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY... NORTH CENTRAL HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY... SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY... WEBSTER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 230 PM CST. * AT 152 PM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF STURGIS. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE... STURGIS...PROVIDENCE...CLAY...DIXON...WHEATCROFT AND NEBO. 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 3734 8806 3750 8815 3764 8764 3740 8749 TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 247DEG 53KT 3746 8798 $$
2 follow-up statements
534
WWUS53 KPAH 022004
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
204 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
ILC069-KYC055-225-022014-
/O.CAN.KPAH.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-120302T2030Z/
HARDIN IL-UNION KY-CRITTENDEN KY-
204 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...AND SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...AND
NORTHEASTERN CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3740 8749 3739 8782 3752 8789 3758 8781
3764 8764
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 247DEG 53KT 3750 8779
$$
KYC107-233-022030-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-120302T2030Z/
WEBSTER KY-HOPKINS KY-
204 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL HOPKINS AND
CENTRAL WEBSTER COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY UNTIL 230 PM CST...
AT 201 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD.
THE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS LOCATED NEAR CLAY...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
PROVIDENCE...MOVING NORTHEAST 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 3740 8749 3739 8782 3752 8789 3758 8781
3764 8764
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 247DEG 53KT 3750 8779
$$681
WWUS53 KPAH 022011
SVSPAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
211 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
KYC107-233-022030-
/O.CON.KPAH.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-120302T2030Z/
WEBSTER KY-HOPKINS KY-
211 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL HOPKINS AND
CENTRAL WEBSTER COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY UNTIL 230 PM CST...
AT 206 PM CST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A LARGE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR CLAY...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF PROVIDENCE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3740 8749 3741 8777 3754 8785 3757 8782
3758 8780 3764 8764
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 247DEG 53KT 3753 8763
$$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, 1:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Graves, Livingston, McCracken, Marshall | 37 min |
| Mar 2, 1:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon, McCracken, Marshall | 26 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.